First "real" race of the year and more TX Tough...

Went down Southwest last weekend and hung out with the Louisiana Boyz and teammate "Big Daddy" Walker at a fantastic Bed & Breakfast in Castroville, TX. The owner even stacked up our fridge with all kind of things, bought a "heavy" Cranberry Cake for us, and had plenty of Nestlé stored for all our chocolate needs. I'll definitively come back here in August!

My first real TT "test" was Saturday morning - it was good and I was actually quite pleased with how things turned out. Next to raw power, a little bit of gambling was involved regarding the power output/pacing on the way out as we had a sweet tailwind but some got almost blown off the road on the way back in. It got me my first (of three) Alsatian Glasses for the weekend, though ;-)

Skipped the Crit later that day in order to say Good-Bye and drop off my buddy Eric at the airport.

The Road Race was pretty cool and featured a "new type" of finish - we had to negotiate through some tight turns and small roads in the last few miles before cresting a lil' climb to the finish line. My race was not too exciting and I hid for most part of the race in the field as I'm definitively not competitive for 50mile break-away's or wins yet. The next two weeks of training (less volume, more intensity) should change that - hopefully :-)


Oh yeah, check out this video of TX Tough Launch which was on WFAA Channel 8 this morning: