Things as of late...

July was a crazy month. I have been racing here and there, but overall just training, eating well and riding like crazy. Its safe to say that those 3 things are consuming my life at the moment. When I'm not doing something to push myself forward, all I'm doing is thinking about my next move, my next ride, my next experience.

I put in just under 900 miles in July which is the most I've ever ridden in a month. I also attribute a little of it to the fact that I now own a Garmin and document every mile I ride. Either way I'm proud of myself. The feeling of progression is addictive. Once you realize that it is happening, there is no way to hold back from pushing harder. I'm not a young kid anymore. Believe it or not, I'm 36. A lot of the people I ride and battle with are 10 years younger than me.

I am currently finishing out the road season riding for Team Cicli Devotion. I'm very happy to be part of a solid team with some great dudes. I feel as it is a great fit for me and I am looking forward to learning some better racing skills and training with them. My cat 4 upgrade is coming up soon. I should be ready to upgrade within the next few races.

This weekend a few of us are out to tackle the Tour of the Catskills. We are only racing Saturday. It's 65 grueling miles with what is apparently the hardest climb in the Catskills at the end of the race (devils kitchen climb). I'm looking forward to it and also nervous as fuck. I haven't done any road races outside of the NYC parks.

This past weekend we did a race in Prospect park and then headed out to the NY/NJ state line right after. It was a solid 80 miles of consistent burning in my legs. Doing a long ride after a race is brutal. Don took some shots which are on his blog along with the one of me below. See more at Donalrey.tumblr.com

Cat 4's at Prospect this past weekend