Grit in my teeth ride.

I don't know if I've been fighting something or just stretched thin lately. I didn't feel a whole lot of stress from promoting the Smackdown, however rescheduling it did add more work and another level of stress. So from that, training, work and school I think I had been a little over extended.

Following the Dismal Dash (in which I felt good), I felt really good at our strength session on the following Tuesday (really good). The next day I rode easy outside then intervals at APT in the evening. Between those two rides I started getting body aches. I had to stop the intervals early from a lack of energy. I thought I was getting sick but, it never happened. For the next 3 or 4 days though, I had body aches throughout the day. So I took it easy (like no workouts) from that Wednesday to the Smackdown on Sunday. Then I tried to promote the race plus race the Cat 3 and the Pro/1/2/3 races. I felt okay, but not great.

During the next week, I never felt good on the bike. Still felt run down. Monday, Tuesday...no good. So once again I took Wednesday, Thursday and Friday off the bike. I was looking forward to a ride on Saturday morning. My motivation was high, which was apparent because when I woke up the ground was wet.

But I put on the arm warmers, knee warmers and grab my rain jacket. I felt good for the first time in a couple of weeks. I only road the first Conte's ride but put in a good sprint at First Court. It was nice to get out and want to be out.

Sometimes it takes a little time off to recover and sometimes it takes a ride in which you get grit in your teeth to feel good again. Back on the training plan hard on Monday. For now, I am going up to Maryland for a welcome home party for a friend.

ISO a new saddle.

I am currently using the Serfas Stinger saddle. For the past few years I have been changing saddles each year. This saddle that I have been using is fine. Fine that is until a real long ride or a ride over rough terrain. Basically, if it hurts me, it hurts for about a week after that.

So, my next upgrade purchase will be a saddle. Any suggestions. I have read the GamJams reviews posted last month so no need to direct me to those. I weigh 185 lb during the race season. This time I am looking for a saddle for the long haul. What should I get?

Sleepy Hole Smackdown Pics

Here are some pictures taken by James Goyet of the Cat 3 race:





Members of Facebook can see some more of his photos here.

Leah Nisbet took some pictures of all the races (I think) and they could be found here.

They include even ones like this:

Here I am trying to explain to this lady that "no, you cannot drive on the course and I don't care that you do it every Sunday." She didn't think we were being very fair to her and she was going to take care of it in the morning. She had already done some off roading past the cones to make it on the course during the Women's warm up. She then showed up later and tried to sneak past the FJ cruiser we parked there. This time I told her I was going to take her keys away. She said she was leaving but I was very fearful that she was just backing up to have room to be at full speed when she hit the pack of riders.

It was a very good day of racing. But I'm not going to bore anyone with race reports. Thank you to everyone who came out.

Sleepy Hole Smackdown Race Results

Category	Last	First	Bib #	Team	Place
Category	Last Name	First Name	Optional	Optional	Placing
Junior 10-14	King	Jake	337	crc	1
Junior 10-14	Walizer	Clair	342	JRVS/Casey Auto Group	2
Junior 10-14	Fisher	Jason	335	JRVS/Casey Auto Group	3
Junior 10-14	Ribble	Patrick	340	JRVS/Casey Auto Group	4
Junior 10-14	Scheafer	Kristan	343		5
Junior 10-14	Clarke	Taylor	333	Team Nature's Path/3Sports	6
Junior 10-14	Oughton	Danny	339	Team Carytown Bicycle Company	7
Junior 10-14	Fisher	Jacob	336	JRVS/Casey Auto Group	8
Junior 10-14	Croft	Emily	334	JRVS/Casey Auto Group	9
Junior 10-14	McNelis	Mallory	338	Team Nature's Path/3Sports	10
Junior 10-14	Warner	Jacob	346		11
Junior 10-14	Holm	Shelby	345		12
Junior 10-14	Scalise	Malie	341	JRVS/Casey Auto Group	13
Junior 10-14	Rosen	Mickala	344		14
Juniors 15-18	Peterson	Ryan	353		1
Juniors 15-18	Rebeck	Kristian	354	Fat Frogs Racing	2
Juniors 15-18	Kyler	Zachary	485		3
Juniors 15-18	King	Jake	356	CRC	4
Juniors 15-18	Law	Richard	352	Fat Frogs Racing	5
Juniors 15-18	Scalise	Alex	355	JRVS/Casey Auto Group	6
Juniors 15-18	Eberwein	Katherine	350		7
Master 30+ (no Cat 5)	Wirsing	Jon	381	Van Dessel Factory Team	1
Master 30+ (no Cat 5)	Fawell	Mike	367	Hefler Performance Coaching	2
Master 30+ (no Cat 5)	King	Dan	382	van dessel factory team	3
Master 30+ (no Cat 5)	Holland	Cameron	143	JRVS/Casey Auto Group	4
Master 30+ (no Cat 5)	King	Mark	373	van dessel factory team	5
Master 30+ (no Cat 5)	Nisbet	Jon	415	Virginia Beach Wheelmen	6
Master 30+ (no Cat 5)	Scanlon	Bill	379	Van Dessel Factory Team	7
Master 30+ (no Cat 5)	Sorrell	Bryon	191	ATLANT*C VELO	8
Master 30+ (no Cat 5)	Rosen	C. C.	378	ATLANT*C VELO	9
Master 30+ (no Cat 5)	Deaton	Jimmy	161	JRVS/Casey Auto Group	10
Master 30+ (no Cat 5)	Rutlegde	Gene	425	Seiglar	11
Master 30+ (no Cat 5)	Lassiter	Jack	374	Hilton CC/Conte's	12
Master 30+ (no Cat 5)	McNelis	Edward	376	Team Nature's Path/3Sports	13
Master 30+ (no Cat 5)	Winfield	Deidre	380	CRC	14
Master 30+ (no Cat 5)	Connelly	Mark	383	JRVS/Casey Auto Group	15
Master 30+ (no Cat 5)	Houff	Thomas	372	Hefler Performance Coaching	16
Master 30+ (no Cat 5)	Holm	Chad	370	Tripower	17
Master 30+ (no Cat 5)	Netsch	Robert	377	GS OUTERBANKS	18
Master 30+ (no Cat 5)	Cook	Laura	552	Vanderkitten	19
Master 30+ (no Cat 5)	Lowell	Terry	384	Final Kicks Racing	20
Master 30+ (no Cat 5)	Gaudio	Jon	368	Team Nature's Path/3 Sports	21
Master 30+ (no Cat 5)	Marks	Arthur	487	Tripower	22
Master 30+ (no Cat 5)	Malone	Bill	375	Team Nature's Path/3 Sports	23
Master 30+ (no Cat 5)	Bufton	Alan	366	All About Bikes Racing	24
Men Pro 1/2/3 (bar 1/2)	King	Ben	421	CRC	1
Men Pro 1/2/3 (bar 1/2)	Wirsing	Jon	420	Van Dessel Factory Team	2
Men Pro 1/2/3 (bar 1/2)	King	Daniel	411	Vandessel Factory Team	3
Men Pro 1/2/3 (bar 1/2)	Fowler	Gene	428	Final Kicks Racing	4
Men Pro 1/2/3 (bar 1/2)	Abbott	Gregory	426	NCVC	5
Men Pro 1/2/3 (bar 1/2)	Rutledge	Gene	425	Seiglar	6
Men Pro 1/2/3 (bar 1/2)	Holland	Cameron	143	JRVS/Casey Auto Group	7
Men Pro 1/2/3 (bar 1/2)	Nisbet	Jonathan	415	Virginia Beach Wheelman	8
Men Pro 1/2/3 (bar 1/2)	Hosang	Michael	409	Tripower	9
Men Pro 1/2/3 (bar 1/2)	Greco	Marc	424	Tripower	10
Men Pro 1/2/3 (bar 1/2)	King	Mark	412	van dessel factory team	11
Men Pro 1/2/3 (bar 1/2)	Sorrell	Bryon	191	ATLANT*C VELO	12
Men Pro 1/2/3 (bar 1/2)	Gaudio	Jon	405	Team Nature's Path / 3 Sports	13
Men Pro 1/2/3 (bar 1/2)	Parker	Jeff	416	Virginia Beach Velo	14
Men Pro 1/2/3 (bar 1/2)	Marcuse	Ian	414	Haymarket	15
Men Pro 1/2/3 (bar 1/2)	Simet	Steve	419	JRVS/Casey Auto Group	16
Men Pro 1/2/3 (bar 1/2)	Karnes	Tyler	410	Hincapie Development Team	17
Men Pro 1/2/3 (bar 1/2)	Goble	Chip	406	Team Nature's Path / 3-Sports	18
Men Pro 1/2/3 (bar 1/2)	Dinterman	Robert	404	Final Kick	19
Men Pro 1/2/3 (bar 1/2)	Clarke	David	402	Team Nature's Path / 3-Sports	20
Men Pro 1/2/3 (bar 1/2)	Holland	Tommy	408	ATLANTIC VELO	21
Men Pro 1/2/3 (bar 1/2)	Rosen	C. C.	417	ATLANTIC VELO	22
Men Pro 1/2/3 (bar 1/2)	Scanlon	Bill	418	Van Dessel Factory Team	23
Men'S Cat 3	Warner	Marc	454	Team Natures Path/ 3 Sports	1
Men'S Cat 3	Troy	Andrew	458	Carytown	2
Men'S Cat 3	Tremblay	Jacob	453	Fiorucci Cycor Cycling Team	3
Men'S Cat 3	Louder	Stuart	459	Kazane	4
Men'S Cat 3	Simet	Steve	452	JRVS/Casey Auto Group	5
Men'S Cat 3	Horvath	Kevin	444	Tri-Power	6
Men'S Cat 3	Harville	Lucas	443	Seigler Sports	7
Men'S Cat 3	Deaton	Jimmy	161	JRVS/Casey Auto	8
Men'S Cat 3	Goyet	Joshua	441	Virginia Beach Wheelmen	9
Men'S Cat 3	McNelis	Edward	447	Team Nature's Path/3Sports	10
Men'S Cat 3	Richardson	Patrick	460		11
Men'S Cat 3	Netsch	Robert	448	GS OUTERBANKS	12
Men'S Cat 3	Young	Rick	457	JRVS/Casey Auto	13
Men'S Cat 3	Houff	Thomas	445	Hefler Performance Coaching	14
Men'S Cat 3	Shockley	Tim	451	Virginia Beach Wheelmen	15
Men'S Cat 3	Salzer	Eric	450	CCV-Hotfoot Cycles/Iron Hill Race Team	16
Men'S Cat 3	Rainear	Dennis	449	Team Natures Path/3Sports	17
Men'S Cat 3	Whitenack	Ronald	455	JRVS/Casey Auto	18
Men'S Cat 3	Pulin	Robert	456	Carytown	19
Men'S Cat 4	Fawell	Mike	477		1
Men'S Cat 4	Meier	Dominik	490	Team Natures Path	2
Men'S Cat 4	Devennish	Ricky	475	GS Outer Banks	3
Men'S Cat 4	Dinsmore	Christopher	476	TriPower	4
Men'S Cat 4	Holm	Chad	482	Tripower	5
Men'S Cat 4	Wierzbicki	Michael	502	ROSTELLO BY FIORUCCI/ CYCOR	6
Men'S Cat 4	Netzer	Dan	493	Team Fitness Together	7
Men'S Cat 4	Beckmann	Brian	470	Team Carytown Bicycle Company U-25	8
Men'S Cat 4	Buddenhagen	Shawn	471	All About Bikes Racing	9
Men'S Cat 4	Reams	Tim	496	Team Nature's Path/3Sports	10
Men'S Cat 4	Hale	Wilson	479	JRVS/Casey Auto group	11
Men'S Cat 4	Murphy	Kyle	492	The Bike Lane	12
Men'S Cat 4	Hadley	Jerry	478	TRI POWER	13
Men'S Cat 4	Kyler	Zachary	485	Seigler Sports	14
Men'S Cat 4	Milby	Mark	491	G.S. Outer Banks	15
Men'S Cat 4	Hatton	Benjamin	480	Premier Pedicab Company	16
Men'S Cat 4	Poteat	Ivan	495	Carytown Bicycle Company	17
Men'S Cat 4	Cook	Robert	474	Team Nature's Path/3 Sports	18
Men'S Cat 4	Marks	Arthur	487	Tri-Power	19
Men'S Cat 4	McMahon	Michael	488	TriPower	20
Men'S Cat 4	Scheel	George	498	Fat Frogs Racing	21
Men'S Cat 4	Hockenberger	Daniel	481	JRVS/Casey Auto Group	22
Men'S Cat 4	McMillan	Chris	489		23
Men'S Cat 4	Rodenas	Albe	497	All About Bikes Racing	24
Men'S Cat 5	Runnals	Michael	534	JRVS/Casey Auto Group	1
Men'S Cat 5	Guinther	Greg	522	Team Nature's Path / 3Sports	2
Men'S Cat 5	Doyle	Taylor	520	Fat Frogs Racing	3
Men'S Cat 5	Paulson	Dan	531		4
Men'S Cat 5	Logan	Chris	528	Fat Frogs Racing	5
Men'S Cat 5	Carhart	Michael	515	Tripower	6
Men'S Cat 5	Maurer	Steve	529	Fat Frogs Racing	7
Men'S Cat 5	Croft	Paul	517	JRVS/Casey Auto Group	8
Men'S Cat 5	Bond	William	512	Fat Frogs Racing	9
Men'S Cat 5	Schock	Timothy	535	Fat Frogs Racing	10
Men'S Cat 5	Eremin	Nikolay	521	JRVS/Casey Auto Group	11
Men'S Cat 5	Smole	Robert	536	JRVS/Casey Auto Group	12
Men'S Cat 5	Kidd	Vince	526	JRVS/Casey Auto Group	13
Men'S Cat 5	Cooper	Lee	516	Fat Frogs Racing	14
Men'S Cat 5	Jeanfreau	Brian	525	Fat Frogs Racing	15
Women'S 40+	Nicholson	Sharon	570		1
Women'S 40+	Hardy	Ann	566	Marshall Mechanical/RCWR	2
Women'S 40+	Glave	Monica	555	Team Marshall Mechanical/RCWR	3
Women'S 40+	Christopher	Donna	551	Fat Frogs Racing	4
Women'S 1/2/3	Joyner	Emily	561	Marshall Mechanical/RCWR	1
Women'S 1/2/3	Winfield	Deidre	565	CRC	2
Women'S 1/2/3	Cook	Laura	552	Vanderkitten Racing	3
Women'S 1/2/3	Kostic	Vickie	568	NCVC	4
Women'S 1/2/3	McMahon	Sally	563	TriPower	5
Women'S 1/2/3	Hosang	Brenna	558	TriPower	6
Women'S 1/2/3	Ennser	Carol	553	Artemis	7
Women'S 1/2/3	Smith	Julia	564	Team Rostello by Fiorucci	8
Women'S 1/2/3	Calcaterra	Maria	550	Team Nature's Path/3Sports	9
Women'S 4	Ingram	Ali	560	Vanderkitten Racing	1
Women'S 4	Gagnon	Sonya	554	Virginia Beach Velo	2
Women'S 4	Leary	Sharon	562	Team Rostello p/b Fiorucci	3
Women'S 4	Bufka	Lynn	567	TriPower	4
Women'S 4	Hyslop	Julie	559	Vanderkitten Racing	5
Women'S 4	Mitchell	Andrea	569	RCWR	6
Women'S 4	Hise	Phaedra	556	Team Marshall Mechanical/RCWR	7
Women'S 4	Holm	Dawn	557	TriPower	8
Women'S OPEN	Joyner	Emily	561	Marshall Mechanical/RCWR	1
Women'S OPEN	Winfield	Deidre	565	CRC	2
Women'S OPEN	Cook	Laura	552	Vanderkitten Racing	3
Women'S OPEN	Kostic	Vickie	568	NCVC	4
Women'S OPEN	Nicholson	Sharon	570		5
Women'S OPEN	McMahon	Sally	563	TriPower	6
Women'S OPEN	Ingram	Ali	560	Vanderkitten Racing	7
Women'S OPEN	Hosang	Brenna	558	TriPower	8
Women'S OPEN	Gagnon	Sonya	554	Virginia Beach Velo	9
Women'S OPEN	Leary	Sharon	562	Team Rostello p/b Fiorucci	10
Women'S OPEN	Ennser	Carol	553	Artemis	11
Women'S OPEN	Bufka	Lynn	567	TriPower	12
Women'S OPEN	Hardy	Ann	566	Marshall Mechanical/RCWR	13
Women'S OPEN	Smith	Julia	564	Team Rostello by Fiorucci	14
Women'S OPEN	Calcaterra	Maria	550	Team Nature's Path/3Sports	15
Women'S OPEN	Hyslop	Julie	559	Vanderkitten Racing	16
Women'S OPEN	Mitchell	Andrea	569	RCWR	17
Women'S OPEN	Hise	Phaedra	556	Team Marshall Mechanical/RCWR	18
Women'S OPEN	Glave	Monica	555	Team Marshall Mechanical/RCWR	19
Women'S OPEN	Christopher	Donna	551	Fat Frogs Racing	20
Women'S OPEN	Holm	Dawn	557	TriPower	21