This is not my job, Northampton CycloCross

I’ve started in a lot of Cyclo Cross races over the years,  usually the minutes before the gun goes off involve some of the most gut wrenching nervousness and anticipation that I’ve ever paid for. This weekend in Northampton I decided to let the season be what it is, I haven’t been riding much and racing less and my usual fitness and drive to be competitive aren’t at the level I’ve maintained in previous years.  Starting... Read More

Its only kids you'll see swimming at the beach when the waters cold (or) The Speed Stairs at Norhampton (or) I'd like to build you a joy machine

Are they impervious to the shock of the water robbing the heat straight from the bones that I feel as instantaneous pain stimulus that has me and the rest of the sane (?) mature population booking it back up to the dry sand after a momentary dip or is it just that they aren’t as conditioned to comfort and are better able to adapt to what really isn’t anything that shouldn’t be intolerable to the human animal like being a little... Read More