Digging for motivation..

I don't know why, but I woke up Monday feeling down and tire...My body feels weird and I am almost sure I don't even want to race anymore. I need some motivation to keep me going and get back on track. In talking to Ray he was saying that is common to feel this way during the tempering week(s), but man I feel bad :-( //// Anyway, went out for a run yesterday and started to feel a bit better, then played with Nick when I got home and was feeling even better !! Finally decided to watched again the movie 24Solo and it really worked to bring me back from that
whole @@, oh yeah I am coming back up and I am now  starting to feel pump about this Sunday's race !!
All ready now for the first MTB race of the season, trailer is out, Maria and Nick are finishing all the packing this morning, reservation are done at one of the coolest camp grounds in Salmon Arm (pretty close to the course) and bike is nice and clean !! I am thinking I could do 8 laps based on lasts years race, but if I have enough time left to push an extra lap I will try to go for it... I don't want to push it to hard because I have 24 hours Spokane in two more weeks, but I know how bad I am at pacing, so I will do my best not to kill myself :-)))

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