I've been MIA from the racing seen for a little while... it's been kind of a bummer, but probably a good break in the long run. My little hiatus was brought on by a barrage of intestinal problems that have seemed to come and go leaving me a few pounds heavier after each flair up... In a sport where your performance is based off of how much power you can put out per pound, it's hard to not let this get to your head. I can keep training, but it's half hearted when I know I keep getting heavier and my power isn't keeping up with the weight. I appear to be on the down slope of these problems and I finally broke down and hired a nutritionist, so I'm just going to keep at my training and hope this will work itself out. I'm going to head to one of the races this weekend, I'm leaning towards the 100k crit on Sunday but I'm not totally sure yet... I think the plan is to just sit in and see how I can do at race pace for an extended time. I need to rebuild my confidence, I've lost complete confidence in my body. With my intestinal problems flaring up and knocking me out for a couple days at a time for no apparent reason, it's hard to stay confident knowing that can come up at any time and take you out of commission... We'll see how the weekend goes, one step at a time...
J signing off...
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