Got out on the road, but rode the cross bike. Rode 1:30 but kept it very easy. Saw a orange tabby kitten. Bricked to a 30 minute run and did core. No comments here. My Achilles pain seems to be going away.
Friday
Got up in the morning and did a short run and the stretched. Felt really good. I am really tight in the hip area. Met up with Lisa after work and rode over to the course. Rode some of what they had already set up then rode up to Alex's for his birthday party. Up there, they set up a surprise cyclocross course in his back yard. Rode that lap a couple of times. Kept it easy.
Sat.
Not feeling too spunky to race today, but got over there pretty early and got in a good warm up. Practiced riding different lines of the course and dialed most of it in. The grassy corners where the barriers were I didn't ride enough though. Race-had a good start and lead up on top of the hill. Then got passed by everybody. Ugh. After resetting and and a little moral discussion in my head got back in the groove again. Passed Megan pretty fast and saw Lindsy speed up when she got close to Amy. Then passed Amy. Takes an untrained Amy for me to beat her. Had Lindsy in my sites the whole race but never caught her. I really think I need to work on mentally wanting to win, or at least pass her. Part of me doesn't want t deal with the suffering that will follow a Lindsy pass. My weakness on the course was probably the grassy turns. Didn't have much speed getting around the corners.
Sunday
Felt really good this morning. Again, got a good warm up. Practiced the grassy corners and found some good lines. Again, got a good start. Let Lisa get in front of me. Maybe I shouldn't do that. She said we had a gap on everybody else. Should have tried harder to stay on her wheel. She was so fast though, just gone. Then everybody passed me again. Had to re-group on lap 2 because I was a little demoralized. Stayed so close to Lindsy until lap 6. Got demoralized again. Then had a good lap 7. Not sure what part of the course I lost time on for this race, the trail around the lake was tougher today and was always dying by the last corner. Could not stay on Lindsy's wheel on that trail, I stood up to keep on her wheel and my legs just died. It seems like short bursty efforts are too much for me. Can't keep going.
(a little wordy here. Trying to figure out what I think are my weaknesses)
Monday
Swam- 1500. Felt good to be in the water. Felt pretty good all day. Legs weren't especially tired. After swim though, I was done for. Slept good.
Tuesday
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