Durango
Well this weekend went kind of like all the others. I just didn't have a good one. The short track was on Saturday and I was able to suffer pretty well finishing in the top 15. I think I could have done a little better (finish with the next group) because this kid crashed in front of me in the singletrack and I lost the group that I was riding with early in the race. I think I was only about a minute or so off the pace, so I can definitely live with that. Sunday's race didn't go nearly as well. I was riding OK, top 20 or so and just got my legs going when I flatted. I had just given my tube to a teammate so I had to wait to get some stuff from other people.I got going a few minutes later and then about a mile down the trail I hit a rock just right and flatted again. I decided that I'd throw in the towel because at this point I wasn't going to be earning any points for the team and it would be counterproductive for me to walk 8 miles.
I ended up walking back with Danae York, who apparently was coughing up blood. She decided to pull the plug too so we chit chatted on the way back. What I am about to say is absolutely unbelievable, I have no idea why I did this or how I did this. We were walking up the final climb to the start/finish area when I spotted a huge spider by Danae's foot. I was so amazed that I dumped the rest of the Gatorade out of my bottle, and caught it in the bottle. I couldn't believe it, it was a tarantula. I brought it back and showed it to everyone and it was the most insane thing ever. I was talking to Hagen afterwards though, and he told me I should probably let it go because it would be happier in its natural environment. I guess that it would probably be happier injecting its venom into humans that crawling around in a cage so I decided to let the little bugger go.
Today I get to go do some testing. I have no idea exactly what I'm going to be doing, but I know I have to bring my bike and probably suffer a lot. We decided to do it today because my race was cut short yesterday, and Monday is the only day that Andy and the guy from Back on Track are able to work together. Hopefully I'll be able to put out some good numbers and learn a little about my body, too. In order to get faster, I'm going to start eating differently. I started this morning on the AC diet, and I have to say it was all right. The only problem that I came to was when I started eating my pancakes and realized that I wouldn't be able to put maple syrup on them. Looks like I'll have to find something to put on them that still tastes good.
I ended up walking back with Danae York, who apparently was coughing up blood. She decided to pull the plug too so we chit chatted on the way back. What I am about to say is absolutely unbelievable, I have no idea why I did this or how I did this. We were walking up the final climb to the start/finish area when I spotted a huge spider by Danae's foot. I was so amazed that I dumped the rest of the Gatorade out of my bottle, and caught it in the bottle. I couldn't believe it, it was a tarantula. I brought it back and showed it to everyone and it was the most insane thing ever. I was talking to Hagen afterwards though, and he told me I should probably let it go because it would be happier in its natural environment. I guess that it would probably be happier injecting its venom into humans that crawling around in a cage so I decided to let the little bugger go.
Today I get to go do some testing. I have no idea exactly what I'm going to be doing, but I know I have to bring my bike and probably suffer a lot. We decided to do it today because my race was cut short yesterday, and Monday is the only day that Andy and the guy from Back on Track are able to work together. Hopefully I'll be able to put out some good numbers and learn a little about my body, too. In order to get faster, I'm going to start eating differently. I started this morning on the AC diet, and I have to say it was all right. The only problem that I came to was when I started eating my pancakes and realized that I wouldn't be able to put maple syrup on them. Looks like I'll have to find something to put on them that still tastes good.
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