Photo courtesy of GtlukeSunday at Ringwood brought my mountain bike season to an end. I say this with relief and sadness at the same time. Relief from the daily grind of training rides, naps, early bedtimes and travel. Sadness because it just feels like this season could have been so much more. Sure I won a couple big races. Singlespeed-a-polozza for the second time was huge, the Mohican 100 was great too as well as a shit load of podiums. Until recently, I felt like I just never got myself going on the shorter stuff. Maybe some intervals would have helped, maybe it was too much emphasis on the endurance stuff. Not enough time in the gym? Distractions? Who knows.
Changing from a single speed 29er to a geared 26er was a bit of a shock and took some time to get used to. I still feel like I'm learning and I continue to get better each race. That's encouraging and I look forward to further improvement. Every ride is a new adventure for me again. Old trails seem new on a different bike and trails that previously were unridable present a new challenge. Improvement feeds the fire for me and every year I seem to get better. So with that I look forward to next year. Many changes will be made and rest assured I'll be back with a vengeance next year.
So whats next? Nothing scheduled for sure. I plan on some off season cross races (gotta work on getting that cx bike together) and I look forward to trail running again as well as beer cross and the 628 challenge. Basically just lots of rest and decompression for me, nothing serious for a while. December base miles will be here soon enough....
See you then....
