Ooooooh, buddy. The phrase "hardest day on the bike ever" isn't an understatement. Saturday at our home road race in Plainview SUCKED for me. I bonked big time. I'm going to chalk it up to not enough food, not enough sleep, and not enough riding, as I solod it in in the Cs RR for like 12th. I spun my legs out in the ITT and had a bacon cheeseburger at Friday's. The thought that maybe I wasn't worthy of racing C's popped into my head. Yeah, bad day.
Then came the crit. It was in a parking lot on MSU Mankato's campus, but the course rocked, none the less. There were good corners, and plenty of bitching cornering. Kari and Steph raced with the men's Cs, but Steph wasn't feelin it. Kari was, and she was a rockstar today.
I got the first preem lap, and then sat in, hoping to have another go for a preem lap. I knew I couldn't outsprint the fast kids for the finish, and fully expected Nebraska to just solo away (which he did). All in all, I felt way better in the crit, and I think it's going to be a good season once I can get on a regular riding schedule.
Big ups to Deidre for kickin ass in the crit (even though she crashed) and to Megan for owning the women's RR.
We have a young team at the U right now, but in a year I think we'll be back on top of the conference. Mitch and Caleb are really picking it up, and next year Megan and Deidre will be ridin with Steph and Kari.
Jameson is a rocket. He's gonna be an A next year. A few of us had a chat about "wanting to win" today. I want it now. Now that I'm just a mid-pack punk, I want to win big time.
Tink out
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