Where did the month go?
Hmmmmmm. Last post was a month ago? Seems about right. Life has been chaotic at best over the last month and biking has been the farthest thing from my mind.
Some notes:
- I went and did a Whiting-Luge lap yesterday and got a new personal best by a minute (1:23). This shocked me because I've been feeling slow on the bike lately and I haven't exactly been training hard. When I train hard I don't seem to grow and when I don't ride I grow a little? Makes no sense.
- Injuries. Ugh. I added to my injury list last Friday. I crashed in the first five minutes on Deer Canyon in El Moro which gave me a huge bruise (maybe even a hematoma) on my right knee. It's a black spot about the size of a softball and it's sore.
Beyond that my left wrist still hurts from a crash in February and my left knee still hurts from my crash on Trabuco. These injuries only manifest themselves on longer rides or when I'm pushing really hard.
I have so many aches and pains I can't even remember where half of them came from. Oh well. Need to crash less.
- Our 3 man open team got fifth place at 12 hours of Rim Nordic. All in all I was pretty happy with the race. I did my first two laps on my rigid SS and the next two on Matt's SS. I just couldn't take the rigid fork after the first two laps. I felt quite a bit better on the Rita.
I think that's it really. I still dream of getting a new bike and I'm starting to doubt whether or not I'm going to do the 24 hour race in Hurkey later in the year. Unless something major changes with my motivation for riding I just don't see that happening.
Some notes:
- I went and did a Whiting-Luge lap yesterday and got a new personal best by a minute (1:23). This shocked me because I've been feeling slow on the bike lately and I haven't exactly been training hard. When I train hard I don't seem to grow and when I don't ride I grow a little? Makes no sense.
- Injuries. Ugh. I added to my injury list last Friday. I crashed in the first five minutes on Deer Canyon in El Moro which gave me a huge bruise (maybe even a hematoma) on my right knee. It's a black spot about the size of a softball and it's sore.
Beyond that my left wrist still hurts from a crash in February and my left knee still hurts from my crash on Trabuco. These injuries only manifest themselves on longer rides or when I'm pushing really hard.
I have so many aches and pains I can't even remember where half of them came from. Oh well. Need to crash less.
- Our 3 man open team got fifth place at 12 hours of Rim Nordic. All in all I was pretty happy with the race. I did my first two laps on my rigid SS and the next two on Matt's SS. I just couldn't take the rigid fork after the first two laps. I felt quite a bit better on the Rita.
I think that's it really. I still dream of getting a new bike and I'm starting to doubt whether or not I'm going to do the 24 hour race in Hurkey later in the year. Unless something major changes with my motivation for riding I just don't see that happening.
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1 Comments:
"When I train hard I don't seem to grow and when I don't ride I grow a little? Makes no sense"
This makes PERFECT sense to me bro!
A hard workout only creates the potential for fitness. It's realized when you allow for recovery -joe friel
stress + REST = Success!
Sometimes it is the body that needs the rest and sometimes it is the mind. Keep on keeping on and rest when you wanna grow. Hope to ride w/ you again soon.
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