Getting Closer

The twelve hour is a little over a week away and bad luck has struck one of our riders. She has fallen and dislocated her shoulder. Hopefully it was a minor dislocation, (she has yet to see a doctor) and she may be able to still ride. I know she has been training a lot for this race and I was confident that we would do well as a team with her on it. I have a back-up rider getting ready but I'm saddened to think it won't be our originally planned team that is racing. 

The course for the race this year will be the same as last year. That is good news. It was a fast course last year with the technical sections grouped together at the beginning and the end. I know that my friends daughter is a little nervous about riding the course, but she has nothing to fear. I know that her current skill level should get her through most of the course relatively unscathed. Once we ride through the tech sections with her and show her the lines, she should do well there too. She may have to walk one or two areas, no big deal.

I continue with my training program of riding, yoga, and lifting weights at the gym. I look forward to seeing if there is any improvement in my riding during the race.