Sunday, August 26, 2007

Next Time I Won't Wait 12 Years

Sleepy San Ardo signals the end of the 1st season after my 12 year hiatus from saddling up and slogging it out for glory with the other spandex obsessed fools.

Twenty calls to the starting line. Twenty nervous moments of wondering whether I was going to get spanked. And oh yes, I was spanked many of those times. However, I found that I could still spank a few out there. Hopping in with the geezers, nervous as all get out, I quickly found myself at the pointy end of the pack. I even was able to hold my own in a few prosey races. Driven by memory, driven by nerves, I laid it on the line and suffered like a dog.

After a few races into the year, I started itching for podium spots, and started to think that I needed to lean on the grey lump between my ears to help me climb the steps. That, though, did not work for me. Too much time calculating, not enough time cycling. In the end, I want to race first, and placings are cake if they happen. And I figure, for me, the best way to place is to simply race hard. I'm more happy racing that way, anyway. There is just too much going on off the bike to worry the right strategy on the bike. The two wheeled journey is to get away from the rat race. It's my salvation, not my stress.

So, I finished the season like I started this season, dragging and driving myself into the ground. "Nick, there are a lot of people sitting on," said Craig N as our group 'o 10 raced into San Ardo. Oh well, Craig, I hope they enjoy the ride. I did.

5 comments:

Kimberly (aka. DrKim) said...

i raced hard too. my race ended at mile 65 though, with a thorn in the tire. Oh well...there's always next year!

norcalcyclingnews.com said...

hell yeah!

Itinerant Rick said...

Hey Doc, nice to see you out there on Sat and to chat for a couple of minutes. Get some rest, work out all that school stuff, and give 'em hell next year. I'll be waving from the ultra-geezer pack as you pass on by.

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