Diane and I cut a bunch of trees down today. Did a bunch of yard work. I think that I remember our wedding vows including something about me not having to do yard work, other than cutting the grass. Some kind of violation is in play here.
Friday I ran another 5k. This was a road run. I started too hard, tried to draft off of a tall skinny dude, but by the time we hit the half mile climb at 1.5 miles, I was pretty much dropped. I pushed hard and finished up with a 22:45. I'm pretty pleased with that time. Frankly, I think without the 1/2 mile climb in the middle I might have had a my personal record for a 5k.
Running is hard. I'm not sure I enjoy it. BUT I know I love to race, and 5k's are really kind of fast and fun, and battling in groups and... Shit it's great racing, and I like to suffer. No matter how much it hurts, and I suffer, I kinda love that competition, and pushing myself. Got another one on the calendar already. Never mind that I still can't walk from Friday's 5k as of the writing of this...
Ugh. glutton for punishment...Sunday
Monk was up for her next crit the lower providence crit. she has been working really hard, although I know her bad race at NYC was on her mind. I don't think either of us slept so great the night before. When I went down stairs to load the car, and her bike had 2 flats. I'll admit, I was worried. Perhaps a bad sign. Forget it. That said, I just changed the flats and loaded the car. I didn't tell her a thing until after the race.
At the race, we were happy to hang with our teammate Anne Rock. Anne is on my short list of favorite people in the world.
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| Anne and Diane |
In this video Diane rides rollers, and Anne is in the background.
I went out to warm up with Diane, but she jumped in with a couple of dudes who were also warming up and quickly dropped me. She didn't need me to warm up with her.
I don't have any pictures of the race other than this one because
the camera battery dies and I'm lame.
She raced well, and stayed in the group. On the last lap with things got all strung out, one of the ladies in front of her kinda braked checked her as she was letting her teammate into the line. Monk had to grab a fist full of brakes, and then start jumping to try and get back in line. She fought to get back on but the race now had a small gap. She rolled in with the main field in the mid pack. She was bummed about the last lap, but really happy with her ride. It was a good day.
Saturday Charlie, Buddy the leg breakers, Dennis and I did the Mr. Belvedere hates you loop. It was hard, but fun. Great group.
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| Very fun ride Saturday. Mr. Belvedere hates you. |
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fatmarc
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