Coming down from all of the Sea Otter hype is a pretty serious experience. Going from four days of racing and all of the little things that keep you busy, back to the ’simple life’ is quite a let down. Not that this is a bad thing, it’s just that you don’t realize how stressful racing can be until you get away from it. The poison ivy/oak is in full force and has taken my legs over, but its a good thing that I never really get itchy from things like this. GC results were calculated and I finished top 60 and likely top 40 for Americans though I didn’t take the time to sort through all of the countries.
The Sewanee is 100% operational once again as I rebuilt the SID and put on a new chain along with shift cables today. I can’t believe how much abuse these bikes can take and yet they still come back looking almost new. I was fortunate for the tech support offered by Magura and Fox as these guys literally saved my bike on two separate occasions. Thanks guys!
Tomorrow I might scout out the RR course for this weekends three-day stage race. Either that or I’ll just pound out some quick intervals, whatever sounds more appealing once I get going… The course is a 16 mile lap with 900 feet of climbing, so it would be nice to find out how that 900 adds up since there isn’t a profile on the race website. All three events are within a thirty minute drive from Rosamond so I’m excited about the idea of racing from ‘home’. I’ll be able to post race updates as the stages unfold so be sure to tune in this weekend. I couldn’t believe it when my hit counter added up over 180 viewers on Monday alone. Who are all of you?!? -TJ
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