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Two days later and I'm still hurting....why? I think I kicked my own a$$ out there! So I'm taking an extra rest day before tomorrow's Lake Front Road Race in MKE.

Even Andrea was putting the hurt on me towards the end!

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Cross Training

No I haven't started running yet for cross season. Yes I am getting ready for another run at some top ten UCI races. Yes I still have two bikes from last year for sale. No it's not snowing in Sheboygan in July....although I wouldn't be surprised.

If your interested in a 58cm cross bike with brand new Ultegra let me know....I have two of them at very reasonable prices. brimatter@hotmail.com

The cross training went down earlier today at the Sunburst Showdown. Last years race times were 1:24 so I figured it would be a good opp to see how hard I can go for an hour. I went pretty darn hard! After a half a lap I was solo.....kept the gas on and finished the first 3 laps in 56 minutes. It hurt....I cruised the next two laps to get another WORS win. I am pretty happy with my training and looking forward to the next block. There was a ton of Superfans cheering for me out on the course which was awesome and the #1 Superfan of the day even hooked Andrea and I up with some post race Italian Sausages! Andrea was 5th with a few crashes.

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I'm on a rest week with one more big training block before O2S. I always like to do one workout during a rest week and with the boss on vacation I have been working a lot. So I took the one opp I had to do the Wed Night Group Ride. It was pretty cool to see all the guys and get pushed a little without having to mentally use any energy. Even more cool was that we did the old Tues night route! I did my first workout ever with power the other day too.......20 minute power session = 345 watts???? Not sure what it means and really don't care! There is so much more to mountain biking and cross than power and that's why I love racing those two disciplines!
Scored some new grips for the Fuel for this weekends Showdown.

The Fam

A little family time goes a long way!

SheVegas

Just found it today!!!

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Tried some road racing. Got in a break in the beginning. Was 3rd wheel in the train at the end. Finished in the middle. Friday in Greenbush was about the same. Spent the weekend in E.R. relaxing w/ Andrea on her b-day. Did some training, now ready for the real racing to begin!!!! Unfor

tunately not me this weekend. So I'll have to stick the the fantasy stuff! E-mail me - $5 gets you in! brian@sheboyganbicycle.com

ps - I wore one white glove in honor of MJ