I rode the seven springs course yesterday. What a difference a month makes. I easily made it up the North Face climb and I only walked the bike a few times. I mostly made it throught the rock gardens. I think I was overtrained at the race. Looking back on it, I am pretty sure the weight loss and training load was too much. I was sluggish, and I knew it.

I cannot believe how easy the ride was. Granted, I was not pushing race-pace, but still I made good time. I was riding at about the pace we maintained in training prior to the race. Now, I just need to work on pace, but I have plenty of time to work on that.

My next goal is to work on cadence.

One other observation I made was that I really don't need my camel back for the race.