unreal selection of sushi last night. blue lou took me and tim out for dinner for setting up his road bike with new dura-ace and ksyriums. we had things that were a bit out of the ordinary for most sushi afficionados. some of things agreed with me and others didn't. lots of fish bellies, not quite sure why they are different but pretty good. the best thing i had was the octopus with sesame oil and seeds. another cold am commute. minus 10 today, i feel better riding than driving. the bike is pretty good i may try to ride a cross bike one day. maybe the traction will be just as good, but the handling i know will be worse. i wish i was sven nijs! good soup for lunch today, san fran seafood chowder, super tasty! the bread was a bit stale but the oatmeal cookie rocked! i am pretty tired so the commute home will do it for today. not much riding but sleep is needed badly. i can't afford to get sick, my volume overall is up but i need to do those long days to get my shit together for roubaix, carter and gila. gila may happen this year, it's been almost 8 years i have wanted to go but it just hasn't happened for variuos reasons, maybe this year. a good 5 day stage race to give me form for the early summer racing right into the firecracker 50 july fourth. sub 4 hour is an attainable goal, i just need a good spring of training and it will be there.