Training Log Archive: ebuckley

Another great day to be in the woods. This time hanging tapes at S-F (1:10). No test running today, but I got the feeling that S-F is just a hair slower than Hawn. Of course, the relative lack of climb and shorter distance should more than balance that out.

Found a few areas where the vegetation didn't fill in quite the way I expected - I'll have to go back and touch up the map. Also found one leg where the scouts have chopped down a bunch of trees for no apparent reason. That will certainly affect route choice.

Over to Carondolet plus some warmup laps. Found a new route that's a bit shorter and more pleasant.

Tuesday Night Crit #1. Seems that everybody was recovering from Tour of STL. Pace was off a bit. Still some fairly fast riding at times. I mostly sat in the field. Found myself 10th in line on the back of the Dogfish train on the last lap and really wished I had some legs for the sprint. I didn't and rolled across in 15th or so.

Only felt like doing one race tonight, so I went home the old way to get more distance and climb. Took a while to get up the gumption to turn the big ring, but after half an hour or so I was making good progress.