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Archive for March, 2009

March 31st, 2009 - 11:15 pm § in Cycling

Stage Race? Really?

Well, as most of you know, my life recently exploded. You know, the whole unemployment, starting a business, breaking up, moving out thing. Yeah. Yeah. And to top it off, I raced a total of 1 time this year, and it was really boring. And I’ve spent my “rest week” moving. In fact, I[...]

March 29th, 2009 - 8:12 am § in Cycling, Deep Thoughts, MTB

Remember me?

I haven’t written in a while for a number of reasons. I’ve started about 40 posts, none of which were finished. So rather then do it again, I’m going to move past what’s making me stuck, and perhaps post about that later. So. I didn’t write about my final few days in Mo[...]

March 17th, 2009 - 5:57 am § in Cycling

Super Secret Training Camp Part 2

We felt a bit better after a full night’s sleep (although a crappy hotel breakfast) on Fruita Day 2. We were out by 9:30am and headed to Cocopelli Trailhead to ride Horse Thief and other associated trails. Another beautiful day in paradise. At 10:30am I we had already stipped off the arm and k[...]

March 16th, 2009 - 5:52 am § in Cycling

Super Secret Training Camp Part I

When we set out from Portland it was raining, but it didn’t take too much driving before we left the wet behind. I left a lot behind, and part of this trip for me is reevaluating my life. Leaving things behind and viewing them from afar. We had about 15 hours in the car, and [...][...]

March 11th, 2009 - 7:45 am § in Cycling

BB#2 (or not)

I can’t say I’ve been very motivated to race lately. I have been focusing my energies on starting a business, and while I have been doing lots of riding, I just haven’t had the desire to get out and race. Perhaps its the upgrade in category, perhaps its the longer distances, not su[...]

March 4th, 2009 - 9:04 am § in Deep Thoughts, Food & Diet

The Death Spiral of Ungoodness

About 3 weeks ago, I almost wrote the post. The post that proclaimed: I finally made it to my goal weight! The post that said how after years and years of struggle I actually made it, how I had never actually weighed that weight at this height, how I stuck to my guns and how [...][...]

March 2nd, 2009 - 10:58 pm § in Cycling, IT Band, Injury

Pulling the trigger on Trigger Point

If you’ve been following my blog(s) since my running days (there’s a 99.999% chance you have not), then you may know of my eternal IT Band struggles. I used to try to kneel at the alter of the Foam Roller, but except for a few months here or there, I just could not keep it [...][...]

March 1st, 2009 - 4:40 pm § in Race Reports

A week of “rest” and Banana Belt No.1

Rest week! You know what that means, right? Yes, unfortunately this week was NOT restful at all, and really very unhealthy. I did do my planned workouts (or lack thereof), but since I’m trying to get my own business started, I went to a ton of evening networking events and other events. So let[...]