Before Corey and I left for Wilderness, I got to talk with Johnny at the hotel, about bikes, life and his needle dropping neighbors who just lost their privacy curtain. We apparently share the same fall clean up gene that kicks in about this time of year. Strange but effective and neighborhood friendly, drug-addled neighbors being the exception.
It was nice to have Corey back on the bike. Without a doubt I have ridden with Big Skinny far more than anyone else this year, so it really felt that things were back to normal.
Below is an actual x-ray of Corey's leg.
Corey and I kept expecting to see the CVO and the rest of the rolling caravan but popped out in the south parking lot without a sighting. Not wanting to push Corey's leg to far, we headed to LBC to say hello to Sam. Of course, there was the usual bike chit-chat, but it's also always a bit more and that's what makes it sweet. (Even if Corey kept wanting to discuss bodily functions. )
There was also this bit of eye candy. Me likey.
Mr. Bike Shop Owner fared a bit better today, but still must not have been quite himself (scroll down to page two). I haven't bothered to do the math, but if you glance the the points standings, I would think he sealed the deal.
Remember my post about the 3 Peaks race? Of course you don't, but Keith Bontrager has a nicely written piece about it on CyclingNews.
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I can't believe these folks were thinking the exact same thing as I.
sorry we missed you, we were probably right in front of you, and then headed out back...
then on our way back in, you guys were at lbc.
oh well,
night ride monday night?
Failure on all levels this weekend lowest of lows.
Saturday = Body and Mind / BONK poor preperation.
Sunday = Equipment / sitting in 2nd with a 30 to 40 second gap on 3rd and a flat right after the pit so I rode an entire lap on a flat tire on my carbon rim.
Im still amazed after many years of racing that I still make gross errors in preperation. But that usually means that I will have a strong end to the cross season. I wont make the same errors twice.
Is the rim okay after that?
Not that it will make you feel any better, but I understand the frustration. I could have written the same 'preparation' paragraph after TransIowa last year. I keep thinking, this long stuff is what I am suppose to be decent at and I completely blew it. At least you can let the frustration out shortly.
CVO, normally Monday's are great and I think the Monday night ride should just become a weekly event, but I need to be a family man tonight.
The rim is perfectly fine that is what is so great about carbon WICKED STRONG.
The amazikng thing about the pre race prep is that it is basically a check list that I have. I start 2 days prior doing and not doing certain things. NOT THIS TIME.
Another lesson learned.
Im in conversation right now with KB about putting the Trans Iowa on his event calendar next year. IF he is in then I will be racing it also.
No Tony W. this weekend?
Sir Wilhelm was in Portland for the past couple of weeks
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