Serious Lack Of Motivation

With all the new things going on, I have been able to take my eye off the ball, so to speak, and do other things than ride a bike. School is in full effect now and it's made me realize that I'm a bit burnt. 

I guess the other thing is that it's really tough out here to plan a season of racing. My goal is to race road this year, but as I have to start over as a beginner and race as a 5, I have noticed that there are races that don't have my category listed for it. This is a real disappointment. This is the main reason for the little break in the program. I was all gun ho about getting going and ot looks loke it's going to take a lot longer than I had wanted to get into the 3's, oh well, I guess there are more important things to worry about. 

I know it's cold in the midwest, but it's been in the 80's here in SLO, can't complain about that. Stay warm back there!

Testing

So yesterday was the first real test of my fitness and I have to say I was pretty pleased with the way that I felt. A bit rusty, not really competeing in a while, but for the most part I was happy. The only things that stinks is that on a remount the chain slipped off and when I went to start pedaling, zing! The cranks turn with no resistance and my right knee goes into the stem. Game over.

I stopped to check if everything was still good, it hurt, but there wasn't anything hurt really bad. Thankfully there wasn't. I tried another lap, but the power was gone along with my enthusiasim. 

Looking forward, the road season starts in a few weeks, so I'm looking forward to that. I think a low key week is on tap. So that's the plan. 

Ouch

With the New Year welcomed in with good friends and a few drinks it was time to head to bed and await a new ride for me on the road. Met everyone at one of the local coffee shops and then off we went.

It ended up being a pretty windy day going up the coast to Cambria. We stopped off at Cuyucous for a bathroom break and basically all but 4 decided to keep pushing onto to Santa Rita Creek Rd....this is one bitch of a ride. It's a 15 or 16 mile loop that has some of the steepest climbs around this area. It's a two step climb and the end of is known as "the wall". Yup, I can vouch for that, don't know how steep it is, but it was REALLY hard to turn over the 39/25 to get to the top. 

In all it was a 5 hour ride of 70 miles and lots of climbing. This is good for race season that starts the first weekend of Feb. Can't wait!