Last month was tough, got a tick bite in may, and a suspected ailment from that. Then, just as i was recovering from that, some sort of flu hit me. Form was very poor going into the important Triple Crown at Massanutten but the race was huge and in town so of course I was going to race!
On Saturday the super d went well, and even though the preliminary results were wrong, it eventually got sorted out and i ended up in 5th behind Sid Taberlay, Jeremiah, and two other hard chargers. The dual suspension was perfect, Racing Ralph tires were hooking up awesome, especially with a 650b front wheel on the rig!
The short track went less than stellar, but being a best two of three i wasn't too worried. I knew i could make up for the loss of top end fitness in the cross country, especially because of how technical and climby the course is.
It was well, hot for the XC race on Sunday, and i didn't keep it together. Pretty much exploding on the second lap. Luckily, when the bottom falls out these days, it isn't as much of a fall as it used to be. Wasn't last in the pro field, and not one rider from another class caught me, which might sound funny, but it happened last year....
I was up most of last night with some food poisoning or something (Wendy's?) and i am watching stage 1 of the Tour. It is going to be a huge weekend for riding as long as i feel a bit better. 4 hours yesterday, hopefully 5 or so today, then maybe hit a Tour de Burg stage at big Schloss rock gnar tomorrow.
The big goals now are to dominate the Michaux race later in the month, which is probably a tall order as i haven't ever raced over there! 4 hours of rocks were promised though.
happy July 4th!
