Despite 90 degree temps, we headed down to Bend to mountain bike and try to catch some of the Cascade Classic. We stayed at our usual spot that gave us easy access to Phil’s, since I had a huge hankering to finally ride Mrazek since our last failed attempt. Unfortunately for us, every single m[...]
Archive for July, 2009
July 23rd, 2009 - 8:52 am § in Uncategorized
The Improvement Project
Quick updates: I finally got out an did the team road ride last Saturday. Ouch. ouch ouch ouch. The entire ride was 55 miles, avg pace 19 (I got dropped in a big way). First 30 miles we averaged 22mph–in reality at pace we were going about 26-28mph. Talk about a “welcome back” ride[...]
July 16th, 2009 - 8:23 am § in Deep Thoughts, Racing
Roadie Fire Drill!
I have officially come to a few decisions about road racing. If I race next year, I need to switch road teams. None of this riding by myself crap anymore. I want to actually road race, like with tactics. If I race next year, I need a new bike (or at least a new frame). And race [...][...]
July 14th, 2009 - 8:48 am § in MTB, Race Reports
Short Track kicked ass wooo!
When I casually skim my blog from the last year, I see a lot of “race FAIL”, “taking a break!”, “racing sucks”, “I am slow” headlines. Well, not today, dammit! I raced last night, and I raced my ass off. That was my only goal. Race hard. Keep it steady[...]
July 12th, 2009 - 9:28 pm § in Uncategorized
Week One – Success-ish; the birth of Cyclo-CrossFit
What was it that I said? Monday - Short Track too busy – worked until midnight, did yoga for an hour instead Tuesday - Ride to/from work (40 miles, Z2-3), Strength Training too busy, worked till midnight/1am Wednesday - Ride to/from work (40 miles, Z2-3), Run too busy, worked till midnight T[...]
July 6th, 2009 - 10:57 am § in Uncategorized
Cross!
Guess what’s just around the corner? Cyclocross! June when I generally mean to start “running” in preparation for cyclocross season. Last year I didn’t start until August (and look what happened). Looks like I’m about a month late on that one, so it’s time to kick[...]
July 4th, 2009 - 3:40 pm § in Deep Thoughts
What it means and 5 year plans.
I’ve been having very strange dreams lately. Last night I had a sort of nightmare where I looked in the mirror and saw myself how I really am. Or at least that was the impression in the dream…I was like 250lbs scary, and it had turned out all this time that I was just fooling [...][...]
