I am not going to have the energy to do the stuff my coach laid out for me. Good thing the book he got the training plan out of has a "sick" clause. Don't do anything serious until you're recovered.
So, well. Gonna get back on the bike for the first time since Thursday. Crazy being off the bike that long. Crazy getting sick. Better now than later. Timing is pretty right on though. last year going into NoHo I managed to get strep throat. The year before (or was it two) i got pretty laid up around Halloween. So this is a bit early, but this is the most intense front loaded season yet, and I've got two nights in the last two weeks w/o sleep. And the last one was kind of two nights in a row of getting what sleep i got on the couch, comfortable, but not my bed.
So now at least I'm not blowing through tissues every 2 minutes, but I'm coughing at about that frequency now. But surprisingly pretty clear lungs.
I took Lucy out for a walk this afternoon and well, it felt nice to be ambulatory, when I came back I was hosed. Now that i've had a bit of food I'm starting to feel a bit more ordinary. But still not really all that perfect. No fever and no real ache, just my normal fall cold.
Hopefully I'll pull it together with enough time to get some intensity back in the legs before Canton.
And seriously, I'm getting worried about what I said way back in July. Actually not worried about, more excited really. Could it come true? Have we had a dry weekend after the 19th of Sept? Man next weekend could really prove something. Seriously. When is the last time New England had this much rain during cross season, specifically on the weekends. Everyone around here is complaining about the crappy weather on the weekends. Me? I'm LOVING IT. Bummed to have missed the slog fest in Maine.
IIRC we did canton in the rain last year. It wasn't so bad. But I don't really think it was much more than just wet, it wasn't a slog fest like Wrentham.
Only the weather gods know what is in store for us on Saturday.
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It didn't rain in Canton last year. 40s and windy, but dry.
I'm with Colin - no rain at Canton, but it was COLD.
And I, for one, am about SICK of this rain on the weekends. After a full MTB season of racing in the mud, and now 'cross in the mud, I'm tired of it. That, and I have to have a service call on my drier from all of the sand....
Dryers are a lot simpler to work on than Bikes ;)
and always pre-wash skinsuits and shoes and socks outside with the hose (while you're washing the bike) before subjecting your laundry to that.
there are stories of CX racer's sewer lines getting clogged with rocks, sand, grass and mud.
Hmmm, maybe no rain but I distinctly remember some wet stuff there. Dry, yeah that sounds right but some wet grass in a few turns and some other stuff.
Two years ago Canton was wet and the snaky section between the horse barn and the running track was very greasy.
crap, am i mixing years up? Maybe I didn't even race at Canton last year.
I suppose I should go back and check the archives cause I ain't remembering stuff well enough anymore.
Dude, I mix up decades... welcome to the club.
Really cold 2008 at Canton (I think it was earlier as well, maybe 10/17?) and then 2007 it had rained prior to the race (my first mud) but was beautiful on the day of.
Feel better!!!
Yup - we do pre-wash, but still get sand/dirt...
You raced Canton last year - I remember 'cause you were the only fool to race in shorts with no knee/leg warmers, and it was FREEZING!
Cathy, I thought that was NBX in the snow and slush. I was wearing shorts then too.
You may have noticed... I haven't put anything on my knees racing cross, pretty much ever.
Wrentham in the upper 30s? No knee warmers. Getting off and running sure kept me warmed up though. Good thing for those three run ups in a row.
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