I’m pissed off. I don’t know if it’s caused by pent up frustration with the stupidity of the American electorate, missing my first real CX race of the year due to sickness, or just the cross country adrenaline flowing through my veins.  All of the sudden, I want blood.  I just need to carry this over into races.  I luckily got sick during a rest week and now have a couple of hard training weeks for cyclocross. The biggest challenge will not be overdoing it.

For example, I went out for an “easy” run on Saturday when I was sick. I came upon one runner who picked up the pace when I was on his heals.  Of course, instincts took over and I sped up to.  He eventually turned around, but I kept going.  Next thing I know, my Garmin shouted out a 6:20 mile.  Oops. At least my heart rate wasn’t that high, which shows my running form is coming along.

Stay tuned to how this translates into race performances.

You don’t want to see this when you’re supposed to be going “easy”….;)