Grooving

Finally I was starting to feel a bit better... and what better way to find how much, then to race.
I started right at the back and slowly moved up, not as much as I wanted to, but I was happy to be feeling so much better and got in a pretty good groove, so much better in fact that during the race I remember thinking how much fun this was.
I still have lots of room to improve, the legs were still felt weak before the race, and I still need to get my pinched nerve thing figured out.




The one thing that is clear from the photo is that I’m definitely not leading the race and need a hair cut sooner then later.
After the race I plugged in my mp3 played and was grooving to 80's tunes all the way home...

Crosstober fest

Since Sundays race was only literally 2 miles from home, I had to go.
The cross course at St Edwards was a bit mountain bikeish... which at full speed turned out to be bit more technical then I could handle right now. A few years ago when I first raced cross, I had just come from mtb racing and the more technical courses were easily my strength... well not now...maybe I'm finally a roadie..
I lined up at the back so I wouldn't get in the way too much..and hopefully if capable work my way up. Well at least I was consistent... I pretty much stayed in the back the entire race...well I probably passed 6-7 people, that’s it.
It was really my first "hard" ride since the Bremerton crit early September... and I could definitely feel it.
After the race the sun finally came out, nice. I stuck around too watch the team relay race. The WOW team had an interesting costume... a shower!! (apparently a few corners were a bit hard to see).

Kriss Kross

Last night I did my first Kore Kross practice at Marymoor.
It feels a bit strange to go to a big organized workout like that, but I guess it’s really no different then Seward park but for cross. If nothing else it makes you go out and do something, and after just one night I have probably got off and on my bike more times then I would en entire cross season. I rode my cross bike down to Marymoor, 15 miles on a cross bike with low inflated tires… yeah it wasn’t quite as efficient as a road bike. Two eMurdincy’s later, where I managed to snap my brand new chain and have my seat tilt way no far backwards it was time to head home.
I avoided any blood, at least my own… so the night was a success. Maybe now I will be ready to race Sunday.