30 days before the Lumberjack100, and I really am not ready for this race yet.
I’m finally getting out and getting some miles onto my legs, and I’ve mad a commitment to try to ride as much as I can over the next month, even it’s just out the front door and putting 20+ miles on the local paths. The biggest thing I can work on is just putting as many miles onto my legs as I can.
I think I’m also going to put the nose to the grindstone and really work on dropping some weight. I’m heavier then I’d like to be this spring, but I think that if I really push it, I can drop 20# in the next month. It won’t put me where I’d like to be, but it will put me into a pretty good place anyways.
The course isn’t that difficult, and I’ve heard that the backwards direction is an easier ride then the direction that the race was run the two years I’ve made an attempt. I recently had a professional fit on my Racer-X, so I’m very comfortable on the bike, and the new position make me feel stronger then I was feeling.
I think one big thing is going to be concentrating on FINISHING the race, and not on RACING the race. The race can be finished with a < 10 MPH average speed. If I don’t go out and try to kill myself by being fast, I think I’ll have a good chance of finishing. Slow and steady wins the race. I’m not racing anybody else this year, I’m only racing myself.
