It was the best one yet!
i still got dropped but it happened significantly later than ever before.
Also, full disclosure, BK showed up and i think several times he rode for me which helped me hang on in a few tough spots.
But despite BK's help i could tell right away that i was feeling good, that feeling was juxtaposed by how awkward i felt on the road bike. i haven't ridden it for three weeks and it just didn't feel right. But my legs felt right and i was in good spirits so the challenge of riding smoothly in a fast pack on an awkward feeling bike was one i embraced. I'm not sure if i succeed with flying colors but i was game to try.
Upon retuning home i was giving my wife the play by play and mentioned that i kind of lost track of time for about 20 seconds during a hard part of the ride. And that's true. I dug so deep that i just zoned out. But i definitely unlocked another level of reasonable and acceptable suffering.
Progress!
But i still got dropped.
But considering i skipped the previous two weeks of this ride plus i'm coming off being sick i'm very pleased with my performance.
Slowly but surely my shape is coming into shape.
Next up is the Pony Express 65 mile gravel race in Marysville, KS this Saturday. Unlike Gravel Worlds where i purposely started out fast and then died in the middle of the race my plan for Saturday is to start slow and hopefully keep ramping up the speed as we go along. i'm thrilled that the race is 13 miles shorter than Gravel Worlds.
After i'm hoping to do this ride 3 or 4 more times at which point i'll be about a week away from the Little Sugar Mountain Bike race.
Then after that i see some local Cyclo Cross races on the calendar.
Bicycles!
