so my goal for the Hell of the North ride was to go hard and bury myself... and that's pretty much what happened. I got into a pretty good group on the long road section in the first half... passed a ton of people along the muddy wet section (loved riding a 'cross bike here - i'm in the middle in the pic) and then rode with Dave Dermont for a while.... until he cracked me on the 8km rail trail section.... lots of gravel, puddles, holes and Dave pushing a big gear... I don't think that i ate properly (is 1 gel enough for 3hrs?) because i couldn't ramp it up once we got back onto the road... so i was alone for a bit before picking up a Jr. rider who fell off the lead group... we tried to stay with Michnick on the last part of the road (hated riding a 'cross bike here) but we caught him on the last bit of trail before finishing on the road... no-one contested the sprint since Michnick had a road bike and i pulled the Jr. rider around for 15km....
all in all it was a good ride... i had a good feel for where my legs were (still in need of high end) but was happy with how i rode... finished up in 7th.... i also am realizing how important Core is to racing.... training is not so bad on the back... but racing can be brutal.... time for some planks, ball and free weights...
First O'Cup is this weekend... always have the feeling of "Did i do enough / the right thing over the winter?"... and it usually takes a couple laps to find that answer... i'll let you know....
Shout out to the rest of the Trek Canada Team as they head over seas for a couple big races....
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