It's the eve of the season's first race- Kenosha Velosport spring training crit. In less that 12 hours, I'll be on my way to defining the new season of road racing instead of looking back to a season full of disappointments and failure. At risk of sounding like a friggin' philosopher, one of life's biggest disappointments is to make 90% of the necessary sacrifices for a particular goal and falling 100% short of that goal- so much sacrifice and none of the goal to show for it. Well, this season is all about vindication.

This year, I enter the racing season at the end of my second Build 2 training week (for you Joe Friel disciples out there), so the legs are benefitting from fantastic Base mileage and 2 weeks of solid Build workouts. For the first time in years, I enter the racing season below my target weight for May's "Monsters of the Midway". Hell, I was never able to get near enough my target weight goal to call it a realistic goal.

In 12 hours, I hope to be scripting a great blog detailing an epic breakaway and glorious victory. Regardless, the last few months have been glorious and the discipline and commitment to my training has been epic. Tomorrow is the start of a long and rewarding season. Vindication will come this season. Perhaps not at Kenosha tomorrow, but I am focused on that prize and I will hoist it above my head by the time Fall brings this glorious season to an end.

May the Cycling Gods smile on me this season.. Sacrifices have been laid out all winter long and legs are locked and loaded. It's almost race day, baby, and there's nothing finer than pushing yourself to the limits with a smile on your face and a burning sensation in your legs.