Racing weekend

Weekend started with a prompt 5:45AM wake up call... I stayed at my Moms house because there was NO WAY I would have waken up in time at home, I would have rolled over and went back to sleep... I usually end up getting up at 6:15AM everyday anyways for work, but my body has also learned somehow when its Friday night and tries to get that extra 1 hr 15 minutes extra in... After 6 scrambled eggs, a bagel, orange juise, and a cup of coffee.. I was officially temporarily stuffed.. and my Mom wonders where all the food goes..

The TT went good for me, I won the Master A category with a time of 32:26... I think I could have gone harder in places, but we all think we can after a TT... if I nailed it there, that was 15 seconds... its hard to say.. I was hoping to go under 32:30 and managed that.. it was good to see the training program I was on all summer paid off.... bad thing is the program is over, so now I need to be creative for the next 2 weeks of racing.. do I revert to a cyclocross only training program now... or pick 2 weeks that would help for crits...

Cyclocross Sunday was awesome... arrived at 11AM to help with course setup... The A group started at around 4:45PM.. so it was a long day, and a long battle with our favorite provincial bird... the mosquito... it looks like summer finally arrived again.. for maybe the 4th day all year... The race started uneventfully.. I was at the front, but then lost my line going through some wet mud.. crapper.. anyways fell back a little and then Mr Singlespeed Dave Dorning pulled me around for probably 30 minutes and schooled me on every barrier... one day Ill get that remount figured out... The only reason I caught back onto Dave was because I have 20 gears.... but I think I used 3 all race... 46X19,21 and maybe the 23 at the end... I ended up 8th overall... quite happy with that especially not getting lapped like last year in cross... Im sure Olli is just getting warmed up though so Ill be looking for him to be coming from behind later in the year...

Next races are Tuesday Night Criteriums at Assiniboine Park on Sept 1 and 8, followed by Provincial Crit somewhere in 2 weeks...