I've cut back a bit on training as I was working too much and feeling very tired. I've gotten back into my rhythym lately. I actually won another race, although there were only five of us. I won the sprint pretty handidly. Yeah. I was quite surprised. I also had a women's race win when there were only three of us. I went out hard with the second rider, when the third rider opted out being left behind. It was a tight event for the two of us but I surged up the hill with a good lead. I extended it over the rest of the lap stretching my lead to about a minute. I was exhausted and had hoped to scale back and try to keep the gap at that minute mark. Honestly, I was pretty spent with one more lap to go. Surprise, the other rider dropped out. She may have caught me if she soldiered on but that's why I went harder than I could maintain. Winner.
I missed the first Off the Mapp race but entered the second, third, and fourth. (There will be a make-up for the first stage I may enter). I took third, second, and third again. Bazinga! I was on fire and it seemed like we were all mostly B racers. I couldn't believe how good I had finished. The second stage, I nearly dropped out but I kept pushing to survive. It wore on my sprint. I didn't have an aero for any of these sprints. I tried but failed to win. Still, I did pretty good against some tough guys to beat. Edit: Took a great sprint recently for second place in Crit City. It was a banger for sure.
Looking forward to the Academy. Only, I haven't trained for it. Just a bit too busy and I have lost a bit of speed and endurance the past few months. I haven't retired though. I still plan to defend my Time Trial title from 2019 if Zwift gives us a chance this year. Last year's cancellation in Switzerland left a huge hole in Zwift's plans to parellel the World Championships. Let's see how they do this year.
