99.9% Complete

That is the race season for me.  Finally, only one more race to go:  Iceman Cometh, November 8. This is a 25-28 mile point to point race.  There is nothing technically challenging about the trail. It's the distance that is the major obstacle.  Due to suffering from chronic fatigue, I really reduced my training hours over the past month.  That shows in my race results for the last two races.

Addison Oaks on September 21st was a race I probable shouldn't have done.  Yet I did it.  Not only that, I also did the Pando race, which was the following weekend.  The week leading up to Pando I paid close attention to my resting HR.  I was experiencing around 10bpm increase in my rest HR.  One morning it was as high as 22 bpm.  Regardless, I saddled up for Pando.  Even on the drive there I felt like I was out of breath.  I just thought I would muscle through it.

I did do an easy pre-ride the day before.  I wanted to set a race pace that I could handle without over doing it.  My goal was to just finish the race.  I settled in on a comfortable 22 minute lap (4 lap race).   Come race day, that turned into a 16 minute lap for the first two laps.  Then I felt my body start to shut down so I backed off.  I finished right in the middle of the pack, so not so bad.

I did reach my annual goal of finish in the top 3 for the points series.  I took third place overall, but not to far from second.  I need to build up my endurance to handle 15+ races in a season.  It was those damn TRI's.

Anyway's, here are some random pictures from the race season:









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