More work is needed.. But the drive is there

Sunday I woke up early to goto Mullica Hill for the first race of the season.. I was in the 9am 4/5 race, and everything went well for most of the first lap, then we hit the hill and a combination of things happened.. First I am not the best at sprinting up a hill, second I was cut off a bit, third I suck at hills. So I was dropped then I had to try and fight back in the wind.. That wasn't happening. All in all it was fun and I learned that I need to do more interval training.

I also took some photos while we were there.

Then we went over to NJMP for the open house, Nat and Cassie were there and while Shannon and they waited in line for the go-karts/Monster truck rides, I took a few laps around the track on the bike, that was interesting. I have about 50-70 laps on Lightning in a spec miata, but these were my first on a bicycle and it was fun for sure.

After that, Shannon and I left and headed over to Ben's for a show, which I did some of, then it was off to home for the night.

Monday was the start of that training I needed, so I did a bit of intervals.. 4.3 mile warmup, 2:30 at my highest intensity, 5 minute rest, 2:30 at highest intensity, followed by a 17:30 minute cool down. After 40 seconds of the first interval I flatted so I had to fix that, but after that everything went well.

The rest of the day was uneventful, we went to Rita's to get some ice but thats about it.

Tuesday I was supposed to goto a group ride, but a bent derailleur hanger sent me upto the shop to get it fixed, which caused me to just miss the start of the ride.. I will catch it next week though.