Excuse: you don't have the legs to pull off "newbie Singlespeed Cross race"
Fix: Get a smaller gear than you had. Had 42x17, now 38x18. I may not keep up, but it won't be for the same reasons.
Excuse: You just did a 140.6 mile race. And you're supposed to recover.
Fix: It's been a month. Go to a race, get spit out the back. Maintain, "still recovering" as an excuse.
Long shot on this one: Race into shape. Be so so by the time home course (Estabrook) advantage rolls in.
Excuse: Dismounting, mounting speed and/or success rate.
Fix: Practice. I did today at Estabrook Park. Dismounting got better. Mounting most certainly did not.
Excuse: General fear of crashing.
Fix: Keep riding.
Here's to hanging on this year.
Monday, October 08, 2007
How To Convince Yourself to Do a Cyclocross Race.
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Yep, that was me that said something like "hey Ironman."
I've been thinking about cyclocross. Have you done it before? The different types of bike racing seem endless.
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