Monday, March 2, 2015

2015 race season week 1

I guess there's not a whole lot to update personally this week. I decided to skip the race in Arkansas because of the bad weather. I don't have a problem riding and racing in any conditions, but I wasn't interested in a 12 hour+ white knuckle drive. Bob, Micah, Dylan and Rob all went and did really well. All the guys finished in the top 10 out of a pretty big field. Anyhow, next week is the Oklahoma season opener. Day one was canceled because of construction at the park the salt creek race is at, so it's the tall chief road race only. I'm really looking forward to finally racing, so next weeks post should be much more interesting.
I got some snow riding in Saturday and Sunday. Mostly just for fun, but I did do a few short intervals. Riding in the snow/ice is mainly just good practice for bike handling skill. There's a new website called Zwift that lets you ride your indoor trainer device and ride/race with other people in a video game format. I've been seeing a few pro's using it on Strava. I thought about giving it a try this weekend, but I didn't get invitation approved yet. It seems like all the guys on the team are pretty divided on the Zwift thing. most of the cat 4's think it's pretty cool and the 3's and up think it's the gayest thing ever. I guess without trying it, I'm in the middle somewhere. I don't really like stationary riding indoors, but it could be fun for the occasional indoor ride. We'll see...
Here's a few snow pictures I took: