Soooo busy lately not able to keep up!! Lots of work, lots of training, and trying to stay relaxed oand focused on both which has cut out some things like writing. I have been using Twitter- check it out: @slovickracing
Now for the race! Again keeping larger goals in mind I kept the burlier tires and heavy (but strong) wheelset on the bike. Maximum traction and some harder efforts on the twisty with lots of acceleration points made for a great day of training while racing. My goal this time was to start even slower than normal and maintain a pace that, by the end of the race, I could have kept going for another lap or two. With temps again in the 90's and mid-70s dew points this could work out well in many ways.
I started off in the main group of riders but towards the back. Keeping a nice sustainable pace through the first singletrack I was able to get a round a couple guys having some trouble navigating the fun but sometimes tricky Hillside course...and...as I've put it to many, that was pretty much it from there! Super fun SOLID race with NO DRAMA. Just awesome riding fast through the rockier and rooty sweet course that Hillside is. I finished with quite a bit left in the tank- definitely enough to do another lap- so this was a huge success...particularly how I felt after this race as opposed to previous ones where I kept overheating myself.
My note taking after each training ride and race recently has gotten better and is proving to be very helpful and should be huge in Leadville- now just 11 days away! The LT+ efforts are not as frequent as they need to be to place well in the MN series- some FAST riders in the Comp class this year. It still is hard to let that go a little- but I'm still loving getting out on the bike with a number plate with hopes to go all day and ride strong the whole time ;) TJ's weekly schedules having been falling in place perfectly with how my body seems to feel regarding off, endurance, and high intensity days. Pretty amazing stuff!
