Training hard
1 07 2008It has been wonderful to be home for two whole weeks! I am thoroughly enjoying Durango and all it has to offer this time of year. I think suffering on the rollers all winter during the snow storms has really made me appreciate the warm weather that much more! I rode my favorite ride the other day….over all the mountain passes ending just before Ouray! The ride was definitely an exercise in mental toughness as my legs were protesting for a lot of it and then it started to rain. Racing in the rain is one thing when you are surrounded by 100 other competitors going through the same thing. It is a whole different thing to train for hours in the rain in the mountains….I’d like to think I got mentally tougher that day and I got to catch up on my 50 mph wet-roads-mountain-roads-descending skills! I have been to the farmers market for two weeks in a row!!! I met Dave from James Ranch and learned all about why their grass-fed beef is so tasty! If you haven’t tried it, I highly recommend it! The remainder of my time has consisted of frequent rides with friends and family with frequent stops at Bread for coffee!! I raced a club time trial during which I came to realize that I am luckiest person in the world….I have been given these amazingly fast and expensive ‘toys’ that I get to play with everyday….’toys’ being my Jamis Xenith road bike and my Jamis Xenith SL time trial bike aka my fighter jet. I still get the chills when I see my name on my bike. Finally, I rounded out the fun with some secret night time training….the topic: bike handeling skills…the location: a remote bmx track….the bike: my 1970’s cruisier…the outcome: valuable bike handeling skills and wall riding were learned as well as how not to crash in the dark when you catch air while going too fast approaching a jump…I’m not sure ‘jump’ is proper bmx lingo, but it will have to do. I’m off to race Fitchburg Longsjo Classic tomorrow! I will update from there if the internet is abundant in our host house!
Making my way up Red Mountain…..yeah! its not raining anymore!

Ciao
kmac
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