After my rag on Pete, it's time to move blog software and finish the migration, so here goes.
Now over here: http://www.cycleanywhere.com/wordpress
And with that.. a move
June 9, 2009, 8:39 amPete Custer interrupted my UFC Unleashed!
June 9, 2009, 8:37 amHere I am watching my manly man UFC unleashed on SpikeTV... and then.. hey look, a bike shop commercial, hey it's Spokes. Woah.. wait a second, is that Pete Custer?! Woah.. did he just head tilt and give that smile?!??? I need to see if he'll teach me to head tilt like that the next time we line up to race!
Back at it, post RSR
June 7, 2009, 3:23 pm
First.. the important stuff - the new ride all done - SRAM Force, Kinlin XR270's with a PT Pro rear and a swapped seat post for the zero setback Thomson Elite. She weighs in at 16.99 lbs as pictured:
After a month of no racing, it was great to be back in the peloton again yesterday. For two reasons, really.
First, my legs had been dead ALL week. I hit a really bad patch in my training starting Monday and just couldn't get out of the slump. Totally frustrated with the response from my legs, I took an unscheduled day off on Friday before racing on Saturday. Another rest day today and back at it tomorrow.
Second, my Cat 3 upgrade came through last month so this weekend was my first racing in the 3's and 1/2/3's. That being said, I didn't go in with any crazy ambitions this weekend. Our team was putting on the races and sitting at a corner all day as a road guard doesn't lend itself to warming up well. Fortunately, we had a great turn out of volunteers for the racing so I did end up getting to double the racing and do both the 3' and the 1/2/3 race.
I pack finished both races but had a BLAST racing this weekend. The course was wide open and crazy fast. The 1/2/3 race averaged right under 29 mph for the 30 miles we raced - and other than really a stretch of about 10 minutes or so when I pushed through the "wow, i didn't get a good warm up in," I felt good.
The best part? I could really feel it in my leg coming back about half way into the 1/2/3 race. Those sensations that you get when you know the legs will do what you want them to do. That bodes well for the week of training coming up rolling into Church Creek TT this weekend. Rockin!
So with that, I head into a stretch of racing from now until August, minus - I think - only two weekends while I'll be up in the Adirondacks.
Shout out to the team - WWVC - for all involved in the race yesterday for making it a great event, both from helping out the guys as well as being a racer in the event.
And a special shout out to my wife who trucked my kids out there with me yesterday to help the team. It' great to have someone by my side that can take an interest in my hobby/obsession and spend a day getting sun burned for the team! My wife rocks!
Ride safe!
VW
After a month of no racing, it was great to be back in the peloton again yesterday. For two reasons, really.
First, my legs had been dead ALL week. I hit a really bad patch in my training starting Monday and just couldn't get out of the slump. Totally frustrated with the response from my legs, I took an unscheduled day off on Friday before racing on Saturday. Another rest day today and back at it tomorrow.
Second, my Cat 3 upgrade came through last month so this weekend was my first racing in the 3's and 1/2/3's. That being said, I didn't go in with any crazy ambitions this weekend. Our team was putting on the races and sitting at a corner all day as a road guard doesn't lend itself to warming up well. Fortunately, we had a great turn out of volunteers for the racing so I did end up getting to double the racing and do both the 3' and the 1/2/3 race.
I pack finished both races but had a BLAST racing this weekend. The course was wide open and crazy fast. The 1/2/3 race averaged right under 29 mph for the 30 miles we raced - and other than really a stretch of about 10 minutes or so when I pushed through the "wow, i didn't get a good warm up in," I felt good.
The best part? I could really feel it in my leg coming back about half way into the 1/2/3 race. Those sensations that you get when you know the legs will do what you want them to do. That bodes well for the week of training coming up rolling into Church Creek TT this weekend. Rockin!
So with that, I head into a stretch of racing from now until August, minus - I think - only two weekends while I'll be up in the Adirondacks.
Shout out to the team - WWVC - for all involved in the race yesterday for making it a great event, both from helping out the guys as well as being a racer in the event.
And a special shout out to my wife who trucked my kids out there with me yesterday to help the team. It' great to have someone by my side that can take an interest in my hobby/obsession and spend a day getting sun burned for the team! My wife rocks!
Ride safe!
VW
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