Bumpy Ride

Well Cyclocross Provincial Championships is in the books. It was a day of great triumph and for many of my friends on the circuit and in that respect I guess it was a success. A special congratulations to Shaun Adamson who had the ride of his life to finish 2nd in the Elite race and to Lonn Bate for his third place in Master A. Honorable mention to Nick Friesen for 3rd in Elite despite nicking the barriers and Keith Bayley for raising the bar for style in Master A.
For me it was not a success.... I started out in good position from the gun and sat in the lead group for the first lap or so. After that I quickly fell off the pace. I felt like I had no power, no punch or jump, I felt extremely flat. I was motivated and physically and mentally prepared, but on the day I couldn't put it all together. The course was great, it was almost totally flat and very fast. Conditions were dry and there were no technical or difficult sections to really break things up, it was all out power, whoever for was the strongest on that day took the race. I ended up in 10th place, top 5 was definitely attainable and the goal was top 3, something I know I could have done on a good day.
Now I just have to stay positive and think about all of the hard work I have put in this year and the last couple of months leading up to the race that really counts on Saturday at the National Championships. I know I can pull myself together for that one, its going to be fun.

Photo courtesy: Keith Bayley