Indy

It's all sinking in. The chest just won't clear, I don't sleep b/c of the cough. I guzzle the NyQuil to get a bit of rest, now I feel post painkiller, is that codeine? Foggy most of the day, maNic sort of. I need to get my 16, long days on that to get ready for the Firecracker and I'll come around. Attaching untouchable to intangible. Rolling still feels the best, trying to get the shit out of my lungs only succeeds in choking me, only so deep before the residents in my chest put up a road block. Mmmmmmm phelgm.

32:20...

Lesson learned. If you think that your gear is maybe a bit small, then, maybe it is. Err on the side of big. Chalk Creek Stampede was the usual early season (for around here) mtb race that we get, low desert-style singletack. Great course but for my first time at the venue I was waaaaay undergeared, as the other guys spun nicely away from the start I was doing the spin-coast. Nevermind run what you brung. I suffered on the flats and low-grade climbs only making up time where I had the legs to turn it over a bit slower. Better than sitting there watching. Through most of the race then the bugs were crepping into the legs and left them laughing at me. 32:20 is going away, I may hang out with a 32:16 or 17 for most of the season. Suffering on the steep ups and running, I can run, remember cross... Great course, fun singletrack, riverside trails are always good. Learning the new bike at race pace was fun, tubeless at speed hooks up even in sand. It was fun dropping the geared guys on the fenceline climb, only to be overtaken on the way down. Whatever the gorilla was sitting on my chest I blew out after three laps and had a great fourth go around, it just took a while to clear the crap out my lungs, stuff that was building all week. Good day, better ones coming.

400 Pounds

A good one yesterday but I am sure that what makes me feel like crap after longer days is my lack of longer days, odd, huh? Which of these machines would you rather ride? I'm torn. So, after tomorrow it's on the volume train for a few weeks. Push the high teens for two or three weeks, maybe that'll fix this. Mix the bikes and get out of the house at 6 if that's what it takes. I hate this 400 pound gorilla sitting on my chest after a moderate to hard day. Flush the bowl leave it empty out on the road.

Pics?

Something doesn't work too well with Picasa's interface into Blogger. If you aren't able to see the photo in the previous post then you too have the problems I do. I'll post from elsewhere from now on. Maybe I should just upgrade to a typepad account, they seem pretty solid. Bike fit yesterday, posture on the bike is dialed, I think I'll be fast now. Saturday will be good, I can feel it. Going to the place and staying there, smile to flush, grin and through.

Two

Finally blue skies again. I smeel like a high school junior after gym class in may. Awful. I was listening to some good stuff as I cruised a clear and mostly dry path up to Copper, life is better. I am tubeless up front and I'll stick with my 1.8 narrow love in back. Saturday is it, we'll see what the day brings. I just can't believe how bad I smell, I even showered this morning. Does deodorant go bad? Wow, just like a locker room in my office. Impressive. Maybe I can sweat out my own stink. I'll try that next, maybe I'm blocked somehow. Ready, set...

First

I folded a paper clip into the shape of the new bars going on my road bike. Almost the exact bend too. First test yesterday, was great! We put our fastest guy in the break who easily won and I got to play spoiler as the other teams would try and bridge only to find me or another Einstein's guy on their wheel not willing to pull through. Fun, then it poured the last 20 minutes of the race, good fun. Great commute today slushy and wet, fenders are good any time of year. Slower to keep warm on the 1x, better legs to take the hits. I rode well because I didn't put any pressure on myself. Fast guys out there now as the front range is getting OK weather, not great but they still see the snow that I ride in everyday. Saturday will be a different story, the game is on.

Country Mouse

Two days in the city and I am ready to be isloated for a few weeks, the phones, the crowds the traffic standing in line makes me wonder if old Ted really was that insane, aside from the homocides. Maybe get out today for three hours on fenders in the snow to clear out the junk of two days of whatever it was I had two days of. All of the people watching gets tiring too, I want a DVR for outdoor life, rewind things like watching the guy who was well over 7 feet tall walk down the street and duck under awnings and doors. Watch the guy driving the Super Shuttle van run into the taurus two times all over again and then drive away, city life is funny, cut it anyway you like. See all the people smoking and drinking Diet Pepsi and eating enough food for lunch to feed them for two days. I love the American ideal. All of the spinners rolling thru the city and fixies made me happy and smile. Cool rims and no gears/brakes, seem to be the saving grace of the city. Especially the green Basso and the Eldorado I saw. The weather there in the City is pretty good overall, driving home yesterday in the rain that became fat late season flakes as we got up to 7000-8000 ft made me wish for a warmer climate. I am a product of slanting media, looking at the latest patagonia catalog this morning made me want to move to Ventura and surf and ride my bicycles but that isn't simple, until you try, maybe. Is it? I just want a little more warmth to go with my whine.

cruise

Mix it up and you get less slow. The good weather is making my base that much more enjoyable, filling in the holes in the opposite order. I don't need to do intensity just to get the warm. The bugs are staying away, not creeping into where I don't want them. Sunday is the first quiz and then the big first one on the 12th. Ready, set...

On the way up

Whatever it was is gone, a whole lot of food today got rid of the bug that bit me late yesterday. Amazing how not breaking any dishes today and maybe even glueing a few back together feels. I like the base mindset, not trying to go out and kill it is better for the mindset. Bigger things come from more/good food. Skipping the lunch was good, it was a hell of a mid day snowstorm, better to eat than get cold/wet and go back to work. Stay dry, leave early and do the work.

Mmmmmmm

Being stupid should be painful. The amazing thing is that the two shots fired at the croc merely made him drop the hand and he was unharmed. More proof that the dinosaurs still walk the earth in the shape of alligators and crocodiles.