What does it mean to me, to let go? I’m a control freak, I’m a perfectionist, I scare easily. And yet that’s not who I want to be. I want to let go. At the same time I also tend to trust my gut, listen to my intuitive, I have become impulsive… but I am [...][...]
Archive for February, 2010
February 21st, 2010 - 8:42 am § in Race Reports
Race Report: Sublimity
Remember back when I said I didn’t want to race until April? Why, was that again? Oh yes, I haven’t been training to race (no intervals training, no speed work, no race pace anything), I don’t want to burn out early, etc. Well, given that this is me we’re talking about, I de[...]
Updated racing schedule (again)
I’ve changed some stuff around, and decided to make a go at the Oregon MTB XC Series races, those are colored in blue. Now, there’s one problem. You have to race 7 races to be considered in contention. I will probably end up getting cat’d up very quickly. In fact if I podium at Red[...]
February 16th, 2010 - 9:21 am § in Cycling
Why, Hello
At some point in the near future I will post up all my write ups about Santa Barbara. It was an amazing trip that thoroughly tired me out, although to be honest I had much more energy at the end of every day then I thought, and by the end of the week I felt [...][...]
February 7th, 2010 - 4:44 pm § in Deep Thoughts
Looking out over Santa Barbara
I see palm trees and green spread across the city I see the ocean and smell the salt in the air I can see sailboats and large white rigs dotting the water I hear exotic birds, hiding in the palms, calling to one another I feel the cool breeze and warm sun on my skin But there’s one thing I [..[...]
February 3rd, 2010 - 7:51 am § in Deep Thoughts
Age: A pre-mid-life crisis
I felt old for the first time ever today. I received my new 2010 OBRA membership card in the mail with my upcoming age printed in big black letters: RACING AGE: 27 Gulp. Thank you OBRA, I’m officially going through a pre-mid-life crisis. I’ve been in a strange head space lately, pretty m[...]
February 1st, 2010 - 9:07 pm § in MTB, Ride Reports
Mountain bike FAIL; Lacamas Lake FAIL
While I’ve had a lot of janky bike moments on the trail in the past (“oh you appear to be missing two of your chain ring bolts”), I’ve never actually been forced to turn around because of them. Well, there’s a first time for everything. The weather didn’t look pre[...]
