The ultrashea

"It doesn't have to be fun to be fun"

-Mark Twight

"We don't make sacrifices. If we truly love this sport and we have these goals and dreams in the sport, the classroom, or in life, they're not sacrifices. They're choices that we make to fulfill these goals and dreams."

-Deena Kastor

"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift"

-Steve Prefontaine

May 12
First practice crit was tonight.  No injuries, learned that I can corner pretty well at about 25MPH, and got my ass handed to me by the other riders, which I expected.  Got lapped by most of the field.  I’ve got 4 to 5 more practice criteriums before the Tour de Champaign criterium in July, currently feeling pretty good about it. Heart rate from tonight’s criterium + cooldown is shown above.  See that thick black line?  That’s 90% of my max heart rate.  See how much of the ride was above that line?  I’m going to sleep now.

First practice crit was tonight.  No injuries, learned that I can corner pretty well at about 25MPH, and got my ass handed to me by the other riders, which I expected.  Got lapped by most of the field.  I’ve got 4 to 5 more practice criteriums before the Tour de Champaign criterium in July, currently feeling pretty good about it.

Heart rate from tonight’s criterium + cooldown is shown above.  See that thick black line?  That’s 90% of my max heart rate.  See how much of the ride was above that line?  I’m going to sleep now.