I should have warmed up some. I felt bad all during the first run. Like I couldn't really get started. Also just didn't feel great. My slacking off this week definetely kicked my a$$ in this race. But it seemed to be unaviodable at the time. But I could really tell I had been working like a dog instead of training.

Warm up a little before the race. Not have my last run be a week ago.

I guess this should be in the run section but I defenitly drank too much water before the race. After the first mile I relize that I really had to pee. So after the run I hauled a$$ to the bathroom and let fly. This is bad because it is the second race in a row that this has happened. I need to remember this and not drink so much water in the morning.

again with the water

This course was not made for me in so many ways. When I'm on the bike I like to get going in a good pace then go into the big gears and start grinding it out. I don't do well when i can't get into a rythem and get into the big gears to get up speed. There were so many little twists and turns; just didn't favor a bulky power rider. High Cadence and finesse were the names of the game this race. I have neither. The worse part came when making a turn. It was a 180 turn and I came in a little too fast. Also I didn't coast, I was pedaling. I was leaning hard for the turn and my pedal hit the ground and then threw anything me off. I think I may have over compensated or maybe it was just inevitable. My back tire lost traction and started coming around then my front wheel turned and I was ass over tea kettle sliding across the road. As the guy behind me later told me, " you hit that ground like a ton of bricks". But I got up and got back on and kept riding, it was hard to shift because my hand wouldn't stop bleeding and there was blood all over the right side of the handlebars/aerobars/shifter.

Not crash

Felt pretty bad but got 2nd in my group so I guess everyone else was feeling worse. A little discomfort from the crash but it wasn't in the joint it was all superficial. I was neck and neck with a guy and the last 100 yards I turned on the juice and started sprinting. The good news is I won, the bad news is the guy was a lot older. I also almost knocked the guy who takes your chips over when I came into the shoot a little fast.

Walked back to about 1/2 mile point and waited for dad to come around. Then ran in with him to help him out.


Not in good enough shape. Crashed. Course did not play to my strenths. In that order.


It was awesome to do a race with my dad. He has been running ever since I can remember so it was cool to do this with him. He is going to try a sprint next year I think. The raceday people took some pics of us I hope they come out. On a totally different note, Road rash sucks. I had to go to her house and wake up the girl I have been dating so she could help me clean this stuff out. She was not happy when I woke her up (she is a partier) and even less happy when she saw what I had woken her up for. But she was a good sport and helped me clean it so it will heal up nicely. Although she wasn't happy about me having less skin on my right hip/butt.