I don't know what's wrong with me in this picture. The photographer told us to look excited. I look like I'm dislocating my jaw to swallow a large rat whole. But I guess that's exciting.
I am again surprised at how quickly 'cross season has come and gone. I spend all year looking forward to it only to have it go so fast that it's hard to stop and really enjoy it. Don't get me wrong, it had a blast, but I wish I had a little more time with it. But that's what next year is for, right?
2011 Stats:
Races: 15
Podium finishes: 1
Last place finishes: 2
DNF's: 1
UCI points: 0
Ugh, that looks terrible when you write it out. It just goes to show that statistics can be misleading. Here's the good stuff:
1. Raced with a fantastic team.
2. Met a ton of great people.
3. Learned the ins and outs of New England cyclocross (some of them, anyway) and travelled a ton.
4. Spent all week every week being totally excited for the upcoming races.
5. Started my first race of the season at Quad Cross saying "jeez, I really need to learn to corner better." By the last race of the season I was dropping people in the corners.
6. Improved my starts (sorta).
7. Ended the season with two consecutive good race weekends!
8. Not remotely burned out, totally psyched on getting way faster for next year, and motivated enough to be excited to start training again January 1st.
So basically, a good season. I've got a couple weeks off the bike here and then I'm going to start training to do some road races this spring. Psyched to train. Psyched to race road. I'm already planning my 2012 'cross season, which is just crazy talk in December of 2011, but I'm an addict, it's hard to help.
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