A friend of mine competed at last weekend's 12 hrs of Reddick. He was competing in the Solo Sport category. Pat came in 4th, which was very respectable. He said he didn't have anything left...which is what you want. You want to go out and leave everything out on the course. What was unfortunate, was that he was robbed of an even higher placing. The guy who won this year, won it last year. He should've moved up to expert, but he didn't. Another guy who came in 3rd competed in the expert class last year, and was competing in the sport class because he said he hadn't trained much. That was wrong. It's nobody's fault that this guy didn't train. He competed in expert class last year, he should've gone back to it.
I posted all that to say this...the above story is exactly why you can't/shouldn't make rce goals that involve getting first place. You never know who is gonna show up and be racing with you, either legitimately or sandbagging. That's why you should always focus on racing your own race. When I make my solo debut at the 12 Hrs of Tsali, I'm gonna set a goal for a certain number of laps to complete, and let rankings fall where they may.
For today's ride, I made it a recovery ride, and did it on the mtn bike. So, nothing too dramatic to report. 1hr completed, and so far I'm still on schedule for the week.
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