another flogging

so i thought i'd try my luck again at bike racing. this time it was a couse in downtown golden: techincal course with eight turns and very slight rises. on my warm up, i felt a bit tight and lacking in leg strength and lung capacity, but figured i try my old warm up techinque of blowing myself out, then recovering a bit and spinning and then hitting the start line. hitting the start line, the 'gun' goes off and 2.5 laps later, i find myself trailing off the back of the pack wondering if maybe they will ease up a bit so i can chase back on. um... no. it's over. no chasing back on, just slowly drifting away. of course, i keep 'racing' since i paid the dollars and rarely do you get a closed course to ride on with people clapping even though you are ridiculously off the pace. it was also nice because the course double backs on itself so it was pretty cool to see the pack ride by as you head the opposite direction.

so now i'm at an impass... wondering if i should hang it up and enjoy the trailer rides, or keep plugging along. i didn't hit the trainer last night, but plan on doing it either tonight or tomorrow night. i'll probably keep going... it's been two years since i've raced a full season... i can't really consider this racing, but i'm at least lining up... without making a big dent in the budget... so come sunday, we'll see how things go at city park.