The last few months...

Well, I haven't updated this for a few months (busy semester), but a lot of things happened.

During the Fall, I become a mountain biker and competed in the Midwest Collegiate Cycling Conference series. Since I couldn't train as hard or as often (stupid classes) I pretty much coasted on my fitness from the summer. It worked out well. At one point I was ranked #1 in the Midwest for D1. I couldn't attend regionals (double points) because of too much work, so I ended up fourth overall for D1, which I'm really happy with.

After the Midwest season, I headed to North Carolina for Collegiate MTB Nationals. I got a really good start in the XC race, sitting in the top 20 and picking off rider after rider. Having not trained hard since August, I faded really quickly after the first two laps, ending up about mid-pack or so. Unlike last year, the course this year was dry, which meant the race was a lot more riding and a lot less running.

By the time Collegiate Nationals came and went, I was pretty tired, so I took a few weeks off the bike. Recently, I've just been doing either no riding, or fun rides on a MTB on dirt roads. The dirt roads around Ann Arbor are really nice for training this time of year.

In other news, I recently acquired a new pair of XC skis which I'll be using for cross training this Winter, assuming we get enough snow.

As I write this, I'm in the process of resetting my sleep schedule. I got to the point where I would stay up until 4AM and sleep until 2PM. Tonight, to break this cycle, I went to sleep at 9PM and slept until 1AM (when I couldn't sleep any more). When I go to sleep again (which won't be until next year), I'll be back on a more reasonable sleep schedule. This is kind of an obsession of mine (resetting my sleep schedule, that is).