Sunday, July 27, 2008

Fitness means nothing...

if you don't know what to do with it. Right now the fitness is pretty good... even have the numbers from a recent LT and VO2 test to prove it. Not great, but pretty good. Despite that, the Norwell circuit race was just another demonstration of how I'm just not a very good bike racer. Still don't know how to get myself into position to win even if I do have the legs. Still haven't shaken all the ghosts of crashes past (and for the record what level do guys have to get to before they stop being sketchy... there's some 3's and/or 4's out there that are just trying to take down half the field). Still not quite good/lucky enough to attack and make it stick. Made a couple moves today... not the greatest timing or execution. As typical sort of just came in as pack fill. Pace of the field felt fine, but I just didn't have that little extra. Ah well... soon enough it's cross season anyways.

5 comments:

Dmullen said...

Dude, shaking off past incidents is hard. I still freak out whenever there are cones on a course. Ever since that crash back in the spring where that kid failed to ride around a cone and took me out, I have lost all confidence when a race nears anything that resembles cones. Today was no exception.

solobreak said...

So this means you're coming to Concord, Bow, Nashua, and Mt A, right?

trackrich said...

Off chance I'll go to Concord... negative on the rest of them.

gewilli said...

u doing great glen...

yah?

muahahahahah

trackrich said...

Can't wait for Great Glen. We'll hook up up there... MRC has 8 guys in it so how bad can it be? :)