Sunday Jingle

Picture is from Friday NIght. Super cold, I've got the bamboo riding hoody on under my skinsuit. Its from Swrve.



Spent a lot of time resting, my right knee was super sore, swollen and hurting a lot. Had some espresso drink in the morning and pedaled around during the masters race watching KC riders Tom P. and Andy L. taking 1st and 2nd in the 45+ race. My knee still really hurt when I pedaled and absolutely killed me when I walked or ran.

At the start I was trying to figure out the bell and lost a second. Still got up to 3rd place into the hole shot.

At the start the official would say 30 seconds, then 30 seconds later you'd hear a bell, that is our signal to go. I was watching the girl with the bell and the official who was watching his watch. I think the official may have moved his foot a certain way to signal the girl to ring it, there was no way to figure it out except put your head down and wait for the bell.


We road around a few turns and I got up to 2nd place over the barriers, where I powered hard into a right turn into a runup/rideup. I put my head down to ride it and halfway up the leader got off his bike and I road into the back of him. Neither of us went down but a few riders got by, I think 2. I was stuck behind a guy in white/red/yellow down a sticky/muddy descent and he let a 10 second gap form between him and the top 3 leaders which included the clif bar prodigy. Eventually I caught them in the barns and off we were going.

To sum up the last 4 laps, I bobbled, caught back on, then bobbled again, then Luke L and Travis D. caught me, then I bobbled again. Did so a few more times and finally crashed really hard on my other knee, felt worse than my right. At this point I was in 8th and I pedaled really hard to keep that position at the finish.


I had ok legs today but breathing wasn't good. There would be places where my legs felt awesome and I was out of breath, then there'd be places where I had good air and my legs were cramping. I didn't have a good pedal stroke either, just mashing along all day.



I should have some good video up in a few days. Legs feel really bad. Bad knees and sore muscles.

State Champs in MO and KS this weekend!