you know you been training....

when you dont update your blog in a long while...

I have been busy, the days that im resting, im trying to get caught up on the multitude of things that i've neglected, like my house cleaning, my children (kidding), etc...

Bamberg was another first place for me. I only raced against two other ladies, and they were beginners pretty much, so I put forth the effort to race with the men. That was sooo much fun, excpet the part where I almost took out about 5 of them, due to my sloppy technical skills. When the gun went off, I was in the lead pack, there were about 10 of us. The boys did not want me in the group, many kept looking to see where I was. It was HILARIOUS!! Well, those boys, the ones that kept looking back, eventually would fall back, and i would pass them with a nice smile. I played cat and mouse with several of them throughout and it was a lot of fun. The course was a 10 km loop that was fast, with fireroad, singletrack and some nice technical patches. We did 30k, roughly 18 miles, but it was an all out effort and I was definately pushing my limits most of the race. The last mile of the race, my rear derailleur hangar snapped. I had to RUN my bike all the way to the finish! It SUCKED> i am not a runner,,,,imagine a troll trying to run with a bike all verklempt and stoopid looking, thats me!

anyway, I came in 8th overall. 1 hour 27 minutes. It was fun, minus mechanical and I still got the points for first place in the womens cat.

I am leaving tomorrow for a training weekend in the alps, for camping and fun too. Then the weekend next is the 6 hour race. I have had serious probs with post race recovery and my body seems to need a lot of sugar, i need a doc that knows crap about exercise physiology, but for now, we are doing our best to counteract the effects of hypoglycemia after riding. im not diabetic, what the hell!

i will do my best to update more frequently, hope everyone is having a good summer.