Did I mention base miles? Thats been whats happening lately. This week seems to have been the first real week of fall, and it has driven inside to the trainer. Something about 45 degree weather just doesn't sound appealing. Once I get used to it I'll ride out more but for now I'll wuss out and listen to music, watch t.v. and ride the trainer. My mentality towards riding the trainer is the more distracted you become or the more you zone out on a long indoor ride the faster it goes. Its been working quite nicely for the moment.
Sedalia-
The weekend before labor day was the sedalia weekend. I was stoked for the twilight crit, but not for the road race. The course was different from previous years, which I didn't like at first. It was flat and full of potholes. The race started and I went off the front with Jenson and several other strong guys. I thought we would stay off, (Jenson has lapped the field for the past 2 years at this race)but we got caught only a quarter of the way into the race. I continued to race aggressively until all I could do was hang on in the back. Not the wisest choice, but it felt good to be riding on decent form again. Post race I decided not to do the road race.
It has been a while since I updated this thing. Two Sundays ago I got back on the bike after 2 solid weeks of no riding. For the first week back I felt flat (not to be confused with overtrained somehow) but the legs are starting to come around. On Sunday I went to the specialized/ mesa demo to help set up and do some riding. I haven't ridden a mountain bike in a long time so going in to the demo I was thinking to be a little careful. Soon after I hit the trail I was going full gas. Flying in between trees and over rocks is a nice change from riding on the road. I had several close calls, including landing on my front wheel and nearly going over the bars into a stump, but luckily it didn't happen. On my third lap the chain sucked into the front derailleur and wouldn't budge. I ended up running about a half mile with the bike, and skitching off a truck of guys who were on their way to the demo. I plan on doing more mountainbiking this winter, it is far more enyable in cold weather tahn riding on the road.
Tonight I did the tuesday night worlds. Going in I just wanted to attack and make the race super hard for myself. I attacked too many times to count. None of them really amounted to anything, but at a training race that is beside the point if all you want is a tough workout. All in all the race was a success, redlining and recovering multiple times really got the legs going. Things are starting to look up, if all goes to plan gateway should be a success as well. This weekend I'm going to Sedalia to use as a tuneup, but I'm still debating if I should do the road race on sunday. A good motorpacing session and some high cadence riding might be the better way to go, considering that I'll be spun out 90% of the time at gateway cup. Thats it for now, thanks for reading.
Tonight I did the tuesday night worlds. Going in I just wanted to attack and make the race super hard for myself. I attacked too many times to count. None of them really amounted to anything, but at a training race that is beside the point if all you want is a tough workout. All in all the race was a success, redlining and recovering multiple times really got the legs going. Things are starting to look up, if all goes to plan gateway should be a success as well. This weekend I'm going to Sedalia to use as a tuneup, but I'm still debating if I should do the road race on sunday. A good motorpacing session and some high cadence riding might be the better way to go, considering that I'll be spun out 90% of the time at gateway cup. Thats it for now, thanks for reading.
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