In case you’re just now joining me, here’s a little rundown of the past few months in training\/racing:<\/p>\n
Late winter\/spring- got a little bit of a late start on my endurance training because of the training leading up to master’s worlds. Didn’t matter. First few races of the spring, I felt great. Killed it at Southern Cross, Spa City 6hr, Ouachita, and Slobberknocker (scroll back through the archives for race reports).
\nThen, at the end of April, Cohutta rolls around. First 100 of the season. I did well, but I wasn’t 100% ripping the cranks off of my bike, which is kinda how my training\/tapering was supposed to set me up. It’s OK, I thought… just a little leftover “tired” from Slobberknocker.<\/p>\n
I rested up and tried to get back to normal training a week later… only to fail miserably.<\/p>\n
I rested some more and felt better before Syllamo. However, it was a lot like Cohutta- not bad, but definitely not Incredible Hulk-style crank bending, either. Then, at Syllamo, my brain and body shut down. More rest before Mohican.<\/p>\n
Up to Mohican, I was better than before Syllamo. Mohican was a good race. Not my best, but not bad.<\/p>\n
I rested some more up until last Saturday. My prescribed training was 3.5 hours easy-ish. I decided that instead of subjecting myself to a 3.5 hour road ride that I’d join Fullface Kenny for ~45miles of hauling ass through the Wolf River and Stanky Creek trails on our Jet9s. The “tired” that I felt after that ride wasn’t the oppressive, full mind\/body tired… it was a satisfying sort of tired that is mainly concentrated to your legs and appetite for food, beer, and more training.<\/p>\n
Then, yesterday, it was back to road training. As a preparation for some more XC-oriented racing, I went out to ride steady with occasional hill attacks. It went really well. I got the “rip your cranks off” feeling back as the ride progressed.<\/p>\n
The blood lust is back.<\/p>\n
My future plans involve a couple of regional XC races followed by Pierre’s Hole and the Breck Epic. What about the Breck 100? Well, the logistics just weren’t working out. In order to acclimate, etc. I was just going to be gone from home for too long. So, I’m narrowing the focus a little and compacting my trip West into 3 weeks instead of 6. The way I’m feeling now, I don’t think it will disappoint.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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