The Late Season Shuffle

I should start out with my present education situation. I have fallen subject to the hardest semester of my college career. This semester is dreaded by all education majors. They call it Block, which means practice and methodology in the classroom. This translates to a gargantuan amount of time and copious amounts of busy work. I student teach in a small school in Chippewa Falls for half the semester. We go all day for eight weeks straight, and if that’s not enough work we have to pay for it! However, to a put a positive spin on matters I am learning things. For example at recess the other day I learned how to play four square. Do you know how? In addition I am relearning important life skills which I may have forgotten since elementary school, things like listening, cooperation and following direction.

Now for the quick and saddening Wisconsin Rapids race recap. Leading the chase train after slow start I developed a small leak in my front tire. I reached back for my CO2, not there! Rookie mistake I thought as I visualized the cartridge setting in the roof rack. For a while I was able to milk it out, but then tragedy struck in a root slip log slam on the leg over the bars tire roll crash. I was done. Jesrin handed me some air but I had to cut a chunk of trail to catch him. I chased back for the remainder of the lap and drop out at the finish. Such is racing.

So the training volume has been way down the last couple weeks mainly for the reasons listed above, however I have gotten some cool (literally and figuratively) night rides in. Tomorrow John and I are heading south to Shevegas for the PCW race. Chase has two big exams on Monday so he can’t make it. I heard the course has changed so we will be pre-riding tomorrow early afternoon, hope to see you there.

Quote of the day:

This is not Disneyland, or Hollywood. I'll give you an example: I've read that I flew up the hills and mountains of France. But you don't fly up a hill. You struggle slowly and painfully up a hill, and maybe, if you work very hard, you get to the top ahead of everybody else. -Lance Armstrong

Picture from the fat, compliments of Woody.

Spring break training trio 2004.


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Chad