Finally!

Got to ride my bike outside! Hells to the Yess!

I don't know if it was because my legs were kinda fresh. Maybe it was because its almost 40 degrees out and I am just happy to be off the trainer. But... I felt really, really good on the bike today....

It can't be the time I spent on the trainer? That would suck so bad to find out those damn things actually work. Its just not right.... All out of excuses now...
Been doing a bunch of intervals on the trainer. Simply because I hate the things and I can't stand to be on them, especially for any time longer than an hour. So I just dial up the intensity.
I do think I need to make my intervals longer than a minute. Come to find out one min is about enough time to rock the first half of the hills... Second half, not so much...
Actually, I don't "feel" that it helped out much on the hills... However the flats were a different story... So basically I can get from my house to my hill training route, reallll quick. Then its back to reality...

View from on top of Broadway. Come to find out blogging gives you a great excuse to catch your breath.

Anyway, enough of the ramblings. Felt damn good to get out... Got to get them climbing legs back, Big City Boys think they are going to call me out on my home turf! Robidoux at Krug. May 7th this year....

On another note, looks like the hippy is having fun at Croby S.

Peace...... hope to see some of you Sat a.m.

Trainers

00:12:45 into it and I am bored to tears....

Don't know how much more of this I can take. I need to go ride my bike, outside...

Grote Prijs and CX season finished..

Well, here we are again the end of a CX season. Its been a fun to say the least.. Got a lot faster than the year before and met a ton of cool people this year.. I really dig the cycling community..

The Hippy and I  went down to the Grote Prijs on Sunday. Which marked the final race of the season. It was rather bitter-sweet, just as I was finding my legs a little, its over.

The race venture was pretty cool, nice and close, if it were not for the weather I would have brought the fam out…

Anyway, on to the race… Usual misfits at the start line of the Single Speed race. Virtually no climbing which did not suit my strengths very well, but there were quite a few technical sections with the conditions..

I find that there are a bunch of fellas that have trouble clipping in at the start, which usually means I can get a decent shot even a row back. Hit the road after the start about three back, just tried to hang on to Britten (the manimal as I now refer to him in my head) as long as I could… Hit the singletrack and held on the best I could.. JFife came by like I knew he would and I took his wheel for about twenty feet until we hit the first off camber turn with took some folks down, myself included. Got back up in fourth where I would remain for the duration of the race.

Chris H. was on my wheel there for a while until the same turn got him. I heard a big thump, then someone on the side saying something funny about it.. Which I knew had to be a good little spill..

Dude, that will take the energy right out of ya!

 I tried to catch up to third but about 4 seconds off would be about as close as I would get, just did not have the legs to pull it off.

Was kind of disappointing, I really wanted to get a top 3, especially after my last performance,  but that’s how it goes..

There sure were some highs and lows this season, but all in all was great training for the upcoming 2011 MTB season. As I said before Cycling is a tough sport. As soon as you think you have got some things figured out, you find out your still just scratching the surface of what your body and mind can do.

This snow has brought the training indoors, which I hate… I have been on the trainer two days now and I already don’t like it… I need some speed… Has to be done though, I need to do my best to keep from getting smoked this summer…I am going to bust my arse to do it though, I’m very excited for 2011 racing, new team & I C’dTFU…

See ya on the flip side!

Ouch....Cross off the Old Year

Well holliday season came around and I found out first hand what happens when you take your eye off the prize boys...

Headed down with some of the St. Joe crew to Cross off the old year... Nice course, was feeling pretty good... In fact, was feeling good enough to completely forget my lesson back this summer where I switched up my gear ratio right before a race...

I decided that I was a big dog and and put a 14t on. Well this proved that its great for a nice hole shot off of pavement... But as soon as the course leveled out I knew I was in big trouble... Britton passed then a bad goat dude, then Jason with Blvd... Then another, and another and another, etc... Holy CRAP!!

Well it turns out I was lucky there was a run up because I could not hang with anyone on the flats, I just could not get on top of my gear... That on top of eating and drinking like crap all week did me in... I had to work my ass off to get back to 6th place...

Lesson learned... Till I do this crap again this summer! yes, I am a mental case....

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