HarryTheDog
Guru
- Location
- Basildon Essex
Well I dont expect many post from people this season but Eastern League managed to put on a race today. All but the senior race was only 30 minutes and only around half the normal people turned up but it was good to see old faces.
Well my race is more of a tale of woe than a tale of daring do. 4 months ago I embarked on a proper training plan and got stronger and lost weight and was looking forward to a event to show of my new power. I did some evening cx rides with fellow racers and felt I had really improved but then suddenly my performance dropped of a cliff and i had to take ten days off as I felt so crap. Even after the 10 days still did not feel right. Then for the last 3 weeks I mostly did not feel good on a bike but normal day to day I felt fine. I suspected I was still under par.
The sighter lap confirmed this with my heart rate soaring and I was drenched in sweat just really going at slow speed.
As soon as the whistle blew I knew I was going backwards, I ended up with only a very small handful of people behind me and the main race was rapidly disapearing over the hills in front.
I ended up in a strange no mans land with just one other rider for company so it was a race of sorts. It was quite a flat course where he started to disapear but as soon as it got anywhere near technical I rapidly caught him back up. For the first 3 laps I would catch him in the woods and overtake then once out on the open grass he would catch me up and overtake. Last lap he really got a move on and I thought that was it , however he dropped a chain and I was on him. He was so pissed off though he soon disapeared again.
I finished the race promising myself I would see a doctor. However I think telling a guy with a surgery full of fat unfit people that I am under the weather cos I had a crap race is not going to have a lot of traction with him but this has gone on too long.
Well my race is more of a tale of woe than a tale of daring do. 4 months ago I embarked on a proper training plan and got stronger and lost weight and was looking forward to a event to show of my new power. I did some evening cx rides with fellow racers and felt I had really improved but then suddenly my performance dropped of a cliff and i had to take ten days off as I felt so crap. Even after the 10 days still did not feel right. Then for the last 3 weeks I mostly did not feel good on a bike but normal day to day I felt fine. I suspected I was still under par.
The sighter lap confirmed this with my heart rate soaring and I was drenched in sweat just really going at slow speed.
As soon as the whistle blew I knew I was going backwards, I ended up with only a very small handful of people behind me and the main race was rapidly disapearing over the hills in front.
I ended up in a strange no mans land with just one other rider for company so it was a race of sorts. It was quite a flat course where he started to disapear but as soon as it got anywhere near technical I rapidly caught him back up. For the first 3 laps I would catch him in the woods and overtake then once out on the open grass he would catch me up and overtake. Last lap he really got a move on and I thought that was it , however he dropped a chain and I was on him. He was so pissed off though he soon disapeared again.
I finished the race promising myself I would see a doctor. However I think telling a guy with a surgery full of fat unfit people that I am under the weather cos I had a crap race is not going to have a lot of traction with him but this has gone on too long.
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