What a ride

Last night. On the Smack Down. Pretty intense, some waiting for regrouping. After the long hill (i wasn't gapped AS badly this time) I ramped it up and attacked the flats, brought the pace way up, flying along, then just as I eased off to late Nate into the wind for a minute or two there was a scream and then the sound of plastic breaking and I turned around to see a red jersey (naveen) tumbling along on the road in a mess of bike and arms. From the sounds of his screaming I was expecting to ride over there to find exposed bones or horribly dislocated limbs. But nope. Just him laying on his back in a pile of a his bike in 6 different pieces. After about 30 minutes or so he was hauled off to his house and we all continued on the ride. We cut it short and headed right back on Snake hill. And I just went to the front and started riding hard. After a bit we started exchanging pulls and then coming into the intersection of 44 I attacked and nate came across on my wheel and sprinted around me. Then we just kept it wound up. I even won the sprint to the top of the hill there at the right turn, one of my few hill top sprint wins of the year. Aaron took over and paced us back the rest of the way along Greenville. For a while it was all i could do after the sprint to hang on his wheel but i managed to and he kept his tempo solid and fast.

My legs felt good but I knew that I was pushing the limits. Tuesday night last week, Time trial on Friday, extra work (kJ) commuting on the bike, racing twice on Saturday, and then last night. The heaviest week of the year. Last night I had a bit of over training insomnia. And to top it off starting Saturday I have had a touch of inflammation under my patella. No pain on the bike. Just a bit of overuse. Iced it down and hit it with some arnica gel and it felt great this morning. the ride in was pretty easy and there wasn't any pain during but when I got here it started hurting a bit as soon as I sat down with my knee bent. As long as I keep it stretched out it feels fine.

Time for a long rest week. At this point I'm planning on no competition/intensity until the TT next week.

Although replacing the rear brakes on the Golf won't be super easy on the knees, gotta do that, right rear pads are just about down to the metal...

ah well - enough fiddling with bikes - time to fix the cars.

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