Pack Fodder

Greetings Readers!

It’s good to have goals, big ones, little ones, you name it, we all need that carrot out front to chase. At the start of the year I had several goals,

• I wanted a 4000 mile year, and I wanted to average 1000 miles every quarter.
• I wanted to race cross and improve my average percentage over last year, including a top 20.

Today I hit my 3rd quarter goal 5 weeks early, and before my 1st race tomorrow even! 3000 miles aint much for a seasoned pro, or even a dedicated cyclist. But for me, thats a huge improvement over last year in which I pedaled 2428 miles for the entire calendar year of 2007. This IS Pack Fodder remember? I’m stoked, and I’m proud of myself. There’s no junk miles in there either, no adding up trips to the store or a mile here or there. That’s an honest 3000.  I’m confident I’ll make my 4000 mile year. It feels good to hit your goals, now if I can make my cross goals I’ll really be stoked!

This morning I did drills and runup repeats. My remounts are still not where I want them and I’m struggling to get rid of my stutter step. I did have some good power running up that hill and had plenty of gas to get back on the bike and go, something I struggled with last season.

It was great to see mom again out there pullin’ that runup, she’s going to have a ball racin’ cross.

Here’s a few pics of mom on the runup…

Myself, at the base. Then halfway up and at the top. I’ve definately worked on improving this weakness of mine over last year.

I’m running on my toes and not like Fred Flintstone, I like the runups and it would sure be great to open some gaps on my competition after a runup instead of having them opened on me!

Tomorrow is the big day, the start of the season. It’s not a cross race, but Krugers Dirt Crit will feel close to a cross racce and the 3 crits I plan to do will prep me for the intense effort I’ll face in cross. You just can’t simulate race pace in training.

I’m hoping for a great day tomorrow! BTW, I was @ RCB this afternoon checking out the new influx of tubbies for cross season and they had this custom pair of Challenge Grifo’s with a WHITE casing, Oh! those tiyas were dope!

Cheers!

 

 

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