Training and traveling

Well I've been trying to get in shape after taking it kinda easy through the Fall. I've been trying to to do high intensity through the week the some on the weekends with some group rides. I'm trying to do mostly team group rides or do rides that are with fast people. It seems to be ok for now. Nothing seems to really make up for long miles though.

Getting ready to go to NAHBS The North American Handmade Bicycle show next week. I'm pretty exited about that. We will be in Austin, TX. We will be able to do some warm weather riding and see a bunch of cool bikes. Hopefully more to come on that.

Not much of a Blogger.

Well I I've found I don't much care for sharing my thoughts on this forum. It's been a little while since I've done this. I've done some commuting to work and some races. I just really don't feel like taking the time write about it on here.

Tour of KC

This weekend was the Tour of KC. I did the Cat 4/5 race on Saturday. It was about a 20 mile circuit race, 7 laps at cliff drive. I finished 44 out of 63. I really hoped to do a lot better, but oh well. There was a pretty tough climb. My wife and kids were there so that was pretty nice.
Sunday was the crit race. My first except for practices. I thought it went pretty well. I was in the top 3 for most of the race. I probably stayed up front a little too much, but I was feeling good. On the last lap I didn't insure my position very well and ended up with 10th place out of 30 or so starters. Next time I'll know better.

First post

Well I didn't get to ride my bike to work today. I guess I slept through my 4:00am alarm. I tried to ride yesterday, but had a complete tire blowout around 10 miles into the commute. I want to try riding in on Friday, but I also want to try and do a 3 hr mtb race on Sunday. So I'm not sure what to do. Any way this is my first blog posting.