In a whirlwind of busyness lately it feels good to be home and resting up. Not only did I drive 2,800 miles in a single week, but I also did the hardest race weekend of my life. Joe Martin was an awesome experience and I learned a ton by racing out there with all the fast guys. The organizers managed to mess up the results, but I was able to compete in all for stages despite the fact that the results don’t show this. About 100 guys got cut before Sunday’s criterium, so for me it was a success in and of itself just to make the required time cuts. The first two stages were the two longest races I’ve ever done and also the fastest. Somehow I recovered and put out a decent time trial performance, making the time cut by about 16 seconds. By Sunday my legs were feeling quite tired and the ballistic pace from the gun had all 115 of us strung out single file around the hilly and twisty course. It was just a matter of time until the accordion strings snapped and I was left off of the back with the other first victims of the day. It was fun while it lasted and at least I got to give it a shot.
Sunday afternoon I left Fayetteville, following Ian who was also headed back north. We drove until about 2 am when we got to Albert Lea. Monday I finished off the drive and have been enjoying the serenity of Spooner ever since. The Joe Martin took more out of me than I first anticipated so until I feel normal again I’ll just be doing some easy short spins around. I’m excited about WORS this weekend and look forward to seeing everyone there. I might even double up by doing a Minnesota MTB race on Saturday. We’ll have to see about that… Until then, keep it real. TJ
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