It’s been a good week. I came into this week exhausted, and I just didn’t know why until I began to look back at my training diary and saw that I’ve only been riding consistently since late June and each week my total hours continued to rise. Last week I put in over 11 hours, the week before 10 hours. I think it all finally caught up with me. So this week I declared a rest week; at least part it. I did a few really short rides and the Wednesday night group ride up Chimney Gulch and now I’m feeling more like myself.
I’m pretty nervous for the race this weekend. There’s a LOT of climbing, and I’ve never considered myself a good climber. My weights continueds to creep down; I’m currently at 185 from a peak of 204 in April. Here’s the elevation profile for tomorrow race at Winter Park:
I keep reminding myself that this is what I do for fun. Oh yeah, it sounds like it’s been a wet week up there and they’re forecasting more rain today and tomorrow. That may actually be an advantage. I’ve done lots of racing in the rain 
