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Monday, March 14, 2005

Brooks

This weekend was my fourth crack at racing in the Georgia Spring Omnium in Brooks and Griffin. I'm usually not very good here becasue the course definitely doesn't suit me. Mostly flat with narrow roads doesn't leave much for my non-sprinter legs. My goals are always to get some racing miles in at racing intensity and to get comfortable moving around in the field. Coming in at the end of a build cycle meant that I was pretty fried from the get go. My only hope was to lay down a good time trial on Sunday. The good news is that I met all of my goals for the weekend and would have done even better had I been in better position early in the road race. The bad news was that the big names in Georgia Masters racing are flying and I'm a bit behind. Still, my goals are for April and May so i'm feeling like I'm where I want to be right now. I had a great time trial with a 25 mph average which is great for this early in the year. I still finished in only 7th place but I'm taking a lot of encouragment from the results. This next week is recovery time for me which is when I'll really get a lot better. I don't have to race again until the first weekend in April so I'm should be in good shape for that. I don't know how I'll stack up against the MTB guys but I like my chances if I can get some trail miles in soon. Dauset has been closed a lot and the weather doesn't look too condusive to a lot of riding. I may have to make a few trips down to Macon to spend some time on the Pig Trail.

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