4in5

The work comes thick and fast when you have urgency of the coming second season. Taco Bell has fourthmeal, we have second season. Bad fast food can make you throw up as fast as cross if you aren't in the right place. Fuel the furnace with the right gas. four in five has me tired, never enough sleep and never enough rest, do work.

Three on tue

Regular reports on what was done get really boring. I know what I didn't do today, but I feel special anyway. Good special. Ticking off the list notes and trying to get the holes filled with the foundation I need. Hearing the voices in my legs, er, head, listening to every third word, one word for me, one for the bike, one for the wind. Put it together for the combination that solves the puzzle. summer school was productive, better than last year, we'll see what it brings on Sunday. Adding to my wishlist, nothing over the top, things that make the world, my world make sense. Comfort has different meanings, warmth is first and foremost, put it on and get it done, I needed more than I had today, not comfy=bad ride, the day got better from there. Mid day was the highlight, better than not, too much volume is loud.

Falling Up

Full-on fall bundle up in the mornings, working out the right combo, more puzzles. Snow this week, quiz on Sunday. Ready? More mtb to get ready for cross and better intensity for the head. Turning down the volume, up the quality. Real goals are slowly taking shape. maybe a visit to the octopus, I think I remember how to get up that early.

Do work.

One more check off the list. It isn't too long, items that need the attention. I see the rest of the things putting the list to rest, it'll take a few months, no real goals that can happen soon, those are later. The pieces, the puzzles, the worms, all coming out to form an order, I hope. The rides gain the focus they had in the late spring, before the racing began then, the second season is here.

Fry

No boring talk of bike rides today, it was a good day, the sun was out all day for a change, I rode and life is good. Beyonce is funny, church is entertaining.

2nd Season

At least the two I got today were mostly dry, with the volume up and the intensity coming around little aches are appearing when I forget to ready for the work. Not chinks in the armor, flaws in the system. The more I do, if I play my cards right...I could have more cards... There is a certain rhythm I am accustomed to, when that is broken, the little alarms in my head go off, part-OCD, part-lunatic, I become consumed by the work I'm not doing, not the work that is done. Looking to fill in the cracks, the first season left just a few. We'll see where they are in 10 days. Building pieces into larger chunks, they are there in the hills and dirt paths scattered across, over the one down the other, it all comes together.

Getting closer

Two wet rides to get through the afternoon, it's fall at 9000 feet. I can only imagine what was growing in my chamois after two rides in the pouring rain, getting on the bike almost dry for another 90 minutes to go home the long way. Better hits are showing up, I feel it coming through, clear. Never obvious, always hiding just below the surface, subtle feeling blowing across the lake, getting my time in before the work gets harder.

Butter is better

Again the pieces are going together, no jigsaw yet, more laying out the squares of a floor, not too complicated laying them down with velcro edges. The more elaborate work is still to come. Build it slow it comes faster. Pictures only show the visual, the better stuff lingers elsewhere. Getting it together now to make the second season better than last year's. Put it out to the work.

Boxed Bee's Labor

Looks and feels like fall rolling in, the summer monsoon thunder brings more than rain, chilly air chases it before the sun hides behind the mountains and the weather makes me look for knees and better gloves for every ride outside of midday. I like it, more commitment, faster over the barriers. Faster. Harlan took Floyd at the SM100, but the big result didn't get Harlan the series title. Schalk won the day and Eatough the overall of the NUE. Big things and seeing Floyd back at his roots is cool, he looked good at Leadville a few weeks ago and must like not dealing with the UCI by racing knobbies in the long distance stuff. Whatever happens with Floyd and the USADA is a dead point by now, Floyd took the '06 tour, and that race looks more legitimate than '07. At least the scandals waited until after the race last year. Whatever, go ride your bike and pretend it matters, or don't & stay home and read.

Concern

I have this thing going on where when my volume is low I wake up for whatever reason in the middle of the night because B stirred or a bathroom break and I can't fall back asleep. I start thinking about all of these things I didn't do or could do, things I lost, plans for the day, week, month all of it. Constantly trying to slow my racing head, trying to get more rest. Maybe I don't need more rest, I should just mount up the lights and get out for a pre-dawn ride. I know I'm tired but I see it as a variation on my insomnia. 'I have the rest already' I think is what the system is telling me, 'do something more constructive with your time, lazy-ass. So what if it's 40 degrees outside, you have the clothing, get on the bike and go do a few hours, you'll thank me later.' Next time that's what I'll do. Less concern about the racing in my head and more concern about getting out on the bike to burn the time I should be sleeping. Mix up a little coffee and throw it out there, maybe I won't get attacked by the bear, ride the path and avoid the sleeping elk in the hollows. Hiding in plain sight, looking out for the planks