This is not my first attempt at maintaining a blog, but I'm giving it another shot to document all things biking in my life, as well as other random topics interspersed. I'm currently a PhD candidate at the University of Missouri - St. Louis working towards my degree in Logistics and Supply Chain Management. The ultimate goal is to become a college professor, which conveniently I just found out is the least stressful job there is according to some list. Excellent!
To biking matters... I am in the midst of wrapping up the 2012 cyclocross season. After having lots of success in singlespeed races last year, I came into this season thinking I could do at least fairly decent in the open category, which is where the fastest riders race. How wrong I was! Apparently not really having a training regimen throughout the year or racing before cyclocross season is not a great plan for success. I got my teeth kicked in numerous times until I decided I'm not quite ready for the open category, but I also don't want to sandbag and drop down the the next category down. Thus, I've been focusing on singlespeed events again to wrap up the year and I've had similar success to last year picking up a few wins along the way. I guess the bottom line is that training is crucial, which is why after a short break of a couple weeks I'll be starting a regimen to build a solid base this year and get ready for mountain bike races this spring and summer. With this plan and the sour memories of this year's open category races to fuel me, I'm hoping for much better results next season.
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