Last night was probably the last wednesday night training we will have this year because, well, the 'night' part is a bit too true. Of course I do need some practice with riding CX blindfolded but this seems like one of those advanced skills that a motionär like me would never use.

Anyway, my fun from the weekend had a few undesirable effects on my bike. First, I decided not to ride with my tubulars because of the bump in the tire. So I put on the old tires which are crap. So training started with me sliding all over since I had no grip at all. Because of the sliding, I tried to overcompensate with more braking but apparently I had worn off the pads so after about 10 minutes I had no brakes at all. I knew that I had to re-adjust them anyway but now everything is way off.

So while the others were racing on this course in Eklanda that we improvised, I was riding slalom in some grass because there I would not need brakes. That was also very effective training because riding on grass with old tires is just painful.

After a disappointing session, I went back to my car and found out that the adjustment thing on my shoe was busted so now I have to buy a replacement. Crap. Looks like I have to visit CykelCity now and hope that I can fix these problems and be racing again soon.