Its pouring...

I'm still waiting to hear back from Bicycle Sport, but I'm entertaining an offer from a smaller shop that is a few years old. It would be a great opportunity to help build a shop up and turn it into a very professional and quality shop. We'll see how that goes.

For now though, its pouring. Not just any little spring rain, it is coming down in streams. I got a good ride in yesterday in some new territory. I have always been one to head west on rides. I'm not sure what it is, but it always seems my preferred direction. So I decided to buck the trend yesterday and headed east. I was just planning on an easy base ride, but it turned into a pretty tough ride. On the way out, I had a direct headwind of around 15, and that in itself was enough to make my legs feel it. But, I was soon rewarded with some great roads with twisting descents and steep climbs. Granted these climbs and descents are nothing in the profile of the Alps, but they are fun nonetheless. Surprisingly enough, these backroads were perfectly smooth and hardly traveled. This made for a very peaceful slog through the hills and wind. I made a turn for the Ohio River, and as I continued in its direction, I, once again was treated to some fun descents. I finished up my ride by doing a loop in Charlestown State Park. It too was devoid of traffic and had great roads. I had a great time on this ride, and it was great to get some good time in on the bike.

I have a lot of time right now to ride, but the weather doesn't want to cooperate. All I ask for is 35 and warmer and no rain. I suffered all winter long through snow, rain, and at times both. I feel like I've paid my dues in the most inclement of weather. I'm very happy with my fitness right now though. Its followed through, and I've been able to translate that into very fast training rides, and now I am ready to apply that to racing.

I did a crit last weekend, but it was marred by some bad tactics on my part, and the fact that I had no teammates. But anyways, I am finalising my schedule for the race season, and it looks as though I will have a slower summer than I'm used to. I've decided to cut back on my mountain season to focus on cross. I plan on doing my team's series, which is about 6 races, and then do about 3 or 4 Indiana series events.

Alright, hopefully the rain stops soon....