Not Thursday Night Track Racing

[photo caption] Cat 6 legend T3 awaits the start of his Category 4/5 race. (photo courtesy of Smithers)


Smithers posted tonight from the Velodrome.

I'm not there.

This is the first Thursday night of racing since early June that I haven't been on my bike at the Velodrome.

I'm not sure exactly why.

I think it goes something like this:

1) I started work last week. It stresses the body and mind. My body and mind are stressed. I don't have a lot of excess energy right now.

2) I'm kind of burned out from a full season of bike racing. The irony is that I just found out this week that I won't be able to ride a full season of racing next year. One would think that this would mean that I would be taking every chance I could to get out and race while I can. To that logic, I say, "Read Reason #1".

3) There are road races on Saturday and Sunday that I'm thinking about riding. If I raced on the track tonight, I probably wouldn't be able to fully recover by the weekend.

4) There are only three (including tonight) nights of racing left at the Velodrome this year. Any upgrades points I earned in these three nights (however unlikely) would be halved at the start of next year. Doesn't make a lot of sense to me to earn half-points from here-on-out this season.

5) Did I mention that I'm tired? I've taken naps of 2+ hours each of the past two nights.

End result? I think I'm done at the Velodrome on Thursday nights this year. I'm undecided on Smithers' September 10th Velodrome Throwdown, however.