So it has been a very long time since I have posted on my blog. The last race I talked about was the first collegiate race of the season. I have had so many ups and downs since then. I mean it would make the Alps and Pyrenees seem flat. My next race I believe I got 4th in; another long breakaway in very rainy conditions and from there my collegiate season went downhill very fast. Getting sick, and breaking my derailleur hangar an hour before the conference championships. Straining my hamstring and burning out right before Collegiate Nationals. Since then I had raced all of 8 miles at U23 Nationals before going to the hospital (thankfully everything was okay). After that I took a little break and got myself motivated to start racing again. The Nashville Cyclist Crit Series gave me the opportunity to race myself back into shape and got some solid results out of it. My last road race of the year was up at Oak Ridge where I got into the winning break for 65 miles before bonking. In the middle of all of that I transferred schools. I am attending Cumberland University on a cycling scholarship. This is easily the best choice that I could have made. I have surrounded myself with a great coach and great teammates who I enjoy training and hanging out with off the bike as well.
After what I thought was my best season yet it apparently wasn’t good enough. After getting rejection after rejection from every team I applied too; I set out my goals for the following season: I’m gonna show them how great I really am. I am going to train harder and smarter. Sacrifice whatever I have to in order to prepare myself, mentally, physically and psychologically to achieve my goals for my upcoming season. You can say I am going to go down the road less traveled because that is what it takes in order to make your dreams into reality, because nothing worthwhile is ever easy to accomplish. You have to be willing to do what the normal person is not. But most importantly you have to believe in yourself. It doesn’t matter what anybody else thinks. Just do what you know you have to do.
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