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Tuesday, August 17, 2004

Back to Work

Sorry it's been so long but I've been traveling and such. Nationals went well though the results don't indicate it. After getting out to Salt Lake City and getting my bike put together Tuesday night I pre-rose the course on Wednesday. It was a lot harder than the profile indicated. After the ride I figured that doing a 52 minute time would be good for me. I'm pleased that I rode the course in 50:26 but I finished 23rd. To finish in the top ten I would have had to ridden a 47:30 or so which let's me know what I have to do to be competitive for next year. I have to improve by about 6% to get to that level. If I get a trispoke front wheel that'll be about 3% and if I can get out early enough to acclimate that might be another couple of percent. If I continue my 3-5% a year improvement through training then I should be in good shape.

School's back in session so I'm scrambling around to get everything ready. My classes are the typical physics and physical science with some good studnets and some not-so-good ones. Hopefully, I'm a year wiser and more prepared so I'll have a better idea what to do with the not-so-good ones. Also, GCF starts tomorrow so that'll be interesting. Coffeehouse t 7:00 pm should give me a chance to see some of our alumni and maybe meet a few new folks.

Anyways, back to the grindstone...to one I have to create for my students that is.

Thanks for reading.

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