today didn't offer me the opportunity to appreciate the new weather we are getting in the land of the evil empire. i guess vail resorts' (owners of breck) efforts to seed the clouds paid off the past two days. regardless of the way the weather was caused it is cool to see. maybe in the next two weeks i'll get myself up to the ski area to get my pass to more enjoy the beauty of early winter. in the meantime i'm going to stay on singletracks and watch the way the trails get all glazed and the ebb and flow of fall into winter, only last week we were in the mid-50s. so i don't think it's over yet, fall that is. beckham gave me a challenge all day, only right now am i getting a little break (nap for him) i hope i can get some motivation to get out there tomorrow and train. i'm trying to get over my woe-is-me mindset and get my shit together to have a good week of training, i'm not in the hole too far, i need one good day on the bike with a lot of work, and then a few days of base miles. now i just need to get my high end work done and then a few days of medium pace work. i'm starting to think that nationals may be out. we are going to hawaii the second week of january and i may be at the limit of reason to even suggest going to portland, oregon for nats. we still need tickets to hawaii and for little timmy to get to nationals may a stupid idea. the body is getting ready for a bit more of a break than last year, perhaps three weeks off from the last race. the important thing is that when i start i really make it be work, not half-assed until i get going in mid-january after hawaii but good short weeks of work until i can get in the big days. maybe a regular diet of fixy, goin' old skool. enough training crap. i'm pretty sure i still can place well this season, the guys who beat me sunday don't normally do so, so as long as the confidence comes back from some good training days i'll get back to the place i should be. tim blew that theory to hell, he came sixth in the b race saturday and sunday while not riding since the previous sunday's race. some peole are just gifted!