So far the off season has been chalk full of cycling related stuff. I was hoping to be as relaxed as the guy in the picture at this point in the year. Working, and sleeping in between easy rides and some core work stuff, but instead I am busy trying to get my slow ass on a new team. The good news is I have narrowed it down to a couple of new scenarios. One will have me doing a lot more traveling and racing in the USA Crit Series events as well as NRC stage races, one will have me doing west coast NRC stage races and maybe some superweek, and one will have me babysitting newbies and doing local stuff. Let's all hope one of the first two teams comes through with a spot. If I have to race nothing but local stuff next year I may swerve into on coming traffic and take myself out. Alright maybe not that gnarly, but I won't be dodging any car doors opening in front of me. I will take the pain and the insurance check and call it a season.
On a happier note the French Federation is now going back and doing supplemental tests on the riders from this years Tour. They are going back and retesting samples and looking for CERA. They are finding it too. This is good. At least the riders know they can't use CERA now. Time to move on to the next wonder drug and hope WADA doesn't have a test for that yet. Thanks for trying to ruin the sport, dopers. I hope the next wonder drug these guy's find had a side effect of making their junk shrivel up and fall off.
Since it is Rocktober I have started winter training. It's not going well. This time of year is muscle building. On and off the bike. It's amazing how much muscle you loose over the course of a season when you stop doing certain excersises. It's getting better and the wattage is going up, but I still feel like a complete whimp on the bike right now.
Hopefully by the next time I write on here I will know what team I am going to be on. If not, I guess it will be a plain black kit and a solo mission next season.
