Saturday, December 02, 2006
In sickness...
Cheshire Cross -
I missed Sterling last weekend because of the Flu so today was my first really hard effort since getting better. I did some moderate intervals on Thursday so my body wouldn't go into complete shock on Saturday. Cheshire is a new race and now slots in as the second closest race to my house after our team's Southington event -under 10 miles and almost all of it can be done on the highway. My goal was to get a good start and see what my body felt like. Didn't feel good. I got an OK warm-up and a front row start position. By half way through the first lap I was 4th but moving backwards. A very very long run-up was killing me every lap. I could do nothing as one rider after another would catch and pass me. I settled in and did what I could to limit the damage. I couldn't stick around for results but I would guess I was 10th or 11th. Not bad, but the Flu cost me 5 or 6 spots for sure.
Wade
I missed Sterling last weekend because of the Flu so today was my first really hard effort since getting better. I did some moderate intervals on Thursday so my body wouldn't go into complete shock on Saturday. Cheshire is a new race and now slots in as the second closest race to my house after our team's Southington event -under 10 miles and almost all of it can be done on the highway. My goal was to get a good start and see what my body felt like. Didn't feel good. I got an OK warm-up and a front row start position. By half way through the first lap I was 4th but moving backwards. A very very long run-up was killing me every lap. I could do nothing as one rider after another would catch and pass me. I settled in and did what I could to limit the damage. I couldn't stick around for results but I would guess I was 10th or 11th. Not bad, but the Flu cost me 5 or 6 spots for sure.
Wade
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