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the nth commandment of bike racing:

thou shalt not preregister for an event unless there is a clear and present danger of it filling up before race day.

skipped the race this weekend due to my sore knee (which is feeling much better now thank-you-very-much). from what i've heard so far about the race, i'm not too upset about it. it was a hot day on a dusty technical course with lots of running. not what my knee would have appreciated. unfortunately i had preregistered, so threw away that entry fee. thankfully, cyclocross races aren't very expensive. that's the third time i've forfeited a race entry this year, so i need to follow the nth commandment better. just because you can preregister, doesn't mean you should. it's setting yourself up for murphy's law to knock you down. no one can blame me of not supporting bike racing though. logically, the inverse also holds:

the n'th commandment of bike racing:

thou shalt preregister for an event if there is a clear and present danger of it filling up before race day.

got bit on that one once this year too. got turned away from a big event because i didn't preregister. whoops! did get a good ride in at soquel demo that day though.

so instead of racing this weekend, i enjoyed a romantic sunset dinner with my sweetie to celebrate our 4th anniversary at the beach chalet. also spent a nice day with the future in-laws exporing a couple neighborhoods of san francisco that i usually don't have the opporunity to. potrero hill for brunch, and specific whites for a walking tour of victorian era architecture. lucked out on weather all weekend, thanks to the too-short san francisco indian summer.

<br> - velologian