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Monday, November 01, 2004

Fin??

Well, this weekend was going to be my last race and I was planning to step off the bike for the month of November. I was hoping for a good race at Dauset Trails and I did well, netting my best result of the year with a 6th place finish. The problem is that the good result combined with the double points value for the race most likely moves me up into the top ten in the GAP series for my class (sport protogeezers). Now I have to decide whether I'm going to race a race next weekend that was postponed due to one of the hurricames that roared through the region back in September. What a problem to have. It's unlikely that I'll do well enough to move up significantly in the series but if I don't race I'll probably drop out of the top ten. The team sponsors would probably like a top ten finish but I'd really like to take a long rest from riding. We'll see...

The season's ending (maybe) has put me in a reflective mood. More than any other the year has been up and down in terms of results with great successes (two podium finishes at State Time Trial Championships) and some pretty dismal failures (23rd and 16th at GAP races and a DNF at the Lagrange Ga. Cup race). I'd like to find a bit more consistency but overall I'm really happy with how things turned out. I stepped up into some really serious competition and, fo the most part, I was able to hold my own and even make a bit of a mark. To go any further I'll probably need to get a coach which should be an interesting endeavor due to my independant streak but that too should be a real growth experience. Right now the next season starts in the weight room as I'm going in for the first time today. It's weird to think that it didn't seem that long ago that I was writing about doing this for last year.

Anyway, happy November and thanks for reading.

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