So, I’ve recently discovered edamame. They are a great snack. And, yeah, I think I heard a rumor that soy beans cause cancer? Well, I still like them anyway. I like to eat them by themselves – they are fun to pop out of their little shells. I also tried them on my salad the other day and it was quite tasty. So, yeah, edamame is good.
In other news, time trialing is good also. Last weekend Chris and I went down to the Deschuttes River Valley Time Trial Festival. For those of you who don’t know what that is, it’s basically a 3 stage TT stage race. Yes, you guessed it! 3 Time trials in a row!!!! What more could you ask for??? (maybe some edamame???)
So, we decided to go down last minute because the Willamette Valley Stage Race was cancelled. We had some awesome people, Chad and Ana, offer up their house and we got to stay for an affordable (free) price. We even got to watch The Shining with them, which neither Chris, Ana, nor I had ever seen. So that was exciting.
The TT went well for both Chris and I. The courses were amazing and I felt like I rode really well. The first day (Saturday) was extremely windy. Along the top of the hill you had to pretty much ride leaning over ALOT even to stay up because of the cross-winds. It was crazy!!!! Then there was a screaming descent which was awesome!!! And a lot of rollers and a crazy strong headwind in the last 5 miles. One of the most brutal TT’s I’ve ever done and it was amazing.
The second stage was later that afternoon, still blowing hard. 8 mile hill climb. We all know how much I love to climb…but it was actually not too bad because of the winds and I just barrelled my way up the hill and did surprisingly well.
The last stage is epic. 48 mile TT, out and back. The first 24 miles is all uphill (except for a few rollers that give you maybe 15 seconds of downhill at a time) and all down hill on the way back. Only the grade is only about 3% on most parts so you have to continuously pedal to keep up a good speed. PAINFUL!!! It went well as well! My legs were absolutely dead when I arrived at the finish line.
Chris and I both took 1st place in our categories!
Speaking of Categories: Say good bye to Cat 3 land and say hello to Cat 2 land from me! Yep, that’s right. I got my upgrade this last week and I’m really excited!!! Time to get my butt kicked a little more! I’m all for it.
That’s about it for now. My edamame is done cooking.
