Still feel like trash

Recovery goofing off

Someone call a farrier!

First wet commute of the season 🌧️

OT day

Connected with a retired female pro climber and tried to hold her wheel all the way up. Somehow I dropped her on the climbs. Crashed right next to someone else who crashed and broke his collar bone, only to have another guy crash right behind me. We all hit the same groove in the dirt. By hour 4 I was feeling it pretty bad. By hour 5 I was done and just soft pedaled the rest. Pulled over after Del Dios and laid down for about 15 minutes, I just hurt too much. Female Pro caught up to me there and then dropped me on the next climb, payback I guess. Got a second wind when I saw Double Peak knowing I was nearly done.

Bike setup was PERFECT (for me). Roadrace bike, 28mm tires (with tubes even) at 50-55 PSI. Never had braking issues with rim brakes like I was concerned about, no sore hands. FAST on the road where I am weakest. I made my dirt magic happen to keep things fast and upright in the dirt, only losing ground to the well set up gravel bike in the downhill sectors (but nothing in the flats and climbs). Compact with 11-30 gearing. Slightly too tall for the hardest climbs, slightly to low of gearing in the fastest sections. Loss of top and bottom was small, but the tighter gearing was appreciated in the majority of climbing.

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Still feel like trash

Recovery goofing off

Someone call a farrier!

First wet commute of the season 🌧️

OT day

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