President's Day Weekend

Well, it was a long holiday weekend for us here in the states - Valentine's Day and President's day.

Rolled up and did the season opener crit for me - the Roger Millikan Memorial/St. Valentines day crit in Brea. Saw some familiar faces that I hadn't seen in awhile.

I haven't been riding too well, lately - the motivation hasn't been there for a bit. A quick note to those out there that think doing an Ironman is a good way to prepare for bike racing. It's not working out so good for me!

I did a lot of hard tempo rides in preparation for that Ironman, and boy, I got real good at doing hard tempo rides! Granted, I back filled those efforts with one day a week of goin' hard (in the form of a vo2 style workout), but dang, one day a week might not have been enough to keep things going...

Anyway, despite all that hard tempo riding last fall, I seem to be really flat right now... errrr, or is that fat... honestly, it's a little of both! Low motivation, and high poundage is not a recipe for success in the local Pro socal masters bike racin' scene.

I was a bit nervous and unsure toe'n the line yesterday for the first race of the year, since the power and the body mass aren't where I'd like them to be. Millikan seemed faster this year than last - most of that effect could have been due to the re-appearance of the former NetZero guys on the Masters scene. Paolonetti and co are back in force riding for the Sho-air squad this year. Oooh, that's going to make things hurt a wee bit more this year, I reckon.

Maybe 100 guys toed the line for the M35+ race - I stayed somewhere mid pack and moved up a few times when the opportunity presented itself, only to filter my way backwards when things got singled out. Some really crazy stuff out there. Maybe that's just a first race of the year deal... or maybe not. Doodz just sittin' up in the middle of the race/field - I mean, really, droppin' anchor just doesn't seem like a good idea when there's 100 guys all around you, does it?

I narrowly missed drilling a couple guys...that'll get the ticker and adrenaline goin'!!!

Somehow, I managed to slot into the top 20 with a few laps to go, and that's pretty much where I stayed until the line. Some fast boyz out there - usually, I stick my nose in the wind a couple times during these things, but not on this occassion. Followin' wheels is about all I'm capable of doing right now.

Here's the srm file screenshot:



Things'll change soon enough, though, I reckon. There's more racin' to come!