California here I come again!
Wildflower is right around the corner. I can’t wait to get to CA and see some friends and race such a hard course. A big thanks for my great friend Laura Miller and her folks over at Tri-Cal for their support and the hook-up on the Race Entry. I have to cross that finish line now.
With that crossing the line in mind, this past weekend was very busy. I had a long ride planned for Saturday, but working at BV cut into that. Sunday was going to be a nice fun 5mile road race followed by a short day at BV. When I woke, I felt bad about not getting in the long ride so I chose to ride the trainer for about 2 hours prior to the run. Since I live close to Cherry Creek, I ran 3 miles to the start of the race. Just as Coach and I had talked about on Friday. A 25 minute warm-up getting to the cattle corralled runners with about 3 minutes prior to the start. The race was starting good, but around mile three when I tried to pick up the pace and sit in cruise control, I realized that I should have eaten more food before the ride and run. The tempature hovered around 75 for the run and it felt like that too. My sun burn can prove it too :). After the run I hung out for about 10 minutes taking in some water and a small stretch to get a cramp out of my calf. Then it was a light 3 mile run home and off to BV to work on a few bike fits and everything else under the sun needed by customers.
The poor showing at Cherry Creek Sneak put me in sour mood, but I have to realize it’s not a race, but more a training day. I did learn from it. I know that I needed more fuel in my tank prior to ever starting anything that day.
I’m stoked to go to Wildflower with Erin whom I met at Team Timex, and Tim Hola who I’ve known a couple years now from PowerBar. Two great people and super athletes whom embody all that the sport is.
Time for bed now, as I had a good swim today and a nice 1.5 hour bike ride while watching “Hero’s”. Tomorrow is the last Basketball game of the season for us at AMG and then it’s home for more packing to make sure I don’t forget anything.
With that crossing the line in mind, this past weekend was very busy. I had a long ride planned for Saturday, but working at BV cut into that. Sunday was going to be a nice fun 5mile road race followed by a short day at BV. When I woke, I felt bad about not getting in the long ride so I chose to ride the trainer for about 2 hours prior to the run. Since I live close to Cherry Creek, I ran 3 miles to the start of the race. Just as Coach and I had talked about on Friday. A 25 minute warm-up getting to the cattle corralled runners with about 3 minutes prior to the start. The race was starting good, but around mile three when I tried to pick up the pace and sit in cruise control, I realized that I should have eaten more food before the ride and run. The tempature hovered around 75 for the run and it felt like that too. My sun burn can prove it too :). After the run I hung out for about 10 minutes taking in some water and a small stretch to get a cramp out of my calf. Then it was a light 3 mile run home and off to BV to work on a few bike fits and everything else under the sun needed by customers.
The poor showing at Cherry Creek Sneak put me in sour mood, but I have to realize it’s not a race, but more a training day. I did learn from it. I know that I needed more fuel in my tank prior to ever starting anything that day.
I’m stoked to go to Wildflower with Erin whom I met at Team Timex, and Tim Hola who I’ve known a couple years now from PowerBar. Two great people and super athletes whom embody all that the sport is.
Time for bed now, as I had a good swim today and a nice 1.5 hour bike ride while watching “Hero’s”. Tomorrow is the last Basketball game of the season for us at AMG and then it’s home for more packing to make sure I don’t forget anything.
posted by Jon at 4/30/2007 08:54:00 PM
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