Coming into Form?

The WWC ride in Greenvul is Thursday evening. It leaves from the bike shop downtown, has a nice neutral roll-out into the country for a half an hour and then becomes a slugfest for about an hour. Last night was the first time this year I felt a hint of form coming on. I was able to push pretty hard and didn't end the ride feeling shattered. Maybe all those miles I've been putting in over this summer are starting to pay off. Or maybe it was just some euphoria of surviving the ride without going down. There was some serious carnage during last week's ride. An unusually large group of 10 or so was still together towards the end. As I was taking my turn at the front a guy touched my wheel and took down almost everyone behind me. Only the guy who had just pulled off and me escaped the wreck. No serious injuries but lots of road rash, one guy's sweet new Kestrel tri frame was snapped in half, someone else's Zipp wheel was destroyed. It wasn't pretty, but I guess that's bike riding.

Two weeks until my favorite race, the Green Mountain Stage Race (http://www.gmsr.info/). Then I've got a full 6 weeks until the cross season opens Oct. 22 down here. I can't wait to get my new Van Dessel cross bike and start breaking it in.

Spare a Thought

I know I've taken a good bit of entertainment from drunkcyclist.com so spare a thought for Big Jonny. He was run over from behind, while in a bike lane no less. Sounds like he's going to be OK. If he's getting whacked from behind in a bike lane I'm not sure I've got much of chance down here.

Less than a month to the Green Mountain Stage Race in Vermont over Labor Day weekend. Yet again my plans to get super lean and ripped for those climbs is quickly coming to naught. Maybe I can make 155 lbs, but that's not going to cut it. Penance will be the suffering I'll do up the Middlebury and Appalachian gaps.

Racin' is so sparse down here and the riding so boring in the Greenville area I'm driving 2 hours to do a century this Saturday. Thankfully cross is starting to peak its dirty head over the horizon.