It’s been a long time since I last posted on the blog and a lot has changed in the last 5 months. The biggest change is probably my departure from the bike shop to go in a whole new career direction as a program manager at an automotive supplier. It has been a huge change but at the end of the day a very good one. I’m still having a hard time adjusting to driving to work every day and I really hate traffic, but that’s just the cyclist in me seeing time in the car as time that could be spent training.
Also, the 2011 race season came to a close with some highs (3rd in my age group at Iceman) and lows (all of CX season). 2011 was my first full season as a competitive cyclist and I have to say that it was a great year and definitely the first of many.
Also, the 2011 race season came to a close with some highs (3rd in my age group at Iceman) and lows (all of CX season). 2011 was my first full season as a competitive cyclist and I have to say that it was a great year and definitely the first of many.
Now I’m looking towards improving in 2012 and hopefully working my way up another category. Training preparations have been under way since before the New Year and I’m getting a tentative race schedule for 2012 together. I’ve also decided to make a move to race with the Wolverine Sports Club this year and I’m really excited about that. The Wolverines are pretty dominant at most of the local road races and I’m looking forward to being a part of that and learning from it as much as I can. They are also a good group of guys so that is a huge plus. Things are falling in to place and with how mellow this winter has been it feels like race season is right around the corner.
I’m going to try to make a better effort to update a little more regularly and as the race season starts I’m sure I’ll have more to write about. For now, thanks for reading.
