Iola race report

So I am back and racing, ya! After taking a year off to work on the house it seems as though I haven't missed a beat........... Iola still chews me up and spits me out. It may be a fitness thing? : ) Alright lets get to the race already. Sunday was windy and cold, to cold to be trying to warm up for a race in spandex, so I compromised. I warmed up with my team bike hub/specialized jacket annnnnnd a winter jacket over that. After warming up I waited in my car until right before the race started. GOOOOOOOOOO and just like that the 2011 season was under way. My plan going into the race was to lay back a bit and not blow up on the first two laps . I got through about a lap and a half before I caught up to fellow teammate Erin, who had no idea I was behind him until I started yelling at him about how much of a sandbagger he is. I think it was the next hill, still right behind Erin that I tip over into the brush. geee heck, ya know. One second I am making fun of the guy a head of me and the next I am laying in some sort of pokie bush trying to get my foot unclipped from my peddle. It took me about a lap to get back to where I was in the world. With about half a lap to go something clicked and I mustered a decent kick to finnish off the first race of the year. I think I ended up around 50th out of 108, I should be able to work on that before my next planned race in early June.

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Townsend TN

There can't be to many people in this world that miss Townsend Tennessee. But I will admit I am one of those few that do. I was there for nine days and getting into a routine of waking up late, drinking coffee, watching river monsters with Jeremy Wade, riding my bike in the smokies, and living with four boy friends in the coolest A frame ever. It got to be a way of life...... A life I could get used to. Going into the week my highest weekly mileage was 20 so I wasn't hoping to keep up with the big boys who mustard around 340 miles on the week I was happy with getting just over 170 not to mention making a good push to the top of the grand daddy of them all CLINGMANS! 20 miles up equals two hours of climbing and 20 miles down equals 45 mins ha! that was fun. The trick I used to get me through the week with the bad knee was a combo of drugs, river soaking (with the river monsters), and stretching. I hope I can find a way to ride with out the drugs but It's a start. Can't wait for next year!

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cat 2 racers!
Make sure to vote on the start time for this years Subaru cup. I personally liked having our race before the cat 1 and pro racers because that way I was able to run around the course watching my favorite racers with out having to worry about conserving energy for my race.http://www.wors.org/news/article.php?id=1602&utm_source=WORS+Racing+LLC+List&utm_campaign=ccf5f2259b-February_Campaign2_4_2011&utm_medium=email

BAAAM!

I fixed my garmin forerunner 305 heart rate monitor with the help of http://www.runbulldogrun.com/forerunner-305/i-fixed-my-garmin-forerunner-305-heart-rate-monitor/
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The new set up

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After

simple is good

So I took a little time off house work and went skiing for the first time this year. I thought I'd try Kiekhaefer since I had mtbed here in the past and heard they had xc ski trails. I wondered around until I found the ski trails which turns out to only be about a mile long. But if you're not a groomed trail snob there's more than enough other trails to keep you busy. I Skied for about two hours and for that being my first time out, I can tell I will be sore tomorrow. But like a bumper sticker I once saw " sometimes fun can hurt pretty f?$&ing bad".