Okay, okay, I've heard enough, fine, I'll update.
Well where to start. I got sick again last week which lead to me not attending Tour of the Gila this year, darn. Starting to feel better, still some crap hanging on but shooting for a good stage race at Mt. Hood coming up.
I started my kitchen on fire a few weeks ago and damn near burned my entire apt down. Damn grease fire, thats what I get for thinking about deep frying food. All is good, I got it under control, eventually with the fire extinguisher.
I'm still trying to find a mtb team, yes that is right this is officially my last year on the road. I will probably make my official mtb return racing the end of the month back in TX at a 12 hr.
Still working in downtown Denver, the steady pay is nice, the long commutes not so much, especially now with gas high. And can you believe it, they expect oil to hit $200 a barrel by the end of they year, damn. Looking around right now at scooters, nothing better than a 2-stroke with a few mods to get a little scooter moving at 50mph.
Other than that, not much going on in my life, just life and riding, what more do you need.
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Monday, April 14, 2008
Warm Weekend
Spring is finally in the air around Colorado, which is about damn time.
Saturday was a good long day of time trialing with and individual 16 mile tt in the morning, followed by a 16mile team TT in the afternoon. And then, yes it happened, yesterday Sunday, April 14th at 2:30pm I went mountain biking.
I am borrowing a bike right now to get the skillz down again to start racing soon. More to come on that.
One way to know in Boulder that sping has arrived, guys pulling their couches out onto the driveway to do a little light reading outside.
Gila is only 15 days away!
Saturday was a good long day of time trialing with and individual 16 mile tt in the morning, followed by a 16mile team TT in the afternoon. And then, yes it happened, yesterday Sunday, April 14th at 2:30pm I went mountain biking.
I am borrowing a bike right now to get the skillz down again to start racing soon. More to come on that.
One way to know in Boulder that sping has arrived, guys pulling their couches out onto the driveway to do a little light reading outside.
Gila is only 15 days away!Friday, April 11, 2008
PI
Just a short post today to get the blog rolling, yes, yes, yet again.
I got selected to be a product tester for the new 2009 Pearl Izumi cycling products. No pics, sorry guys but look for the stuff on me while out riding. Should be a fun set up and some cool top of the line stuff. I like stuff.
No Nebraska for me this weekend, just the ITT and TTT tomorrow, then probably just a long ride instead of the late crit on Sunday. Gotta get the endurance back up before Gila which is just.......damn it, just 2 weeks away.
I got selected to be a product tester for the new 2009 Pearl Izumi cycling products. No pics, sorry guys but look for the stuff on me while out riding. Should be a fun set up and some cool top of the line stuff. I like stuff.
No Nebraska for me this weekend, just the ITT and TTT tomorrow, then probably just a long ride instead of the late crit on Sunday. Gotta get the endurance back up before Gila which is just.......damn it, just 2 weeks away.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
The Weekend
This weekend started out with the prospect of the classic Koppenberg race on Sunday. So Saturday was spent prepping, getting a preride of the course in, including the short yet steep climb. For those who are not familiar with the race its a 5.5 circuit, 8 laps, 50% dirt, with the famous dirt climb.
To say that it was windy during the Saturday ride would lack the true description of how bad it was, but it was windy and the mountains showed something building up.
Sunday morning camp with the readiness to race in cold and wet dirt but the call came that the race had been canceled and a look outside showed a layer of snow on the ground. Oh well, time to head to Denver then for dim sum. This means lots of little food with a lot of good friends. Doug tried the mystery meat, we knew it was some part of a pig, but it really could have been ANY part.
A small portion of the aftermath.
After the gorging there was an adventure into the Asian market, and I have to say I love this place. On the list of the things that you normally don't see in an American supermarket is the row of whole fish out in the open for picking.
Next in the day out in Denver we headed over to the Auto show. I was really looking forward to seeing the new Bullitt, but the line that wrapped around the convention center to just by a ticket to get in put a stop to that.
To say that it was windy during the Saturday ride would lack the true description of how bad it was, but it was windy and the mountains showed something building up.
Sunday morning camp with the readiness to race in cold and wet dirt but the call came that the race had been canceled and a look outside showed a layer of snow on the ground. Oh well, time to head to Denver then for dim sum. This means lots of little food with a lot of good friends. Doug tried the mystery meat, we knew it was some part of a pig, but it really could have been ANY part.
A small portion of the aftermath.
After the gorging there was an adventure into the Asian market, and I have to say I love this place. On the list of the things that you normally don't see in an American supermarket is the row of whole fish out in the open for picking.
Next in the day out in Denver we headed over to the Auto show. I was really looking forward to seeing the new Bullitt, but the line that wrapped around the convention center to just by a ticket to get in put a stop to that. Good weekend, all it needed was a race, but time to get ready for the next one.
Friday, March 21, 2008
Monday, March 17, 2008
Personal Snow Day
Well it snowed again last night, thats all I have to say about that.
I took today off work. One, cause I am tired of fighting stupid drivers in rush hour who can't drive in clear roads, only because there is some snow on the side of the road, and two, I have some other things to get done, such as taxes.
I also found time today to visit the Home Depot and found a white Bird of Paradise, which are rare and I had a good spot for it so, done, there it is.
Tomorrow will be my first day back to the bike after a solid week off. After work Pink and I are heading to Meridian. Should be fun, we'll see how it goes.
I took today off work. One, cause I am tired of fighting stupid drivers in rush hour who can't drive in clear roads, only because there is some snow on the side of the road, and two, I have some other things to get done, such as taxes.
I also found time today to visit the Home Depot and found a white Bird of Paradise, which are rare and I had a good spot for it so, done, there it is.
Tomorrow will be my first day back to the bike after a solid week off. After work Pink and I are heading to Meridian. Should be fun, we'll see how it goes.Saturday, March 15, 2008
#1 Slacker = Me
It is again that time where I begin to wonder when the last time was that I updated, and since it has been over a week I figure its time to post again.
I race last weekend, TT on Saturday went well, but the crit on Sunday not so much. I got sick again after the TT and the showed through on the crit, lets just say it made its self physically present. So this week I've taken completely off the bike to try and get things back to normal. Then I got to thinking the last time I felt normal and you would have to rewind all the way back to Oct/Nov last year. The docs I've gone to see keep saying its just a little flu or cold and do nothing to really check if it could be something else.
I wish I was in Moab this weekend with everyone mountain biking, but I still don't have a mountain bike, thought I was getting one, but it hasn't showed up yet. Today I will be boken of my live hockey virginity. I've been told it will be an awesome game so it should be a good time.
I race last weekend, TT on Saturday went well, but the crit on Sunday not so much. I got sick again after the TT and the showed through on the crit, lets just say it made its self physically present. So this week I've taken completely off the bike to try and get things back to normal. Then I got to thinking the last time I felt normal and you would have to rewind all the way back to Oct/Nov last year. The docs I've gone to see keep saying its just a little flu or cold and do nothing to really check if it could be something else.
I wish I was in Moab this weekend with everyone mountain biking, but I still don't have a mountain bike, thought I was getting one, but it hasn't showed up yet. Today I will be boken of my live hockey virginity. I've been told it will be an awesome game so it should be a good time.
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