Syn-Fit Crit

I don't have much excitement to share about my Syn-Fit experience. I didn't ride all that well, I'm pretty sure I was dehydrated and opted not to prepare with any recognizable form of a pre-race routine. Oops. Glad I've now worked out the early-season kinks. One noteworthy aspect of the race was my stellar attack with 6 to go, which looked very well executed and pretty, but within 30 seconds of launching my attack, my stomach decided that it was pissed and didn't like that decision. So...to punish me, it decided to upheave whatever was in it. I didnt actually puke, but it was as close as could be. Fun stuff....that has actually never happened to me in a bike race before. Surprising, when in my four years of high school cross country running I was a chronic puker. After every race, I crossed the finish line and puked, or dry-heaved at least. Like clockwork. Good times. Let's hope for better news during Ephrata this weekend.

I also got the best apology I've ever gotten in my entire life at Syn-Fit. It is a long story, but it involved a mysterious case of mistaken identity at 'cross nats this past year. To make up for his identification error, Buck (the mid-atlantic cross legend Dee Dee Winfield's husband) offered the most sincere and heartfelt apology I have ever received in my entire life. I know most of you who are reading this will have no idea what I'm talking about, but for those who do (including Buck), I wanted to extend my appreciation for such a genuine apology. I think you and Dee Dee are awesome, and harbored no resentment prior to the apology, but think even more highly of you now than I did before (if that is even possible). It will be a great cross season this year, I'm really looking forward to it.

So, back to studying. Pictures of the new ride and other adventures to come. Gotta pass my finals first :-O.

Fallen off the face of the Earth...

My return to blogging! Yay! I know you all have been dying to know what is going on in my life, the suspense has been killing you. Well, brief update on the past few months of my life. Law school finally commandeered my life. I have been representing clients on landlord/tenant issues all semester, and as it turns out, that is a very time consuming venture. My riding was reduced to the trainer (when I actually had time to do it), my meals consisted of soup and crackers, and I showered maybe once every 2 or 3 days. Yea, I know, that's bad (and gross), but hey, that's law school. Good news is that phase is over....now I'm on to the catch-up phase. That means I try to make up the 300+ pages that I have yet to read in a couple classes, all before finals start in 2 weeks. No biggie....

On a much happier note, I've been riding a lot and consistently. My cycling confidence was totally beat for a while, but I've been feeling a lot better on the bike, and actually feeling fit enough to enter a race or two. I had one of the best rides ever on Easter Sunday up at Kelley Acres with some of the local gals. What was supposed to be an LSD ride became quite competitive between myself, Sonja Evers, and Jen Rasmussen. We ripped the legs off of each other for 3 1/2 hours, but all in good fun. It will be a very fun racing season!

My first race of the season will be the Syn-Fit Crit in VA on Saturday, a whopping 15 mile crit. That's ok, that means I will get in a good training week, being less concerned with tapering for the race. The more training the better! Now all we need is spring to arrive and we'll be all set.

So stay tuned for better, more frequent updates. The semester is almost over!

Back!

I had to remove my other blog (it's a long story). I also had to change the address, but I'll be back shortly. Stay tuned!