It was right around lap three of six when my mental game imploded. You shouldn’t have upgraded. What were you thinking, an A? My legs are so tired, I’m never going to catch the riders right in front of me, its too hard. Why the hell do I keep paying money to do this? I hate cross, I suck[...]
Archive for September, 2008
September 28th, 2008 - 7:26 pm § in Cyclocross, Race Reports
Race Report: Battle at Barlow
Ummm…… Ow. So this was my first attempt racing A’s. I can’t say I had high hopes about much of anything, it was kind of a test to see how I stand. Well, I wasn’t last. Although I was close. Those ladies are fast. I felt like I raced a really awesome race for the first 4[...]
September 25th, 2008 - 9:01 pm § in Uncategorized
Another week of crossin’
I usually do yoga on Mondays as recovery, but after Steilacomm, I was seriously reminded of how crap my skills are. I took to the streets for a long ride focusing on getting my cross on. I rode to Sellwood park and practiced in the lower grassy area for a while, until I couldn’t handle [...][...]
September 24th, 2008 - 9:44 am § in Racing, Uncategorized
Tactics and Teams
I reguarly read the blog of one Brooke Miller who rides on the Tibco pro team. She won the road Nats this year and is over in Europe right now racing in Italy and about to race in Worlds. I love reading her blog because she goes into some serious detail when it comes to [...][...]
September 22nd, 2008 - 9:19 pm § in Cyclocross
So un-pro
Here is a picture of me at Steilacomm put on by Rad Racing. It is a prime example of how very un-PRO I am. Orange arrow – my helmet is askew, and my hat is flipped up, also askew. Blue arrow – my jersey is riding up. Damn women’s jerseys. Frankly I should be wearing a skinsuit, [[...]
September 22nd, 2008 - 7:31 am § in Uncategorized
Race Reports: Starcrossed + Rad Racing
Starcrossed You may have missed my name in the results. I drove up to Seattle with Colleen from Veloce, and it started raining somewhere around Tacoma… and didn’t stop until the Elite women’s race at 7pm. The race was at the velodrome, and most of the course was on grass or pavemen[...]
Race Report: Pain on the Peak
Pain was definitely the word of the day for this one. First of all, the Ryan Trebon showed up and called it one of the hardest cross races in Oregon. So if he finds it hard, you can imagine all of us mere mortals were suffering and wishing we had never taken up biking (while [...][...]
September 9th, 2008 - 8:15 pm § in Race Reports
Need to be humbled?
Go race with the 1/2/3/4 men at the PIR handicap race. My initial goal was to not get dropped. Then I looked around at the competition. My new goal was to not get dropped the first half of the race. Once we started racing, my new new goal was not to crash. Well, I didn’t crash, so at least [..[...]
September 9th, 2008 - 2:55 pm § in Uncategorized
Photos from Epic Ride
Thanks to Jordan for these fabulous photos from Mt St Helens over Labor Day Weekend! [...]
