View Full Version : I think I lost a lung last night
weimie
07-13-2006, 10:39 AM
Did my first short track race, missed my start time with the Women's B group and had to start with the Women's A.....thought I was going to die. :help: Those pro XC chicks are fast....waaaaaaay fast.
I was cursing my bf every lap, he was the one who convinced me to go because it would help with sprinting in DH. My throat still hurts today from breathing so heavy. 30 minutes of complete and utter torture....I'll be there next week coughing up my other lung :rolleyes:
It's kinda cool, they have a short track series in Boulder every Wednesday night and they change the course every time. Kinda makes me want to try cyclocross in the winter....
Good job!
Cyclocross rules! :)
Sigh. I need to go to the bmx track.
sunnerbeanmtb
07-13-2006, 02:03 PM
hahaha sounds awesome!!
weimie
07-13-2006, 02:38 PM
Good job? I dunno....at least I finished and I finished mid pack. I can see where it's beneficial but gawd it's soooo hard.
I now know why I stopped racing XC....it's hard work :rolleyes:
bluebug32
07-13-2006, 08:38 PM
isn't it funny how when you're out that hacking up a lung and wanting to puke, you think, "sh!t, I'll never do this again!!" And then you get done and you're chompin' at the bit to do it all again.
XC is hard. And the thing that sucks about it is to train for xc you have to spend way too much time on your road bike. :P
monchichi8
07-16-2006, 12:27 AM
Where's the short track in Boulder?
weimie
07-17-2006, 01:36 PM
http://www.boulderracing.com/ShortTrack.asp
It's at the CU Research Park at Foothills and Colorado.
laura
07-17-2006, 01:37 PM
I thought about you this morning. I was riding and purposely trying to kick my own ass and I swear I felt my lungs flapping I was breathing so hard.
Snacks
07-17-2006, 06:05 PM
I thought about you this morning. I was riding and purposely trying to kick my own ass and I swear I felt my lungs flapping I was breathing so hard.
Nice!:thumb:
Anyone ever have their lungs burning from the thrill of going downhill so fast you can't breath? That is my favorite feeling:heart:
weimie
07-18-2006, 04:31 PM
I thought about you this morning. I was riding and purposely trying to kick my own ass and I swear I felt my lungs flapping I was breathing so hard.
:thumb:
laura
07-19-2006, 09:22 AM
Nice!:thumb:
Anyone ever have their lungs burning from the thrill of going downhill so fast you can't breath? That is my favorite feeling:heart:
I've had that feeling before but its generally caused by me hyperventilating out of fear. :o:
SuperKat
07-19-2006, 03:32 PM
Congrats on your race, good luck finding that lung. I'd be careful with the other one!
weimie
07-19-2006, 04:34 PM
There's another race tonight but I think I'm just going to watch my bf. I can't justify spending $12 to race after spending a bunch this past race weekend. Plus it's going to be 100 degree's out and I'd loose alot more than a lung tonight.
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