2011 New Year Resolution

2011 New Year Resolution

After recently watching the movie "Julie and Julia"(forced to watch over Christmas with the family), I was inspired to take on a year challange starting January 2011. My goal is to participate in an endurance race every month during the new calendar year, and blogging about my experience through each event. I have yet to decide all 12 of the events I plan to participate in, but will continue to update informaition about my challenges yet to come. This blog is intended for personal therapeutic purposes, and to encourage others to set their own personal goals.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Miles of Discomfort - Results


The weather turned out better than predicted, and I was content with my finish. I took an unexpected spill about 20 minutes into race on a downhill cruising in the low 20's while hitting a soft spot causing a front tire slide. I couldn't have picked a better runway to make a crash landing on, but I had to move fast before being trampled by the traffic behind. I gave the bike a bear hug and rolled over twice to get out of the way.

My back brakes were trashed after the spill, but I didn't figure that out until the next downhill. After a quick brake tune, I was on my way to a clean finish. I didn't meet my goal of under 3 hours, but I'll let the 3 minutes and 11 seconds slide due to crash.

This is a great race, and I plan to participate in 2012. I need to work on my cardio, as that was the only thing holding me back from being more competitive. In the past I've always trained for an event, and then laid low several months post. I very excited to have the motivation to keep it going this year. My next race is in 17 days.
 
Results:

http://www.tmbra.org/results/marathon_11/comfort/m20.html
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