Fun push race this morning, and great mini ramp session with my kiddo this afternoon.
Aaron Shafer beat me in the old man division (damn his long legs), but it was great. I rode my race, and could've done another 13 miles. In fact, starting Monday training for a 26.2 mile ride will begin. I'll let you know the day, time and place that I'm going to ride the full marathon "officially." I'm thinking of doing it on the new trails in Little Rock. It won't be a race situation. As I've said before, I race myself not other people. Skateboarding isn't a contest. Skateboarding is personal expression and fitness for me. I'm there to enjoy myself above and beyond anything.
Monday I'm going to start working on my push technique. Watching Darrian Balongie (the overall winner) I saw what good push technique should look like. Oh, my time for the 13 mile course was 57:57 just over two minutes faster than I wanted to do it in. I skated exactly the pace I had in mind, and every time I made 1/2 lap I sang out loud to Edward Pidgeon who was watching us go through. I knew as long as I could sing (which I do on my training rides) I was riding my perfect pace. I didn't want to hit the 9 mile wall with no energy. As it turned out, I had more than enough energy, and got to skate Lindsey's new mini ramp for a while as she and Jackson hung out and ate grapes and strawberries (he took a few playtime running non-skating runs)...he's four by the way.
Now? We're heading outside to play some baseball. I'll see y'all next week when 26 mile training begins!!!
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