Craziest 24hrs of My Life
Well just a day after my last blog my world got turned upside down. I had just finished my last VO2 intervals workout of my five week training block, extended to seven weeks since I came down with that cold for two. (VO2 intervals are the hardest intervals you can do on a bike for an extended amount of time, i.e. over 30 seconds. My last workout consisted of 8 intervals of five minutes each.) So I was happy that I had made it over some of the toughest training there is each year, and was planning how I was going to tackle the two races this weekend.
But my plans were suddenly broad-sided by a call from my coach with the news that we got a last minute invite to a Six-Day race in Aguascalientes, Mexico that starts on Monday, and how he was going to try to find me someone to ride with, since my usual partner, Ryan Luttrell, is laid up with an IT Band issue. Anyway, we worked all evening and ended up calling up Jackie Simes out of Trexlertown, PA, who had ridden the Gent Six with us. He was as happy as I to receive the news and agreed to go. So over the last two days we have been working with the promoter to get us all settled with travel itineraries.
Yesterday I went driving all over the state to collect all the race equipment. After Gent everyone stored some wheels; my bike was in the Springs at the track since we were training a few weeks ago; borrowed a bike box from a fellow CU cyclist; Vermarc, old clothing sponsor of SPiKE, came through with a few racing kits for us. Anyway everything is ready for packing and I am flying out on Sunday.
The racing starts on Monday and goes through Saturday. The Six is part of a week long city festival with crowds up to 4000 nightly, all looking for a little bit of track racing excitement and a good show. I did some research on the Internet last night and came up with last years home page, so for some more info about the event go to '06 Aguas Six. After looking through the results form last year it turns out that there should be some big European six-day racers coming, so we will have to hold on to our pants. This is going to be a step up from the Under 25 category that we raced in Gent and about as close to a Pro Six that we are going to get on this side of the globe this year. It should be a manageable step up and will definitely be a hell of a lot of fun.
I will try to update from Mexico but I will be sure to get some good pictures, and will post anymore online results or info I can find online.
Until then, the road awaits.
But my plans were suddenly broad-sided by a call from my coach with the news that we got a last minute invite to a Six-Day race in Aguascalientes, Mexico that starts on Monday, and how he was going to try to find me someone to ride with, since my usual partner, Ryan Luttrell, is laid up with an IT Band issue. Anyway, we worked all evening and ended up calling up Jackie Simes out of Trexlertown, PA, who had ridden the Gent Six with us. He was as happy as I to receive the news and agreed to go. So over the last two days we have been working with the promoter to get us all settled with travel itineraries.
Yesterday I went driving all over the state to collect all the race equipment. After Gent everyone stored some wheels; my bike was in the Springs at the track since we were training a few weeks ago; borrowed a bike box from a fellow CU cyclist; Vermarc, old clothing sponsor of SPiKE, came through with a few racing kits for us. Anyway everything is ready for packing and I am flying out on Sunday.
The racing starts on Monday and goes through Saturday. The Six is part of a week long city festival with crowds up to 4000 nightly, all looking for a little bit of track racing excitement and a good show. I did some research on the Internet last night and came up with last years home page, so for some more info about the event go to '06 Aguas Six. After looking through the results form last year it turns out that there should be some big European six-day racers coming, so we will have to hold on to our pants. This is going to be a step up from the Under 25 category that we raced in Gent and about as close to a Pro Six that we are going to get on this side of the globe this year. It should be a manageable step up and will definitely be a hell of a lot of fun.
I will try to update from Mexico but I will be sure to get some good pictures, and will post anymore online results or info I can find online.
Until then, the road awaits.
