I'm thinking rest...

I feel slow, sore muscle, tired , no zip in my step, getting on the bike seems like a job at times and getting my heart rate up seems harder to do. Starting today this will be a rest week no starting tomorrow, I biked today at lebanon. Next week I will plan on riding the next MNSCS race and take it easy next week like I should if I were going to race. Later

THE DEAL IS.

My leg has been getting a pain at a real high race pace , its a burn that is much worse than the regular pains of racing and its in only one leg. The plan, train like normal ( normal? )with out super high intensity . There is no aggravation other than racing so with out racing for a bit I think it should heal fine. It was getting worse at the buck races week to week so time off is the only thing I can do. So from here on out training will be the focus, as long as I can ride its not a problem . I will be at the races with Dana and give her hand ups so she can keep taking photos at a fast pace , and I will give out the remaining water bottles to the team if there is any spare time. Spectating should be fun I never did much of that ,so now I can give back to the team that helps me. I think I should be back racing in Mt.kato for sure unless there is something I don't for (skin) see in all of this .You said foreskin. O my hard tail is to hard I want something softer , my road bike rides softer on the road than my Mt.bike?? Whats up with that? My ass and back hurts when I ride it. What ? There is got to be something better to ride. Later

Welcome back buck !

Well the nerves are calm know after the first race on dirt , you never forget the pain of racing its wondering if you can still handle the pain . The race went good 15 place I think it was, my legs are not ready yet but soon I hope. The trail was great and Penn did great job on it . It's great to be back racing I just got to get rid of this cold/throat thing all so big race Sunday Salem hills later.

Road racing

2 weeks ago I raced at the ken woods RR in the 40 mph winds and snow, it was the only reason I went to the race. It started so fast I could not keep up with the front pack ,with getting sick 2 weeks before and with no real hard workouts yet it was no good so I cut my losses and dropped to the 2nd pack were I sat for 2 hrs working like a dog to stay with it. Than the pack just seemed to stop biking and I wasn't ready for that, the first group up the road just a bit and we were on a hill with 4 to 5 miles to go there is only one thing this MTBer can do is go go go, so I went and the only one to give chase was a mtber by the name of Jamison we were gone and soon after we passed some riders getting dropped from the front group it was so cool to take a chance and go for it . We never made it to the front on the race before it ended , but if we had more time we would of got them . 7 place . Gluek/marty RR this race was good weather with only wind , it was last Saturday . The pace was slow slow slow I had to get up front to push wind to make it fun no one would work to break up the group so it was what it was 35 riders sitting in .Lap 1 of 3 slow , the big hill 5miles or so from the finish I hit it hard to see how I felt I felt good with 50 off the front of the group .Lap 2 slow .Lap 3 slow than fast , coming up on the hill there is going to be 2 things that can happen ,fast hill Plus pain for 5 miles or finish with pack sprint finish . I know pain I don't know sprints If there are 35 riders in a sprint I will be 35th so you know whats going to happen , there was 5 of us who got away and it was on, that was the fastest I have ever covered that much ground on my bike in that time, It was full on till the end the pain was so great I cant wait for more. 3rd place . This week is going to be a rest week and the build 1 starts.

Getting high.

Sometimes that's hard to do without big hills. This is something in life I spend time doing or trying to do . Training , its gone slower than planned from getting sick . June I should be in race form . This year I'm not going to stop running like I did last year , it will not make me faster on a bike, but running is something I will not stop doing again. Running and biking will give me more races to pick from and that gives me more adventure. later

Personal sacrifice.

That's the name of the game , ride times are getting longer and faster . This time of year is key , your motivation is everything to keep you on a bike, if you don't got some, go get some . The pics of are new Jerseys are out and they look really nice , cant wait to wear them ( it will be warm out).

update

march 8 2008