double race weekend!

I had another post in the works but have been super busy with work lately so that’s going to have to wait. my training has been going better then I could have expected. A couple of weeks ago I told beth for the frist time in a long time I was really feeling a boost in my fitness…. stronger, faster, leaner. All good things.

I think it’s just a very different feeling than ironman training.  With Ironman you keep building the load, increasing the volume, and I don’t know if ever escaped fatigue enough to really notice any huge jumps in fitness.  I mean I do know the long rides, runs, and hard masters sessions got easier and bit faster with time but it was in such small increments that it was hard to really notice.

this year is way different.  pete has me doing things I have never done before both on the bike and off (cross training) and it’s making a difference.  That work along with crossfit has me riding like I never have been before.  I still have a long ways to but I think I am on the right track.

so this post is really about this weekend.  I will finally, after years of wanting to, will get my first road race (not a crit) under my belt.  I’m racing the 12th Anual Boulevard Road Race on  Saturday.  My race is at 10am and will be 45 hard hilly miles.

I am not sure how things will play out with no teammates to work with but I do plan on racing a bit smarter than I did in Ontario.

Then on Sunday I will be backing it up with the Spy Red Trolley Classic.  My second crit and I have been looking forward to this since Ontario.  I am ready for another crack and again with a plan to race a bit smarter.

That’s it.  Time to get back to race and ready to race….