Feel the Burn!

Halloween cyclocross! I tried to take things up a level since I missed last year. I had a fun race, lots of wild comments from the fans and racers. My results weren't spectacular but I gave it my all and pushed through the mud and pain.

Sadly the family cold appears to have caught up to me and I feel really bad today. Maybe that explains the results? I thinks so. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Happy Halloween Everyone!

Summer's Over

I have mixed feelings about it. Could be good for CX. Not so good for fun training rides; back to the pain cave.

Cyclocross 2011 mid season thoughts

Sorry for the lack of updates this Cross season. As you know I upgraded to a new faster category last season, Cat 3. Moving out of the beginner pack was fun because I got to tell stories about how well I was doing. This season things have been a little harder, ok maybe a lot harder. Everyone is fast and at a much more competitive level.

Everything during the race is heavily competed, (the start, the flats, the straights and the corners, barriers) your weaknesses show up. At first I was a little concerned because I didn't have the strength to push by everyone. But then again, during the race I'm racing in larger groups of riders and all of us are about the same level and no one has the strength to just ride away. In the end I'm always amazed at how many people finish right around me. If I could just go 1 minute faster I move up 10 - 15 places.

In many ways the races have been a lot of fun. Tactics start to play an important roll. I go back and forth with a lot of racers and we all know who's having a strong day, and you can't have a strong race every time. I really feel like I've learned a lot about my self and my racing capabilities this year and particularly this season. It's just not always an exciting story to tell.

Little Piece of Heaven