Fuel for the Season
Three good races under my belt - now its time to get ready for the World Cups.
I’m home in Victoria for a month – the longest I’ve been home, by 2 weeks, all year so far! Yup, definitely more then a little excited. I’ve got three good races under my belt so far this season, well four if you count the short track, and I definitely count that as a really, really good work out. It was neat to race Friday and Saturday at Sea Otter this year (we usually race Sat and Sun), so I actually got to be a tourist and check out the venue without being worried about saving my legs for the race. So after my typical bad post race sleep, I got up early, had a big hotel continental breakfast and rode back up to the venue to do a lap of the old long course. The old long course you ask? Yes, the XC at Sea Otter used to be a pretty neat 21-mile loop out and around Laguna Seca. The course is a mix of double track, gravel road and lots of sweeping buff singletrack (which was very rough and chopped out after 1000’s of racers/riders on course over the week), and I do have to say, was a lot more fun then the current short course that we do which consists of more road then trail. I had an absolutely great fun ride, taking advantage of as much of the dry, sunny, warm riding conditions that I could.
After riding I worked up the energy to wander around the venue for a couple of hours and wow, that is definitely an experience! I have a whole new respect for all the people out there working the tents and vendors, especially in the heat. I was wiped right out after wandering around for two hours.
So now I’m home, yippeeee, and I have one month to the day to get myself in wicked race shape for the World Cups in Dalby Forest, UK and Offenberg, Germany at the end of May with the Canadian Team. Thankfully, I came home to a package from Planet Foods. A special thank you to my sponsors for hooking me up with coffee (Kicking Horse), gels and protein bars (Sharkies and HoneyStinger).
I think we need a bigger pantry
Mical Dyck is a 29 year old mountain biker from Victoria, BC representing Trek Pro City Victoria. To read more of her blog posts visit http://micaldyck.blogspot.com/
