The Iowa City Road Race and Old Capitol Criterium were my first targets for the season. Those races were the ones I thought about at 4:30 in the morning, with the subzero wind whipping outside and old Tour videos playing on the TV in the basement.
I wasn't thinking about winning either of them, but I wanted to be in the mix. I wanted to be a part of the discussion. And after racing pretty well (at least I thought so) in Lincoln last week, I think I would have been right there in Iowa City.
Of course, not much has gone according to plan. For example, the right side of my chest is yellow with bruises. Hard to plan for that. Same with the job thing. But there's not much choice is there? You take what's been handed to you and deal with it.
So, in celebration of the original plan being finally, truly, screwed, here's the plan the rest of the way:
1. I'm going to ride this weekend, pending procurement of a replacement fork. And getting my old Atmos back from Sean's house.
2. I'm going to ride easy next week, just working out kinks.
3. I'm going to restart the training plan on May 4, aiming for the Omaha Cycling Weekend in July. That part was actually the original plan. But I'm going to sit down and write it out this weekend, probably.
4. I'm going to keep working at the Trek Store and writing on the side. It's probably more work than it's worth, considering the money, but I like it.
And that's it. No more crash pictures. But only because the last ones are pretty definitive.
2 comments:
Every season is a new one. You will see guys/gals strong in april not in sept. and vice versa. Injury/Work/Kids/Life all these thing have to fall in line with training. I am sure you will be back in a few weeks.
And if things don't fall into line this season, just regroup and make a push for the 2010 season. Then just enjoy the rest of this season by doing what you physically and financially can.
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