Season Update

Well i've more or less pulled the plug on this season. I actually wouldn't have done that many more races anyway but the form and fitness is just not there to make it worth spending the entrance fees to ride for 45min to an hour. The adjustment to working both Sat. and Sunday and not knowing what races i would actually be able to do made motivation a difficult thing this year. While i was able to get a good deal of riding in I never really got around to doing the high intensity work i should have. What this meant was that i did ok on the non technical race courses but any time there was a real turn that required a good kick coming out of the turn i would lose a couple spots. That would turn into getting gapped and then dropped.

Now that i've pretty much lived a season in this current work schedule i know how to prepare for next year. I can plan on making a better plan for superweek and will try to capitalize on the races that are close to my area that i can get in before or after work.

It occurred to me this year that my work schedule has change almost every year and it seems to take me half the summer to figure out a good training rhythm to the week. Hopefully things should stay consistant for next year and maybe just maybe i'll be a step ahead next year.

While i'm ending my road season i still will be racing once more this year. I'm am going to enter the Carpenter Cross race in october. This will be my first ever cross race so i'm looking forward to that. I have an old mountian bike that i will be riding. If all goes well i will work to have a real cross bike for next year.