Seattle Cyclocross #5

Another Weekend another cross race. ... SWEET! So this week has been a a really hard week of training, a lot of hard efforts all week. It felt good and it was a good mid season build up for the rest of the season to keep the endurance high and form good.

Oh and I got to ride with a Tour de France champion on Wendsday. Greg LeMond came out to cross workout in Seattle. It was kinda cool to meet him, you know he was a lot bigger around waist than I figured but he still has some of the biggest quads and calfs that I have ever seen, (no Dale they weren't bigger than yours) So that was that.

Ok so now to today's race. Because of the hard week I kinda expected to be a little stale and tired but I woke up and was still really sore. So I came to line with one thing in mind.... don't blow up and finish the race take a top te live to race another week. Well plan went well from the start, There was a huge group of us all together, like 7 of us at one point. But it was windled down to about 5 of us that was a little spred out, I did a good job at staying towards the front, and I kept trying to break away and get a gap but everytime I tried the legs would go for about 5 sec and then just settle back into a steady pace no matter how hard I tried. So I stayed near the front until that is I hit some invisible root which sent me spinning all the wat around and slamming my knee into a rock and doing something to my shoulder which both hurt really bad right now, but I got back up still on the back of the big ol' group until I started having Mechanical issues, WTF! So now I had to run, sprint, about 1/2 a mile to the pits where I picked up my other bike after slipping and falling on my butt trying to slowdown and get my bike, after drilling it for a whole lap after a chase and a run I was somked and just lipped home, bummer, that sucked, I felt like I could have won the group sprint or at least pulled away at the end. Oh well I know I was going good and you always have some bad luck at some point, this was mine. Fort Flagler is next up, a double weekend on the coast, and my favorite races of the year!! There will be no mercy next weekend I am looking for a podium!! Wish me luck.

Luke