Bunches and Bunches

I have done bunches and bunches of races since last updating. In fact that is why I have not been updating. Race, eat, sleep, race, eat, sleep, and in between that, recover, recover. In that time I have done a handful of UCI 1.12 races, capped off by a stage race Vlaams Brabant (2.12). The one day races went pretty good with one of them ending in a bunch sprint that we attempted to line it up, but quickly discovered that the bunch of us young grasshoppers have much to learn. The stage race went well not great as far as I saw, but afterward I go commentary from others was much more positive than I ever would have thought.

In the first two days I sustained two crashes. One was while I was near the front of a group and someone in front of me decided to be really stupid, but I suppose it is still my fault. The second was a massive pile-up with more than half of the field going down. It was one of those “the world is crashing down on me” sort of feelings. It ended with many layers of bikes on top of me. By the morning of the third day I was feeling like a 90 year old man that had just tried playing full NFL game. We did end up with a man finishing 17 on the overall, so all efforts were not wasted, but I still stand frustrated. No, matter what others have to say about my performance. Hey, if I can’t be critical towards myself than who can. If you want more details about my bruises, or if you want to hear me be even more critical of how things went, just shoot me an e-mail. Otherwise, I will spare the rest of you.

Fitness is good, attitude is positive, bruises are healing and preparations are moving along for another stage race. Bring it on.