crossing the T's

Well after a break of blogging, it's time to give my few readers an update. My life is now complicated. Mostly complicated with stupid stuff, but stuff none-the-less. The Oak Ridge race is this weekend and it is taking up more of my time as each day goes by. Sunday, I was out riding the course. Once my 90+ mile ride was over, I went back out there for a couple of hours to mark the course. Today, I was back out there for even more hours. Lou (race co-promoter) and I were out there putting fliers on every single mail box. Might not sound like much, but it is. We started with 200 fliers and ran out with about 100 houses to go. I will probably go back out there on Friday to sweep a couple of the turns, but then I 'm done. I'm actually focusing on the race this year, so I will probably show up right at the start time so I don't get stressed out on race day. Those are the perks of living a 20 minute ride away from the staging area. I am also doing the Oak Ridge time trial. It will be my first time trial all year, so I will probably crush it. Especially since my tt setup is probably worth 1/5 of what my teammates setup is. O well, no need in getting worked up over it, if nothing else it will be good to spin my legs out. The crit is one of my top 5 favorite crits. The only way it could be better is if it was on Saturday night (in the works.) I'm also looking forward to Atlanta 10K. It says 10k but really its 100k. The race is very fast and I think that would be a cool way to close out the season. It's crazy that I'm already talking about my end of the season break, but hey it's almost September. I think once 10K is over I will take 1-2 weeks of absolutely no exercise then start doing some cross training. To be honest I don't want to take a break, I want to race the whole time, but at this time of the year, life starts getting in the way. I start becoming more and more busy with none cycling stuff. Once my break is over, there is a triathlon that I'm looking forward to doing in late October, then I am doing a 6 hour mtb race in mid November. To be honest, that is what I'm really looking forward to. I can't wait to hang out with some of my friends from Murfreesboro. I went to college with some super cool guys and they will be there representing their bike store MOAB. Also, I'll be going over ther with my good friend Mike "The Manatee" Weber. He is a cool guy that I work with. He is getting stronger every day, I think he has a good chance of winning the mountain bike race. I will probably post an update Saturday night giving a race recap. The road race should be very hard and fun. I love long road races, so this should suit me.
til next time
The Crow