Co Springs

This past weekend was pretty restful for me. I really felt like I needed a break, and stayed home rather than go to the USGP in NJ. The local Red Rocks race on Saturday was cancelled, so I just slept in and went for a ride up 4-mile Canyon with OAer Tim Barns. It was pretty uneventful, except for the fact that my wheel was wobbling about, and we stopped to fix a flat for a kid who was probably around 10 yrs old, and said he was a roadie, who's gettin' into cross. Too cute. Sunday I picked up Justin T. early, and we drove down to the Springs for the cross race, there. The course was really long. Nothing really too technically demanding. The sun was shining. I was feeling kind tired, and ended up keeping up for the first part of the race with Ann Lenan and Lauren, but dropped back towards the end of the race. Laura K. and Heather had jumped off the front, and were apparently about a minute ahead of the rest of us. Heather said she dropped Laura on the climb for the win. Basically the course had some technical switchbacks, berms, barriers, and then did a little dirt criterium # before some more technical dirt riding. It was fun. The descent somewhat sandy, and twisty. I felt good overall, for the most part. Mostly 'till there were two laps to go. I think I ended up 8th, but haven't yet looked at the results. I watched Justin's race while it got cold. Colby Pierce dropped JHK who was having a chain problem. Justin put in a really good effort. There were only 14 guys there, but it was also fast. Snow is predicted here, tonight and tomorrow. I am off work for the rest of the week! Yippie! I plan to motivate tomorrow, and get some food for Thanksgiving. I promised my neighbor, I'd make him vegan pumpkin pie, as he is a vegitarian retired pro bike racer.....currently a barefoot marathon runner, and made me vegan brownies not long ago. I have been eating a lot of oatmeal with fresh fruit and maple syrup. It's so good, and the kind of oatmeal I get has Omega-3s in it... hemp plus with flax! Omega 3s are used to treat chronic fatigue disorder. Not that I have that, but in my head, I think Omega 3s are good for you like that, and will help me recover faster, and be more energetic. It couldn't hurt, anyways.