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I am sure someone out there has thought to himself, “Hey, I wonder what happened to that Paul guy. I bet he gave up and is just sitting on the couch right now.†Well shame on you for thinking that.
The truth is, I am a slacker at writing this blog, but I have not given up on my weight loss.
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In fact, I feel great–so great that I had the crazy idea that I should sign up and race in the series opener for Utah Cyclocross this past Saturday, and I am here to tell you that it was awesome.
Going into the race, I was extremely nervous about how I was going to get myself off the bike, over a couple of barriers and then back on the bike and running again.
My buddy, Mike (who is a seasoned racer), assured me that I would be fine and took me out for a little dismount/mount practice. After a few tries I felt pretty confident.
I arrived at the race about 45 minutes early to pre-ride the course and get a feel for how my bike would handle on the dirt/gravel/grass/foam (yes, I really said foam; there was a machine that covered a small section of the course in foam).
During my warm-up, things felt pretty good, and then I came upon some stairs that the course markers directed me to go up.
I had prepared myself to jump barriers, but stairs? That was a whole other story.
The stairs proved to be my friend during the race, however, because on them I was able to pass my first fellow racer.
The race was a 40-minute circuit race. That doesn’t sound so bad, but as one of my fellow Clydesdale racers told me while waiting at the starting line,
[B]“This is going to suck.†[/B]
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When you are giving all you’ve got and all your training rides took place on asphalt, the dirt/gravel/grass/foam combo is killer.
But I am happy to say that I finished the race and cannot wait for my next cross race.
[B]Well, back to the weight loss: [/B]
I have plateaued at right about 25 lbs lost and plan to work hard through the winter in order to drop the last 25 lbs.
I have already started getting in some rides on the indoor trainer as the sun is going down pretty early now.
The problem with the trainer is that it quickly becomes very boring, so if you have any advice on how to stay motivated on the trainer and through the winter in general, I would love to hear them.
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