Well we are nearing the end of March and we are still getting snow. We are very close to beating the record snow fall of 1972. We are second place right now. Worse part is we've not had one huge storm to get close to the record, but rather snows a bit every day it seems.
Now with the sun getting stronger the roads in town dry out pretty fast. My country roads are still messy and my dirt road I live on is now starting to be one slick' o' mud. I have been riding indoors cause I'm to lazy to clean the bike afterwards. Its easier on the rollers for me these days.I have been renovating the basement so been busy.
I think the hardest part of the training is getting enough sleep. I haven't been riding or sleeping enough of late but cracking down starting this week.
I think I am going to try the Ontario Cup races this year.
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The first race is only about 6 weeks away,April 27, 2008 - Mansfield. Looks like I will not be as ready as I would have hoped to be but going to train hard the next 5 weeks and taper the week before. Hopefully there will be a few others that haven't gotten it together either. I would imagine most people doing these races are at least semi-serious racers. My goals for the beggining part of the season will be not to be DFL. After a few races I will see how tough these races really are and if this will be my goal for the year or if I have a chance of finishing in the top 20 and accumulating some points !
My main goal would be to podium at Hot August Nights as a solo rider. This would be tough but I think if I train hard I might just have a shot at 3rd. I guess it depends on who shows up.
I just turned 40 so not racing with the younger crowd. Its not that the 40 plus crowd is easy, its just that the field is not nearly as big :)
Cheers for now,
Paul
