still running

First meet of the year is on Thursday in ripon. It will feel good to finally compete and see how I do compared to last year. Today coach had us run on a trail around a pond. One lap is just over a mile and he had us do 4 laps. Its a pond I normally bike to and do laps and when I was running I wished I was on my bike.

blue mounds

Yesterday, I tried my first 6 hour solo race. I probably could have picked a better course to do a 6 hour race. The coarse was extremely rough, lots of wet single track climbs. I had a great 1st lap - one of the top lap times of the day. Second lap didn't pan out as well - 2/3 of the way through I flatted, couldn't get it fixed - got a ride back - started my second lap over with my Dad's bike - which sucked because the back skewer kept coming loose which made shifting hard and the wheel was rubbing. I wasn't used to my Dad's brakes they grab way better than mine do and put me over the handle-bars on a sharp turn. The third lap got my bike back until I crashed on a big rock and hurt my hip. - Other than that, sun was shinning, and I was racing. - So I guess it wasn't all that bad. I hope my next 6 hour goes better.
Casey & his Dad had good races - It was fun to watch & they both did really good.

Today I am going on a 30 mile road ride. Pork Tenderloin on the grill & Birthday Cake.(my sisters B-Day ) .

third day of XC

Today was the third day in cross country. Today we ran 5 miles then did a couple of laps around the track. unlike last year I can still walk and not that sore.

First day

Today was the first day of cross country pratice. Theres nothing like running 6 miles the day after a mountain bike race. while I was running I felt pretty good up until the last couple of laps the coach was pushing us to run faster. I think he was trying to see who ran all summer and who didnt.

tired

the borderbattle race went pretty good until I got to the last lap and just could not climb the last hill as fast as caleb and a I had a slow bottle hand off and when I looked up and saw that they put a pretty good gap on me. then when we went into the first singletrack section I started getting closer to them but when they got to the doubletrack they worked together and started to pull away.