Short out and back on gypsy trail rd. All up or down.

nothing fancy. i was wearing socks because my left foot is still chewed up from last weeks trail run with mud and pebbles in my shoes.

i dont know, i couldnt really hold steady higher power amounts. it was part mental part phisical. i spent a lot of time alone on the course. couldnt catch the faster runners from the du and when the FOP guys/girls from the tri caught me, they kept on going. it tighted up toward the end but i was not trying to pass anyone in that curvy blind-spot filled end. i ended up 0.7mph slower than last year. whats up with that? part of it may be doing the hilly short run first instead of the swim, but that couldnt be all of it.

i dont know. i like this course allow to push FTP. when I swim near hear I might try and ride this loop hard alone some. its got all the elements to make me a better rider, no stoplights, tons of rolllers and great places to practice handling.

again, nothing fancy since i didnt want my socks wet/muddy for the run. somewhere during the bike i decided i wasnt "racing" any more today and planned to treat run #2 as a brick. So I actually dropped my German next to the helmet, but then thought better of it and picked it up. I'd hate to have it accidentally walk off, plus I could use it for HR.

Stuck to the impromptu plan and kept HR in z3 or under, enjoyed the tree lined road, view of the reservoir and streams.

Maybe would have pushed a littttle harder if I knew the second place AGer was only 20 seconds behind.

Had a donut and waited in the shade for the awards announcemens. Was planning to do a trail run before going home but blew it off. It had gotten hot and I was out of steam.

later in the day I realized I shredded my rear tire across 2 inches. Lucky it made it through the race. I definitely contributed to this be being to lazy to take off my race wheels before trainer rides.


Poor attitude and sporadic training


Any gripes from the day were personal. This is a great race and very well attended for its senond year. I bet it sells out next year.