Off Season Training

Now until January (I ll be in Wisconsin for 9 days and this will disrupt my training) I am getting back into shape and laying some base miles down.  I am putting together a training schedule for the new year.  Hiring a coach is on my mind right now, I think it will really help me attain my goals.  Also I am going to document my riding more, with a brief synopsis everyday.  My wonderful girlfriend is also going to encourage me as much as possible and help me keep on track to help reach my racing goals of being a good Cat 3 next season on the road, and a good Cat A for cyclocross.

Last night I finished rebuilding my road bike and today I took it out for a 3 hour ride.  I forgot how much fun road bikes are.  Originally I had intended it to be a shorter ride to adjust everything but just kept going and going.  My bike is going to be a perfect off-season trainer for the upcoming road season.  It is heavy (compared to road bikes), super flexy (lots of energy loss), and outfitted with fenders/lights/saddlebags, this will make my eventual new race bike seem that much faster.

USGP--Portland Cup

A few weeks off from racing since the Cross Crusade series ended.  This was a nice break and I was trying to stay in shape and get ready for the off-season by running every day for 5 miles.  This was mildly successful, usually each week I would get in 3~4 days a week.   My bad.

Overall I was having a bad race, mechanical problems with the bike on various fronts.  A course that I would normally do well on.  A fun course that sent us through a moto-cross course with lots of fun burms and a roller coaster type track.  Overall I was off, nothing was working right. 

This was a race where I wanted to quit, I wasn't having fun and generally was annoyed life.  I decided to stick it out and finished.  Not a winning and not worth a lot of write-up.