It's June, Do You Know Where Your Cross Bike Is?

With cross season approx 2 months away, and my summer season a total wash, I have put all my effort and motivation towards being ready for fall. I was almost giddy yesterday while getting the cross bike dialed in and ready for it's first practice ride of the season. This morning I set out with my practice barriers to the park ready to thrash myself but good! My newly found training course has all the things I need to work on. It has a off camber climb and decent, loose gravel, and a short but steep run up. Add my barrier section, and the fact that it's only about a 3 minute loop, I get a ton of off and on the bike practice. An hour of this and I rode back to the house toast!

I can't say that my fall season will be any better than this summer. But at least recently my training has had better focus. With the looks of my re-mount technique, i'm lucky I started in June. I just might not look as pathetic come September!!!!! Ty

Training So Hard I'm Shredding Wheels

While on a "Greg pacing" ride this morning, my rear hub decided to give way. I didn't even know it blew. On one of my very few pulls of the day, Greg saw my back wheel wobbling (more than usual)! I love these Rolf wheels, they are one of the few things that I didn't go low buck on. Even on my steel-heavy sled, they looked sleek and fast. I know they deserved a much faster rider! I'm sure the stress of going so slow was one of the major factors in their breaking down.

So I went to a Bontrager wheel set, and am looking forward to my morning ride tomorrow. Just like a kid at Christmas with a new toy. Out with the old and in with the new. I'm sure the hills will still hurt, and my place in the pack will not change. Ty