In middle school I was set up in the smart person track: advanced level everything. For math, 7th grade was pre-algebra, 8th grade was algebra, and then onto high school. I aced all my other courses. I seem to remember an average grade in pre-algebra, and then 8th grade came along. I was used to get[...]
Archive for August, 2009
August 17th, 2009 - 7:49 am § in Uncategorized
Alpine Century; Sunday Parkways; new 24hour fitness
There were 3 century rides last weekend; 2 in or around Portland, 1 not very close to Portland at all. And of course, I was looking for a bit of adventure, so Sierra and I drove down to Monroe, Oregon (South of Salem) for the Alpine Century. We arrived a bit later then we hoped, and [...][...]
August 13th, 2009 - 4:34 pm § in Uncategorized
Work-Life unbalance
Well, my CX training was going along quite nicely, I was ready for the 5×5 hell to begin when… *cough*cough*cough* Oh damn. Yep, that’s a cough. A nasty one. But I still rode 3 hours on Saturday. Annnnnd 3 hours on Sunday. I took a break on Monday, the hack was worse. I rode into wo[...]
Short Track, a look back and look ahead
Last night was the final short track race of the season. I was early, as usual and got in 3 full laps of the course for my warm up. The dirt was rough and deep on the motocross section, the grass section was tight, twisty and narrow, and the start loop was wide open and smooth. [...][...]
