OTTER POPS
MY BUTT WAS SPASMING,. It was a bit embarrassing. But, there was no stopping it. At 8am on the start line, sub0-50, I was in my stretchy underwear, no warmers, no jacket…
… shivering, dressed to race!
It turned out to be my worst result of the year.
And, I was thrilled.
On the second of two 25-mile loops all I could hear was the opening to Eminems Without Me…
… Guess who’s back, back again
Diesel’s back, tell a friend.
Why?
Because for the first time in too long, I put together a good race.
- Good start
- Good nutition
- Good power
- Good finish.
It started last evening when the great Cody helped me dial in my shifting. Turns out it’s quite simple, ya just gotta know what to do.
Now I do.
I lined up early. It was mass start, and I slotted early cutting my warmup short.
Totally worth it.
We sprinted right from the start, uphill, gunning for the chicane that led to the singletrack…
… it was a clownshow.
But not for us.
The crew said just a few spots after Eric, Steven, Chris and I got through it stacked up so bad people we walking.
At the last moment, I went with two bottles per lap. About 300 calories per bottle, and one waffle.
There was one small hiccup.
When I grabbed my salt stick tablets, I popped open an empty bottle.
Ruh-roh!
Fortunately, I was relying on the Apple Watch to track my ride…
… quick texts to the crew and they had mustard and tablets when I came through for second lap.
I was 6ish minutes slower the second time around. I’d prefer to snug that up, normally I’m faster the second lap or second half of something this long. However, I haven’t done any sweet spot training this year…
… saving it for Leadville build this summer.
I finished 7th in the 50+, first finisher in the 60s. The days of racing my age group on winding down…
… I’ll be self-identifying as a yute going forward.
My biggest takeaway is big distance mountain bike racing is really fun and demanding. I’m looking forward to the very specific training this summer.
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I keep meaning to take pics of all our gloves I see at the races, but I'm not carrying my phone much these days.
You'll just have to trust me, these are rad.
There are lots of color options.
And it's Buy1Get1 this month.
No code needed.
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170? I dunno, no scale, but I've been eating all day... ending at Chris' parents for a massive barbeque.
7.5 hrs
0 Pull Ups + 0 PushUps + 0 Heavy Squats
00 minutes recovery
15 minutes reading + Journaling