Yesterday was the first race of the season. The Snowball Criterium that was held at the new Virginia Beach Criterium Course located in front of the monstrous waste of money known as the Sportsplex. The course is great, flat and smooth, wide turns, and lots of wind! I used this event as a gauge to see where I am performance wise and surprisingly enough I was not as far off as I thought I was. That is definitely not saying I am in good shape, just not in as bad of shape as I had originally thought.
I was able to ride in the peloton comfortably but didnt feel that I had the reserves needed to be able to kick it up and pull up front. Had I done that I think I would have been in the back of the pack with no legs left. The fact that it's staying light longer in the evenings means I will be getting more rides and training in so that should all start to work itself out.
This may be an interesting season as there were a LOT of new faces out on the track and a lot of people that could turn in to strong racers.
I was able to ride in the peloton comfortably but didnt feel that I had the reserves needed to be able to kick it up and pull up front. Had I done that I think I would have been in the back of the pack with no legs left. The fact that it's staying light longer in the evenings means I will be getting more rides and training in so that should all start to work itself out.
This may be an interesting season as there were a LOT of new faces out on the track and a lot of people that could turn in to strong racers.
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