commute 8/19
Greetings Readers!
It was wet today, rainin’ in August? Gets me all jacked for cross it does. I kept looking out the bay door at work: “Looks like cross weather to me” it’s getting hard to focus on work when the blog o’sphere is all abuzz with all things CX. Guys and Gals are dialing in their bikes, fitness, and fundamentals. Racers are jacked yo’.
There are two types of racers,
- Those who show up fresh off the couch and throw down,
- And those who fuss like hell over every damn little thing.
I ladies and germs, belong in the later. I’m a virtual stress case and I will be until the season is over. I stress over everything, and I do mean everything. My fitness, the bikes, tire pressure, my routine, my warmup, what to take to the races, when to recover, you name it, it’s on my mind. I know there are other racers out there like me, wasting precious mental energy on stuff I need not. Can’t help it, I don’t want to suck. I want to compete, as much as I’ve “got no goals, just smiles, sincerely” I still have that top 20 hanging over my head and I’d like to improve on the top 35% of the field that I averaged last year. Cross is like Crack yo’.
I watched mom the other morning while we were doing runup repeats and cross drills. She let out this guttural yelp as she was digging deep on the runup knowing I was on her heels and not wanting me to pass her. That is the basis for what she’s going to experiance in cross, “dig deep cuz your gonna get passed”. Unless your the lead slead dog, the scenery never changes. Your gonna get passed. If my wife takes to cross I’ll be in trouble, two crack heads in the household is worse than one. Hard to say, she may take to it, she may not. Cross isn’t for everyone, the less than motivated just need not apply. Cross is hard, it’s physically hard and it’s mentally hard, you battle yourself, your competitors, the course, and the elements. Those of us who thrive on challenge come back for more, I can’t imagine racing cross and NOT coming back for more? So Go Figure…….
I’m trying to not stess, can’t decide what the next 3 days will be in my workout routine. I want to show up fresh for Sunday’s race, but have an important goal to hit beforehand, not to mention get drills practice in. I’m not smooth in my remount and I need to hit those runups with power to spare. Krugers dirt Crit isn’t terribly important to me, I just want the 45 min hard effort at race pace. I’d prefer to have a few races under my belt befor the Hood River opener.
In 4 days I’ll have the 1st race report of the season for you, the low down on how it went down. I’ll tell it like it is: if I suck you’ll know it, and if I do well I’ll pass that on as well. I hope to have some good race pics, but as I’m racin’ and not the one taking the pictures, I can’t promise on that. Stay tuned………..
Miles ridden today, 19
Miles ridden 2008, 2953
Cheers!