Zonebeke, Belgium-”Mud sucked the life out of me”.
January 25th, 2009 / No Comments » / by shriverracing
I made my return to Euro Cross racing yesterday in Zonebeke, Belgium. The start was more than a kilometer long on pavement. That was totally different and it was like a leadout in a road race for the final sprint. Absolutely mocking.
The mud sucked the life out of me. I have never ridden in mud so sticky. It was like a sticky glue, just sapping every amount of strength. I was just pushing the pedals harder and going nowhere.
For a while I was in the mix with the other Americans in the race but faded pretty quickly. I feel pretty strong on the bike, but my cross skills are not there after not racing for 3 weeks.
I am doing one more race today. I am hoping that it is muddy again as bad as that sounds. The practice will be good as I am expecting worlds to be the same way, mud that sucks your life away. It was so hard yesterday. Hard and frustrating.
We will give it a go today in Assende, loosen up the legs a bit more and giver all I have. That’s all I can do.
I will try to get up some pics and a better write up, the internet is spotty here. I guess you only get so much bandwidth per month. The juniors have been over here downloading porno all month sucking up the bandwith. Haha! Kids.
Off to the races. More later…..
