Green Mountain CX - Verge Series 1 & 2

Sue Fred, "the Major", and I

Looks peaceful (looks can be deceiving.)

Up and over the whoop-dee-doo!


Running the barriers or catapulting over!

Leaping over the barrier in a single bound (in theory anyways!)
Ok, not exactly faster than a speeding bullet either...but hey...I'm working on it.

Portsmouth Crit

I suppose it was fitting to end this road season crashing in the last corner of the last crit!

Amesbury Cross - 6th!

Much to my surprise I had a good start. I figured if you can’t be in the first row the next best alternative is to be behind Mo, Rebecca, or Amy – and fortunately I was behind Amy, who of course, bolted off the line! Unfortunately good starts are only that if you can’t maintain your position! Usually the middle of the race is where I become unraveled, but in this case, I was able to focus on maintaining an effort without exploding and just riding as smoothly as possible, minimizing mistakes – and only two riders passed me. So that’s progress!

But this race definitely reinforced two things – (1) look where you want the bike to go and (2) think thoughts where you want the bike to go - not where you don’t want the bike to go! The first time I approached the off camber section (after the fence) I was going entirely too fast and nearly wound up getting wrapped up in the tape. All I could think was “oh my God, don’t roll down the hill, don’t get caught in the tape…” (ok, there was no mention of God, just an expletive)…but my point is, if you’re into mental narration, better to say something along the lines of “take the corner smoothly, stay to the right, follow the high line”…and chances are much higher that disaster will be averted and friends with cameras (ie Geoff Martin) won’t have an opportunity to capture a Kodak moment! :-)

Mo

Amy

Rebecca

The Black Mail Photos

Ah yes, but whose plate is that next to mine?

I am not the only one eating badly. (Oh Andrew...)

Gate City Crit

Jeff, Dave and a Few Sheep!

Dave before he graciously allowed me to lead over Smuggler's Notch

Jeff & Dave at Manhattan Pizza downtown Burlington Saturday night.

Beautiful house, beautiful view (lots of grass to mow!)

Would you believe - Merino wool sweaters?

Baby merino wool sweater!

"C" is for Concussion

Today's blog entry is brought to you by the letter "C". It was a toss up though...the letter "V" almost won - V is for vicodin, which I do not recommend.

OK, so the weekend's dizziness and nausea has passed...but my head still feels like it's been used on a cheese grater. I just can't shake the headaches. Tomorrow will be 2 weeks since the crash. Sorry Bruce, I still can't recite the alphabet backwards, nor do I know the words to "Mary Had a Little Lamb"... :-) Ask me another question!

This afternoon I am off to see one of our sponsors - Robert Yauckoes at the Natural Wellness Clinic, for my first acupuncture treatment. I am not exactly sure how it works, but if it alleviates some of the pain...it's worth a try.

"C" is also for cookie!

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