Its been a crazy few weeks! I finished up the Masters Of Motocross series with an awards and ride day, finished my longest run before IM, and did another cross race. Sounds like everything went great, right? Not exactly... 2 weeks back I was feeling tense about missing a bunch of training to being sick, and the impending IM AZ on 11/23. I finished a 90 minute hilly ride with an 18 mile run.... haha. It was the last big running day I will allow myself to have; not being the best runner all I can do from then on in is create problems. The good news was it went off pretty much without any problems. I feel like I will be OK as long as I get my nutrition right in November. After that long Saturday I went to the Masters of MX awards day at Tomahawk MX track in West Virginia. It had been a few months since I had ridden and it showed! I had a great time, but wasn't feeling comfortable and part of the bike like someone who actually rides! I even dumped it in a rutted corner to add to my beat up body... nothing serious though. All in all it was great and I ended up with 2 trophies for 2nd Overall in 35+B, and 3rd Overall in 30+c. I will post some pics this weekend. If you are over 30 and race or ride MX, I suggest you check out the Masters of MX series in 2009!
Last week I had 2 days off to "train" for November. Not a fan of the cold weather I decided to go to Patapsco's Avalon area for a brick endurance ride/run... what a mistake! I hadn't ridden MTB since July and about 10 minutes into my ride I went down....HARD! I caught my right hand on a tree branch and the next thing I know I have a cracked helmet and bruises and trail rash all over my left side. So much for training days... I finished up a measly 2 hours and went home. The next day I was sore so I did an IM swim.... which actually went well. All in all not great for training, but good for my most overlooked event.
That brings me to the DCCX cross race last weekend. I had never been there, but I will definitely be back! what a great course; inside the DC beltway? It was surrounded by crowded, sprawling DC, but what a nice area and a great layout. Having 2 great finishes in my 2 MABRA races I lined up in the back as usual. After the start I started moving up, but with the twists and turns and technical sections I could only really make up time through the pit and out on the road/path. After 45 minutes I was in 11th place with no real estate left; one of these years I will give cross a real shot! For now I have one more race this weekend, and then just trying to stay healthy.. which seems like a challenge for me lately! I will have a report on Monday and hopefully some pictures. Just so everyone knows I have officially entered the panic/apprehensive phase of my Ironman preparation; not much time goes by when I don't think of something I need to do, buy, or worry about! One of my friends doing the race told me he was the same way... I guess it isn't just me. I have 3 weeks to be ready for the big day. I fully intend to be ready to leave it all on the course; I'll keep you posted.
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