Hillsboro is coming
This weekend we will all pile into some form of combined transportation and ferry several lycra clad urban wannabes to the land of my ancestors (well....my mothers side at least). We will then attempt to prove to ourselves that we don't totally suck and all that food we ate during the Holidays has been sucessfully converted into hammers to be dropped at will as we stare at the farmlands of Southern Illinois.
Alas - it pains me to have the only real road race of size and importance at such an early time of the season. it sets such a massive tone of failure as you're decimated by the 3-4 rising stars or still peaking cyclo-crossers as their last harrah. At least this year I know I am packing a bucket of suck up front. This will be a long training ride with a bib number on and a high pace to start with. No more. No less.
It will be good to see my people again - along with the opportunity to bask in the glorious sun....before I return to the truing stand - recharged and focused.
Ah.... Hillsboro....meh.
April 8th, 2010 - 15:50
It’s been five months since the last cyclocross race. That’s quite a peak!
April 8th, 2010 - 15:59
It’s all relative.
One man’s base is my peak.
Really just trying to refer to how these long early season races will bring out the cross phenoms that are still grossly under-categorized on the road to simply bitch-slap those of us who are 4-fodder.
April 8th, 2010 - 17:51
Daddy,
Can I have a brick for the mantle?
April 8th, 2010 - 18:37
Rob, You are welcome to come with us to the Blue Mounds for a Verdigris throw down. We will be attacking the shit out of each other on every climb until someone gets hurt, then we will laugh and humiliate our weak ass teammate, what are friends for. Or go to Hillsboro which I suspect will be easier and have fun.