Tuesday, May 3, 2011

On Failure



The Cohutta 100 was a fucking disaster. No questions about it.

I started off the race tactically stupid and got worked over position wise. After that it was a nightmare from there.

The heat was something I was aware of and cautious about, but it still took its toll. Some days you have it and some you don't. I didn't have it, and short of pulling the plug, I decided to just treat it as a training race (albeit an insanely expensive one) and trudge on through. Finished in 8:27, which is about an hour off of my goal. I'll write about it a bit more later on this week.

On the non depressing front...

A buddy of mine is letting me use his cabin in North Georgia for the week. Holy carp it's awesome up here.

Rode a slow recovery loop over Burnt Mountain on Sunday, got 3 hours in on the MTB in Elijay in the Bear Creek and Pinhoti trails today and am waking up ass-early tomorrow to do Brasstown Bald.

All sorts of sweet power data and photos and ride reports to come. I'm getting a phatty suntan too.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

just spent last Saturday at Mullberry gap doing the pinohti trails and climbing forest roads. It is beautiful there. enjoy it.

Juan

Anonymous said...

i like the picture :) chalk it up to an adventure and learning lesson. hey, not all of us get a swank vaca!! lol also, on the race entry voting, that really sucks for us primatives who do not have a facebook. you still have my vote johnboy! love you! "the mom"