Racing Season!!

Doing work at Mineral Wells Stage Race

The racing season is now in full swing, and I'm loving every minute of it! All of those long rides this past winter are now starting to  pay off. Even though my goal isn't to be in top form this early in the season I have been able to be competitive in the races so far.. My big goals for the year aren't till later this spring...

AR Training Camp

The 3 Amigos!

   This past weekend 2 of my team-mates Alex and Caleb decided to come up to my house in AR to get in a good weekend of training. We were blessed with beautiful weather and good times!!!  

Getting ready to roll! 

Going up!! 

Having fun!!

Beautiful Scenery

The climbs are hard!

Tired, but happy!!

    On Saturday we drove up to Mena and rode the Talimena Scenic Highway, I've driven it lots of times but never ridden it, I don't know why because it was a fantastic ride!! Strava Data: Day 1  66 miles and almost 7000' vertical!!    

          Sunday we waited till after lunch to hit the road, the temp was a beautiful 60ish degrees!! Thanks to Alex and Caleb for making the drive, we sure enjoyed having you guys here!!

First Crash

The last few weeks have had their ups and downs! First off several days after coming back from Training Camp I got hit by a pickup that pulled out in front of me while on a training ride!! I actually didn't break any bones or ruin my bike except for the front rim. I sustained some pretty bad road rash and deep bruising though.... This all happened several days before my first race of the year, and me not wanting to pull any excuses I decided to go race 4 days later.... No the best idea I've come up with!!! I did OK I guess but I didn't have any snap, I rolled in the bunch though and got some good, hard training done so all was not lost.

Nasty

It hurt worse than it looked!

Now it's over 2 weeks later and my right arm which took the brunt of the fall is still very tender and sore, so Denise finally persuaded me to go to the Doctor and get it checked out. The local sports doctor/chiro thinks I have torn ligaments and/or tendons!! no bueno!!! He sent me to a specialist in Hot Springs and now they've schedualed me for a MRI. It seems like I can't catch a break this winter from the bad luck!! Oh well, surely better luck lies ahead!!