Time on the bike and Marblehead

The first race of the bike racing season was this past weekend. It was the classic New England season opener hosted by the CCB Club down in Marblehead, MA. I was silly enough to follow an attack right off the bat - then, all of a sudden I found myself in a 2 man move with my own teammate Dan Cassidy. The freakazoid and I kept the pedal on the metal for the next 10-12 miles together before we got caught. There was attacking and counter-attacking, but the race ended in a nice bunch sprint. I hooked-up with Colin J. with about 4-5 laps to go and piloted him through the final turn as smoothly as possible. He made good with a nice sprint getting 2nd - just getting pipped by less than 1/2 a wheel.

On a bit of a bummer note both the Tour of Virginia and the Tour de Toona have been canceled. This means that there are no stage races longer than 4 days in the eastern US (apart of Tour of Georgia). This is making for a challenging racing season to plan out. It seems like it will be a season with fewer big-time racing opportunities and it will be really important to make the most of those opportunities.

I do need to start training more again and getting my training volume up a bit. I'd like to try and race well at the Battenkill race in a couple weeks.

Monday: -20 minutes running w/ stretching and situps & pushups

Tuesday: -150 minutes biking
(Climbing Bolton)

Wednesday: -120 minutes biking w/ stretching and situps & pushups

Thursday: -80 minutes on computrainer w/ stretching and situps & pushups
-35 minutes running w/ stretching and situps & pushups

Friday: -60 minutes on trainer w/ stretching and situps & pushups

Saturday: -45 minutes on trainer w/ stretching and situps & pushups

Sunday: -120 minutes biking
(Marblehead Circuit Race)