As many well know, there is another form of bicycle racing. Well, there are several forms of bike racing in all reality; road, mountain, track, downhill, etc. The often forgot form is that of cyclocross. It is getting a lot of coverage this time of year on places like Cyclingnews.com and maybe even Velonews.com. I am not sure, haven't been to Velonews in some time.
Either way, I plan to rock the 'crosss racing this season. Lets not take that too far, I should clarify "rock." All I simply mean is I will be on my cyclocross bike and doing some of the racing. The "rock-ing" part will hopefully come with time, but, it remains to be seen.
Anyway, I rode two days in a row. Yesterday I went for a little warm-up/technique ride. I just practiced the art of dismounting and mounting the bike quickly. Much to my surprise, I remembered what I had learned and didn't completely suck or harm myself in the process of practicing. After a few loops in a local park doing my mounts/dismounts I went to Greenfield Park to do some laps.
I have no idea what my course was, I just made it up as I went. I tried to ride hard, and I think I accomplished that feat. I came home and went and had sushi with Amanda. I think I prefer salmon over tuna, but, depends on the dish.
Today, a teammate of mine, Mantel; aka The doctor; aka Nation; aka Chris, went to Washington Park. Home of homicides and the annual Velotrocadero Halloween Cyclocross Race. If you didn't figure it out, it is the race my team puts on. We essentially just went to start riding the course and putting in a rut. Overall, the course is bumpy as hell right now. To the point you feel like your teeth will fall out of your head.
Our ride was decent. We did a hot lap and I was full on red zone for the entire time. I would say I felt ok, not great, but not terrible. I managed to break my saddle right in half. I believe this happened on said hot lap, but not sure. Either way, I now need a new seat. I am not sure if it broke because I am grossly overweight (not likely) or because I have insane raw power (also not likely). The more likely explanation is that it just broke because it was it's time. After all, the seat is probably 4 or 5 years old.
Well, time to go to work. I've accomplished much today the 22nd day of September. The day is young however, I must go serve and protect.
AB
You are goofy!
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