Monday, May 02, 2005

time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so...

no riding on saturday thanks to rain... my legs have been feeling pretty tired recently thanks to the extra training, so not riding was a pretty easy decision and i think it was the right idea since i felt good today at greenbrier...

went up top greenbrier with a couple of friends to get a crack at the racecourse before the race next weekend. i rode up there a couple of times this winter as it stays in decent shape longer than most parks, but i wanted to see what kind of shape the course is in, where there are trees down, where the trees have been cleared, etc... took 2 laps of the course, plus a couple of the other trails and an extra trip down the rock garden. still haven't made the whole climb on the red trail, but i'm damn close, both tries today were foiled by technical bobbles on my part...

the ride got a bit competitive at times, with a couple of little sprints near the end and some fun passing on the more open sections of the trail. a lot of fun... might have ridden a bit harder than i should have, but my legs feel good this evening...

hopefully i'll get a couple of cool rides this week but not as intense as last week. going to try to do another photo ride at schaeffer on wednesday and the IMBA congressional staff ride is friday, always a pretty cool day...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

did you see the guide? How was it? - JJ - Good luck in your race.

joe said...

yeah it i was good... perhaps not as good as it could have been (they changed the story around a bit to give it a more linear movie friendly plot) but still a very funny movie...