It's been a while since my last posting. I guess I'll give it another good ol' college try and see if I can stick to this one more time.
SO I've found myself riding my bike again. This time around, I'm actually training and doing everything Coach B tells me to. I'm really enjoying it, not just because I'm getting it right, but I've also got a really cool group of people to train with and call teammates. We (a BUNCH of US)started a new team called Rogue Racing Project- we decided on Project rather than Team cause that word seems to be a little jaded. It's kind of a no strings attached, fun crowd of athletes (from all sports), getting together for fun, along with moral and drinking support.
Back to being motivated... I even have a power tap. Not sure how, but apparently this little tool is supposed to make me faster and stronger than ever before. I guess after 8 years of riding, I may as well try and learn how to do things the right way.
My season is off to a good start, I rode a hilly, windy, storming 20k TT two Sunday's ago and placed 2nd out of two women... and note that the winner Tracy Tolson beat my by exactly 2 minutes. She's an excellent rider and has been around the block a time or two, so I actually felt pretty good about *only* being 2 minutes behind her.
Last weekend was just unbelieveable. I finished 3rd in a local Women's 1-2-3 race, my highlight being that for some odd reason I outsprinted Tracy at the end. I'm considering retiring from cycling now while I'm on top.
Granted she had a very bad day (two flats- one before the race and another during the race), it's still very encouraging to (for once) have been ahead of her rather than 5 miles behind her. The left side picture is me in absolute disbelief after crossing the finish line... Marcia took some awesome pics that day!
It gives me hope that I'll be able to Cat up for Super Week in Wisconsin.
Ok, back to work, learn Chinese and take my TEFL courses.
