I went to the Velo Bella CX clinic yesterday, which was a total blast after I got over being terrified of some of the technical aspects of the course. Linda Elgart was coaching our small group. She was great and coached us through each section - how she might approach it and various alternatives.
I finally learned how to do a moving mount, which is cool. It is slow, but I can do it. It's more of a walking mount than a flying mount. Of course, it took me a bit longer than the others in my group to pick it up. When they were moving on to barriers, I was getting "uh, you might want to work on mount and dismount a while longer". Translation: "You are going to hit the barrier and it's going to leave a mark".
Another fun part of the day was hearing Sheila Moon whooping and giggling her way around the course. She was clearly having a LOT of fun!
Then, I woke up this morning and discovered a couple dozen muscles that I didn't even know were there.
Today, Costume Cross! I need to go zip tie some stuff to my helmet.
7 comments:
bruise count, please?
glad you had fun at the clinic!!
Twinkie - known bruise count now, or should we wait and give a more accurate count in a couple of days?
Hey twinkie, I think I could more accurately count the bruise 'areas', as many bruises have joined together to cover large expanses :) Were you there today? We didn't see you. You teammie handed me a bottle, though. That was cool.
just because we don't have a snazzy team kit doesn't mean us unattached riders don't care about others. oh contraire, we make friends with everyone. call us bridge builders.
Thanks, Beth! I was bummed not to have you in the race to bumble around the obstacles with me. But, I sure was happy to see you with that water bottle! You rock! Oh, and I still have some silly string on my stuff as a memory of your fabulous costume.
ooooh, i am just waking up, and i'm already feeling warm and fuzzy...to see another cx convert coming this way!
very sorry to miss the action-packed party out there. :(
as for the bruise tally, the correct time to count is the day after abuse.
oh contraire, we make friends with everyone. call us bridge builders.
we are just sluts.
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