With the year drawing to a close, it's a natural time to look back and reflect on the previous twelve months. 2009 was a great season for me. My level of riding was a little higher than previous years and I saw some improved results as well. Most importantly though, riding and racing remained just as fun as it always has. A change of jobs to a more bike focused shop in the early spring also helped reinforce my passion for all things bicycle.
It was a year with more highlights than lowlights. My first mountain bike race in years in February was a whole lot of fun and went better than I should have expected given my fitness at that time of year. A training ride in the Okanogan area in May led to the discovery of some great new training routes to put in my repetoire. May was also the month I raced for the first time at the Enumclaw omnium, an extremely well run and enjoyable race weekend.
Midsummer and July brought a mixed bag. One of my season's big goals, the state time trial championships, passed with a disappointing effort and result. Only one week later, however, I turned in a career result at the state masters omnium championship with a second place time trial result and a sixth place for the weekend in the Masters C field.
Late summer and fall racing and training brought more fun and enjoyable miles on the bike. Now, I'm back in the gym and looking forward to 2010 and hopefully another season of all good things bicycle.
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