With a break in racing, I also gave myself a break from updating things here online. THe national championship at Sonoma was a good experience despite the unexciting course and sweltering heat. Placing 33rd and 30th in the xc and stxc respectively, were hard fought results. The highlight of that weekend was surely watching Chloe and Jenna battle for the women’s U23 title. Jenna came out on top, but both have qualified to race at the world championships in New Zealand; what an opportunity…
Since last weekend I’ve been training again and it was nice not to pin on any numbers this weekend. I honestly can’t remember the last weekend that I didn’t race or the last time I trained for more than one day in a row. Yesterday capped off a nice four day block with a four hour mountain bike ride in the mountains. It’s been almost a year since my last voyage like this and I had forgotten how enjoyable it is out there.
With nearly three weeks at altitude I should be somewhat acclimated to the low pressure we are all about to experience at Brian Head for the next stop on the Norba circuit. This was the first pro race I entered and the experience is still fresh in my memory. You can read about this experience here. Perhaps this time I’ll fair a little bit better with the pace.
All for now; it won’t be so long until my next post.
‘If our brains drive us towards human accomplishment, then motivation is the fuel for the engine.’ –loose quote from the iMax film, Wired to Win.
TJ
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