Sunday, May 16, 2010

Sundance Spin Bike Race 2010


Bad ass! The best scenic race of the year, I can't miss that!
The more, the merrier!
.....look how fat I am! I've got to seriously ride more!


This race turned out good except some old injury flared up again. There were a lot of people that showed up at the race and it was sponsored by Mad Dog Cycles so there were a lot of Mad Dog Racers and I myself am a Mad Dog Cycle Racer so I showed up too. There were a few snow banks in some areas but you can get around them all right, just had to get down through the mud. It was mostly tacky which made the trails perfect and made the race fun. I did ok, but surprisenly finished 4th place out of 8 in my class. I always end up at 5 minutes behind the first guy but in order for me to do better, I've got to lose some weight. I am about 30-40 pounds overweight and I've got to lose a little bit more now. I lost a lot last year, about 27 pounds then gained 10 in the winter. If I was maybe 175-180, I'd be a little faster, maybe be at front at least. That would be good, but at least being at 190-200 would be good too but now I am at 218, just 2 pounds under the clydesdale class. Just stay positive and have fun! Ride more and have fun doing it, then everything will turn out. Hopefully.
Speaking of the injury, as I was pedaling in this race, my left knee started to bother me, especially after the race and even more the day after. A few days ago, I did some adjustments on my cleats on my shoes because they were rubbing the chainstays and cranks too much. I adjusted them way outwards of the bike and now my knee is bothering me and I think my right knee is starting to feel a little bit of it too when I went on a walk today. So I changed the cleats back where they were before and see if that works, also I adjusted them forward more to keep the shoes from rubbing the stays and cranks. Reason why they were back too much because of achilles tendonitis I had in the past year and it was supposed to help that. So hopefully the achilles won't get too bad this time. If all this doesn't work, I might have to think about getting more stable pedals like Shimano. The Crank Bros. pedals I have has way too much play and my heels go all over the place. I guess I will have to do some rides this week and see what happens. I had a blast anyway at this race and the weather was perfect.


5 comments:

Putz said...

his mom and i were with him for the race, one of his best showings race wise>>>went to robin hood the movie and ate at a chinese place after meeting bercky and speeding

Daniel said...

I adjusted cleats back where they were and went for a ride. Still touching the crank and stays. And it's the farthest I can twist the cleats too. My feet are weird, that's all! I ordered Shimano XTR pedals and got a good deal on them. I called the bike shop before I ordered them and they told me to get the Shimano. I didn't go for a very long ride though, after ten minutes of riding, I couldn't go anymore, my legs felt dead from the race last Saturday still. Maybe until Wednesday, I could go on another ride to get ready for the Soldier Hollow Race this weekend. Should give me some recovery time until then. I sure hope these pedals will solve the problem. I can't let my shoes eat up the carbon fiber off my frame!

Tony said...

I went for a ride yesterday up above the B. I've noticed that my boots have gotten worn out from rubbing on the grip tape on my frame, wore through the stitching. dang. Got a freaking good workout though. That trail can be intense..4 laps, burned about 1400 calories, lost .8 pounds yesterday, 8.2 more to go to my goal. I wish I noticed the boot thing before I wore through the stitching though..guess I'll try shoe goo or something.
I liked your write-up. Sounds like a good race. It's good you have people who support you.

Tony said...

..By the way, I don't think you're fat. You look fine to me. You're probably right though, you'd ride better lighter, so whatev eh. I keep wishing my dang left arm would get on the ball, still hurts, still weak as hell...no excuses though eh.

Daniel said...

Ya, mom said the same thing, she I said I don't look that fat but she said it would be nice to lose a little bit to go faster. Injuries suck don't they? I have a lot of injuries and they feel better later on but sometimes they come back can be a pain in the butt. But just learn how to deal with it I guess. I still feel some weakness on my arm too(from the nail gun accident) but it's not that bad when you try not to think about it. I should try not think about any of my injuries and be careful. I get a lot of hand and arm exercises for my arm at work to make it stronger and it's working though. I found me in the video dude! Just the back wheel and red derailler. How I knew was it looked my leg, shoe and sock and back of my bike. I am really positive it's me but I don't remember seeing any camera guys up there.