Micaldyck

Thank you Campbell River for the awesome race, the post race hot dogs and Regan for the sprint finish!

Goals can be a funny thing, something you think about, write down, strive for and sacrifice a lot to achieve.

I’m definitely feeling a little worked today, after 2 months off the mountain bike (since my hernia surgery) and almost a month on the trainer, I’ve lost a lot of my punchy power endurance.

First double header on the Island this past weekend, with two awesome courses in Naniamo

Cross is all the things you don’t necessarily like about mountain biking….riding in a grass field, in the mud, in the rain, in the snow, running with your bike and carrying your bike…..but in cyclocross, it’s so much fun!

Pretty excited that I’m starting to come around and feel recovered from the Xterra adventure, hope the pop comes back into my legs this week for the Fort Collins USGP.

What now???? Hmmm, I think I’m going to stick with cross for the rest of the season…hehe. Thoughts of Fort Collins are dancing in my head at the moment….maybe 🙂

I am super stoked with all my races, but really excites I was able to keep it all together for the last race!

It’s funny, no matter how many times I’ve raced, what I’ve raced, who I’ve raced and where I’ve raced, I still get the pre-race jitters….it’s probably a good thing, means I care about my race

I did my first ever Xterra race this weekend in Whistler, BC !!! Not sure if I already have racers amnesia or what, but I had a great time.

Cross Vegas for Sept 14, nothing like a Wednesday night cross race, the biggest cross race in North America, to start off the season!!!!

All recovered from the TR3, I have to say that stage racing is the best training ever for me, I always seem to come out really strong .

Half way down the muddy rooty slope I lost full control and smashed a tree nice and hard….it was a big thick tree too, one that didn’t have much give….with my leg and the side of my face.

Fast and Female at Canmore, 40 plus, 9-19 year girls learning different mountain bike skills and that it’s fun to be active. It was a great turnout and a really cool event to be a part of!!!

Plan for this week is to recover. Alright fast, where are you!!!!

The Test of Metal – With over a 1000 starters for this one day race, sells out in something like 10 mins, this is one of those events that every cyclist has to try at least once.

Because these sprint races are set up by the huge fixie crowd of Victoria, and probably half of the racers are riding fixies, on of the few rules for us geared riders…NO shifting gears.

I think the whole women’s field is just progressing with leaps and bounds as everyone is striving for Olympic spots

I’ve had a good solid last week of training leading into my travel, it’s funny though, I find I’m always doing more then I’m supposed to. Is it a bad thing that I just love riding my bike??

Two days of great riding, what better way to spend the weekend. One more week till I leave for my first World Cup of the 2011 in Dalby Forest, UK.

It’s amazing how much a warm sunny day can increase the mood of a group, and make the climbing seem not quite as daunting.

Three good races under my belt – now its time to get ready for the World Cups.

So now we are about 3 hours into our 17 hour drive and my phone is loaded with lots of Suduko so I’m set!

So, I learned the very hard way that racing at over 8000 feet while living at sea level really, really hurts.

It’s funny how much you forget that climbing hills really really hurts…haha, but it came back to me really fast!

I’ve made it my personal goal for this year to try to take motivation and positive energy from every situation I am faced with through a day, good and bad.

3 weekends till the first major racing of the 2011 season

Nope, SNOW, it ain’t going to stop me from enjoying my time back in Victoria, no matter how hard it tries!!

I want to officially welcome TRX Suspension Systems to my team of sponsors that are helping me meet top fitness and performance for the 2011 race season.

I am sooooo excited to get back outside on the bike again!!!! Three more days till West Coast Heaven.

Professional mountain bike racer Mical Dyck blogs about her off-season training and her new team for 2011.