Wednesday, July 25, 2007
A word or 2 about last nights race
I spent most of the day yesterday in and out of meetings and working onsafety studies. Real heady work but my light at the end of the tunnelwas finally being able to go out and ride the crit. After all, it hadbeen 3 weeks since the last one. During those 3 weeks we participatedin the July 4th festivities at the lake with my Dad, went on vacationand hung out at the pool with the kids for very large chunks of time.The underline theme of the last few weeks has been relax, spend timewith family and booze. None of this activity really helps keep thespeed in your legs that is required to ride in the crit. In addition, Ihad only been on the road bike 2 times since the last race Iparticipated in back on July 3rd.
So, the work day ended and I headed for the Bluff Rd. Crit course andwent through the ritual of getting ready. I changed a flat tire andwarmed up with Joel. He told me that he is now a proud Uncle. Congratsto Micha and Simon for the editions to their families.As suspected, I made it to about the 30 minute mark with one token pullat the front and took a free lap. I jumped back in and finished about10th all be it a lap down. I took comfort knowing that some of thefolks behind me had probably taken a free lap as well. This crit didn'tseem as hard as others in years past, but the heat of the afternoon andthe headwind up the rise kept things together for the most part.I rode home in silence with no sports talk radio, took a Hobath(tm) in the grass and plopped my haggard ass in the drive way to have a beer with my neighbor. Good times...
There is some discussion floating around that there is going to be a"Driveway Party" at Shaun's house Friday evening. That soundsinteresting and dangerous considering I'd like to ride Saturday morning.I'm hoping to get one more ride in before Saturday. I need to startmaking Saturdays harder. I've grown accustom to drafting OSP(tm) andBigLegDave(tm).
I spent most of the day yesterday in and out of meetings and working onsafety studies. Real heady work but my light at the end of the tunnelwas finally being able to go out and ride the crit. After all, it hadbeen 3 weeks since the last one. During those 3 weeks we participatedin the July 4th festivities at the lake with my Dad, went on vacationand hung out at the pool with the kids for very large chunks of time.The underline theme of the last few weeks has been relax, spend timewith family and booze. None of this activity really helps keep thespeed in your legs that is required to ride in the crit. In addition, Ihad only been on the road bike 2 times since the last race Iparticipated in back on July 3rd.
So, the work day ended and I headed for the Bluff Rd. Crit course andwent through the ritual of getting ready. I changed a flat tire andwarmed up with Joel. He told me that he is now a proud Uncle. Congratsto Micha and Simon for the editions to their families.As suspected, I made it to about the 30 minute mark with one token pullat the front and took a free lap. I jumped back in and finished about10th all be it a lap down. I took comfort knowing that some of thefolks behind me had probably taken a free lap as well. This crit didn'tseem as hard as others in years past, but the heat of the afternoon andthe headwind up the rise kept things together for the most part.I rode home in silence with no sports talk radio, took a Hobath(tm) in the grass and plopped my haggard ass in the drive way to have a beer with my neighbor. Good times...
There is some discussion floating around that there is going to be a"Driveway Party" at Shaun's house Friday evening. That soundsinteresting and dangerous considering I'd like to ride Saturday morning.I'm hoping to get one more ride in before Saturday. I need to startmaking Saturdays harder. I've grown accustom to drafting OSP(tm) andBigLegDave(tm).
# posted by Rooskie @ 1:34 PM 
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