So I'm Posting Again
A certain patient of mine, very kindly pointed out to me that I haven't been blogging for awhile. It's true. I haven't. Maybe it was just because I liked having my picture from the Pioneer Crit up on top. I don't know.
So a couple of months have gone by. I'm now 29 years old, but in the best shape of my life. I'm lighter (185lbs) than I've been since junior high. Next year in the military racing series over here I'll be racing in the 30-39 age group. That's just crazy wild to me.
So at Spangdahlem, competition was tough. I ended up fifth in the open category. The course was a challenging rolling course, with not a singe true blue section of flatness in the 10.5 km loop. We did 5 loops on it. All the climbing was big ring, but I was sure feeling it hard in the legs the last two laps. It wasn't the best course for me, but I tried to make the most out of it. The top four guys in the open gapped me on the fourth lap, and I just couldn't close it the rest of the way.
I have been working with Club Beyond, which is the military youth ministry, for a month now, and it's truly the best thing that has happened to me since I moved to Vilseck. It's just awesome being around third culture kids, and I hope that I can minister to them, and show them the love of Christ and how much He can change one's life.
Next weekend is the Rammstien Crit, and it's going to be a little different. Instead of your traditional crit, it's going to be a 30 lap (42k) points race where every fifth lap, the top four guys get points and the winner of the race is the one who has the most points at the end. Let's hope for the best.
Have a safe trip Erin Rages. It's not going to be the same at PT without our daily Erin Rages sighting.
So a couple of months have gone by. I'm now 29 years old, but in the best shape of my life. I'm lighter (185lbs) than I've been since junior high. Next year in the military racing series over here I'll be racing in the 30-39 age group. That's just crazy wild to me.
So at Spangdahlem, competition was tough. I ended up fifth in the open category. The course was a challenging rolling course, with not a singe true blue section of flatness in the 10.5 km loop. We did 5 loops on it. All the climbing was big ring, but I was sure feeling it hard in the legs the last two laps. It wasn't the best course for me, but I tried to make the most out of it. The top four guys in the open gapped me on the fourth lap, and I just couldn't close it the rest of the way.
I have been working with Club Beyond, which is the military youth ministry, for a month now, and it's truly the best thing that has happened to me since I moved to Vilseck. It's just awesome being around third culture kids, and I hope that I can minister to them, and show them the love of Christ and how much He can change one's life.
Next weekend is the Rammstien Crit, and it's going to be a little different. Instead of your traditional crit, it's going to be a 30 lap (42k) points race where every fifth lap, the top four guys get points and the winner of the race is the one who has the most points at the end. Let's hope for the best.
Have a safe trip Erin Rages. It's not going to be the same at PT without our daily Erin Rages sighting.
posted by SPC Deal at 12:30 AM
1 Comments:
Shawn - Nice to hear from you, I was wondering what part of the world you were in these days. Glad to hear you're still bike racing.
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