Bicycle on the brain

Rim Nordic tore me up this weekend. I pre-rode on Saturday morning after work when I probaly should have been sleeping. Being awake for 14-hours then pre-riding a course might not be a good idea. the course was brutal. Alot of up and not much down. When race day came I still felt tired. I got about 10-hours of sleep but I still felt like I had no power from the start.I don't like to make excuses and I hate to DNF, but I think working grave yard for 5-years straight is starting to get to me. PHYSICALLY!! I didn't DNF, even though I probally should have. It took me 3-hrs and 10-min. to complete the 25-1/2 mile course. To my surprise I wasn't the last person out on course. I guess Rim Nordic took it's toll on more than one. 1st place in my class did it in 2-hrs & 16-min. Last year i took the day off before each race to get a little rest but this year I've had to work a bit more. I don't know what to do about this. I'm just hopin I get one good result in this year to make all this suffering worthe while. the next Rim Nordic race in August is a stage race. saturday being short track and hill climb and Sunday cross country. I'm registered for both. We'll have to see what happens with that. Monday was a 1-1/2 hour spin on the road out in E. Highland. I still felt kinda drained. Until next time........VeEZemaN Out!

# posted by Veeze Price : 1:55 AM