It's Been Awhile
Sorry to keep you all hanging. Over the last three weeks we have had some excitement in Boulder, though not in racing. I ended up coming down with a good chest cold that sacked my energy and took a good two weeks to subside, thus making life a bit of a drag and racing useless. I was also at the peak of an intense training block, which lead to me taking some good R&R. In the meantime keeping things interesting, my roommate broke two vertebrate in his back while skiing, and thus is forced to do just about nothing for 6 to 12 weeks. I hope for his speedy recovery.
As for me I am looking forward to intense training on the track coming in May. And I can't wait! Although, I did get a taste of the track last weekend. We ended up training on it both days and I ended up doing some sprint training in our final session. This was a completely new experience. The workout was to do accelerating motor 500m. This entails sitting on the back of the motorcycle in the draft high on the track, taking a couple of laps to gain speed then dropping down the banking to the pole lane and then completing a lap and a half while the motor is still accelerating a bit. This was by far the fastest I have ever gone on a track as we were ending them around 42 mph! At this speed, on the track in the Springs, the bike starts to drift up track because the track was not built for this type of speed and you have to change the way you steer in order to ride at this speed. I was unfamiliar with this and was kind of spooked but at the same time really excited to have a new challenge in the sport I love.
As for now I am headed out to do some more VO2 intervals, hopefully before the rain.
As for me I am looking forward to intense training on the track coming in May. And I can't wait! Although, I did get a taste of the track last weekend. We ended up training on it both days and I ended up doing some sprint training in our final session. This was a completely new experience. The workout was to do accelerating motor 500m. This entails sitting on the back of the motorcycle in the draft high on the track, taking a couple of laps to gain speed then dropping down the banking to the pole lane and then completing a lap and a half while the motor is still accelerating a bit. This was by far the fastest I have ever gone on a track as we were ending them around 42 mph! At this speed, on the track in the Springs, the bike starts to drift up track because the track was not built for this type of speed and you have to change the way you steer in order to ride at this speed. I was unfamiliar with this and was kind of spooked but at the same time really excited to have a new challenge in the sport I love.
As for now I am headed out to do some more VO2 intervals, hopefully before the rain.
