Well, tomorrow we leave for El Tour de Tucson. Originally my wife was going to join me for the trip, and I was looking forward to a little get-away with her to someplace warm, but she's decided that she needs to stay at home with the kids.
We're hoping to be out of here by noon tomorrow. We'll see whether that actually happens or not - you never know with John!!
Our schedule will have us blasting through Montana, Idaho, and northern Utah in one fast-paced trip. We'll stop in Cedar city for a little sleeps, and then a ride with Bartman on Wed. We'll stay the night with Bart, and then Thurs head for Phoenix. We'll spend Thurs night there, then head for Tucson on Fri - sleep in the parking lot Fri night, race Saturday - head back to Phoenix Sat night, and at least as far as Cedar City Sunday. We'll be home late Monday night.
Both John and I have been limited in our training time - no long rides. We've been doing high intensity work, and I've seen my average wattage for an hour climb by 23 watts. Will it be enough? Guess we're going to find out. I know that this kind of training is what John and I need to do for our crit racing next season. We've also decided to do the Elkhorn Classic stage race in June - that will mean some tough racing!
I'm still way overweight - weightloss keeps taking a back seat to other things. I'm hoping that I'm on the right track again, and that I'll actually be able to take off and keep off the weight. Fortunately there's not a lot of climbing on the TdT route, so my weight shouldn't hurt me too much.
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Safe travels and have a great Tucson race!
Was great seeing you in Tucson, Rob! You did really well in El Tour for not training. And thanks for the lift over the rocks after the race! :)
Kin - thanx for the well wishes. We had a great time!
MT - I feel happy with the results given the prep that we had. Hopefully next year will bring more riding time! And any time you're wondering around barefoot around some rocks, just let me know... :)
Lucky you! Got to meet the famous Mtkitchn. (Note to self: keep an eye out for barefoot babes near rocks.)
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