Sunday, January 28, 2007

The coldest one yet:

Training, training, blah, blah. Lots of inside riding. Boring. But today we went and rode 2.5 hrs MTB at Brown County St Park. The trial was nice and frozen, so it was almost like riding hard packed dirt. It was really good riding condition. The temp reached all the way to 11*. It flurried a time or two, but it was a really good ride. We had 6 people in our group, which split onto just two (Dan P and I) as it usually does MTBing. I know 2.5 hrs @ 11* sounds insane, but once your hands and toes go numb (what I cal the initial shock, ~10-15 min), it’s fine. There’s not a real danger, as long as you have enough layers.
CX worlds was today and an American almost won. Jonathon Page led a lot of the race and looked like he had it wrapped, but he just didn’t have it in the end. 2nd best in the world probably doesn’t feel too bad though.
Riding MTB today got me amp’d to ride later. And if it stays cold and frozen at BCSP, we’ll keep going back.

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