Happy New Year to everyone!! I spent a fairly quiet New Year with my family. We went to the "family style" New Years party at East Side Mario's with the kids. They give out party favours, streamers, hats etc. to make it fun for the kids. Shrek was even there!
I went out for my traditional New Years Day ride this morning. It was a blustery 0 degrees, but about -7 with the windchill so I tried not to ride into the wind too much. I got in about 2h 40m of riding which was nice for a change. I felt pretty good actually. I hope to get in a lot more training now that I am completely healthy. I have been sick since the beginning of October when I got the flu shot. Strange how that happens!! With a non-stop cold, 2 bouts of strep throat, and a chest infection I was out of commission for quite awhile. About 8 days of training in each of November and December. Oh well, an extended rest phase. Back to the grind though.
My first race is the 24 Hours in the Old Pueblo in Tuscon, Arizona on February 19-20. My conditioning is never great for this race. Training is so hard in January/February as the snow and temperatures are just insane in Oakville.
As I reflect on the 2004 Season a few stats for you:
7,871KM ridden/raced
387 hours on the bike
3 x 24 hour solo races
1 x 12 hour solo race
best race - 12 Hour Battery Burner
worst race - 24 Hours of Summer Solstice
For 2005 I am racing with the GearsRacing.com team which will be nice. I hope to race in at least 5 x 24 hour events and possibly a few regular races throughout the year. So far I am committed to the 24 Hours in the Old Pueblo in February, the 24 Hours of Summer Solstice (largest 24 hour race in North America) in June and the 24 Hours of Albion in August. In May I will be doing either the Burn 24 Hour (North Carolina) or 24 Hours of Boyne (Michigan). Hopefully I will get one in on the August long weekend and perhaps one in September as well.
Off to watch a movie now and for tomorrow I'll probably just hit the trainer and then off to play poker and watch football in the afternoon.
Later!
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Is Gears Racing give'n you the hook up? It seems that they treat their racers pretty well. Good Luck in 2005.
Speaking of the Old Pueblo...
One of the guys that races in some of the local endurance races with me is heading out for it also. His name is Chuck Jacobs. I have a link to his blog also on my site. Check it out!
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