CCTT #5

Dave shot some pictures with my camera out on course. Thanks bud! Michelle got some too but I haven't seen those yet. Last night went really well for our team. I think we all went into the race expecting a storm and lucked out without one. My legs felt okay and I was finally able to maintain focus and push hard the whole race. Sooo close to my series goal of 23:xx but at least I finally set a new PR of 24:21.8 which is a 25.86 mph average. Shawn squeeked me with a new PR too at 24:15 and we went 5-6 in the men's cat 4 field. Bill PR'd, Marni was 7 seconds off her PR and set her fastest time of the season and Erik was only a few seconds off his! After the race Scott threw the Ride Against the Machine team a killer BBQ and we all hung out, talked, ate and watched mountain bike movies. Pretty darn good night if you ask me.







Tonight is Dave's Tour Divide fundraiser at Snooze (ummm yum!) and this weekend I'm headed off to the White Rim to take some friends on their first WRIAD. I can't wait!

CCTT#4

A little windy but nice and warm. We had a good group tonight and I think we are all looking forward to next week's BBQ by Scott and umm, no one missing their start. Marni and I got off clean tonight but Erik, Dan and Shawn had no such luck. Whoops!
Still it was a great night to race and well worth it.
Awe aren't we cute :)
The new blue Element was great. I drove it for the first time tonight and it was so wonderful to have a bike mobile again.
Numbers for those who follow: 24:44.4 for me netting 9th place. Not bad considering the wind, still hoping for 23:XX somehow this season.

Edit: So tonight ends a rather dismal April in terms of plans vs reality but I'm moving forward with May and I think things will be looking up.

Time Trial Tired

Marni and I went up to almost Wyoming for the first ACA race of the year, the Frostbite Time Trial. Neither one of us had been on our time trial rigs or aerobars since probably last May but it was a good excuse to brush off the dust and start preparing for the Cherry Creek Time Trial series. No pictures of me because skinsuits don't have pockets but I ran back to the car after I finished and snapped a few of Marni. Here she comes!
Finished! Under her goal time too, congrats.
That was hard.
Now I need a nap :)
My race went well although I don't know where I stand or exactly how fast I went. My warmup was perfect and with the crosstailwind on the way out I cruised at 30-34mph all the way to the turn around. The way back was a challenge into the wind but I rode strong and finished some unknown amount under 30 minutes. Now we just have to wait for the results to post to see how we did...

Morning Edit: Results are up. Looks like I took 3rd place in the Cat 4 Men with a 29:30 and Marni took 6th in the Cat 4 Women with 41:02. Yay us!