Veteran's Cyclocross

Today was the Veteran's Cyclocross event, which is part of the De Stad Van Kansas Cyclocross Series. The course seemed very hilly to me for some reason. There were 3 fast long descents, one of which was fairly technical through the woods. Other than that, it seemed like I was climbing the rest of the time.

I rolled up to the start line and my legs just felt bad. I was thinking that it was just pre-race nerves, but once the race started, I realized that wasn't the case. I was hanging in about 5th place until about half way through the first lap, then the lights just went out. It has been a while since I melted down so quickly. My mouth was total cotton and the insides of my lips were sticking to my teeth. Maybe I wasn't hydrated enough and that just caused me to shut down. Who knows, but it was a bad day for me physically. I conserved what I could and ended up finishing 12th out of 19. Not really the finish I wanted, but I was just thankful to finish today. I know results probably won't come this year, but I sure would like to crack the top 10 at some point. Heck, I wouldn't even care if that meant getting 10th out of 10 starters.

On the bright side, I didn't have any mechanical problems this week, so hopefully that trend continues. Stay tuned.......