Getting CX again

While summer is here

and the days are still long

My thoughts turn to CX

as I attempt this blog song.

Yesterday did dawn

the first of CX training

While my body did object

At least it was not raining.

If only this was me....

The straight parts of the course

always make me quite happy

But to see those damn barriers  

Makes my brain a bit flappy.

Last year during my races

I simply would forget

To dismount and remount

So the barriers I had met

Not me either, but I studied his technique.

Before every race

My secret weapon did plea

Just remount that darn bike

That is your victory's key

My problem is one

of mindset set you know

The poetic CX ballet

with me does not flow.

Of grand jetes, no problem

Also not me...although once a ballerina

Criteriums too

It is the getting off the bike

That makes me cry boo-hoo.

When a course has a run-up

Or some barriers near a tree

I must chant..."I am CX!"

albeit Reluctantly.

Ok...this is me.

So as this CX season starts

and I think of muddy hills

I know to be successful

there will be many drills

And bruises and bleeding

and crashes galore

The mud and the beer

Makes me simply want more

So on Tacchino and Schooley Mill

and those race numbers to pin

the 2013 MABRA Super 8 Series

I simply must win!