Crash & Burn

Today in the Downtown Utah State Crit I felt good but blew a tire on one of the four sharp turns and went down hard. Deep road rash on my elbow and down my entire leg. My kit is shot but thankfully Contender is getting new jerseys because Pearl Izumi messed up the design the first time around. My handlebars and seat got scuffed up a little but everything else seems to be alright. The Downtown Crit was very fast and there were several bikers that did not keep there line and cut the corners. A Jr. rider in our group clipped my tire at one point in the race but no harm no foul. It was good experience but I would much rather do a road race.

Last Thursday Jason Linder and I did the Emigration TT for the first time and it was a cold one. I finished first for the first time in my category and Linder had a strong finish too, but as it says on the Utah Crit Series website, "Jason Linder you did not yell your name at finish... email for results." How dare you Mr. Linder!

The best race I have done so far this year is the definitely East Canyon. It is a very good course and the weather was good. I finished fourth and my buddy Pete McMullin added another first place finish to his growing list.

The worst race so far this year was Antelope Island Classic, because it rained the entire time, and is was in the 30's. Soaked and chilled to the bone it took all of the mental strength I had to keep going. I finished 6th place but was disappointed in performance.

All in all everything is going good. Max Testa continues to increase my training and my threshold continues to go up around 20% every eight weeks. I have also made up a few rides that I missed at 19 Sports. I got into a training funk and these rides help snap me out of the funk. I am ready for nicer weather so I can move all of my training rides outdoors.

Next planned race is the Bear Lake RR next weekend, we'll see how I feel.

Thanks for following,
Jess