108k

4 hours mostly up & down. Empty. Sleep came with almost as much work as the ride. Saw marmots bigger than my cat. Bushie got shit on by a bird yesterday, maybe next time they could bring him some pretzels. Legs are adjusting to the late base, it will all fall into place by mid June. TrainingPeaks says that I burned 3400 calories, I hope I ate that much. Tripping over my hamburger legs feels like separate lowers from uppers. Easy day just in time.

November in May

Putting rotten h&h in my coffee yesterday hurt me today. Rotgut to the enth degree, that and a TT up Vail pass as penance for the canceled race is enough to sour the day. Oh yeah, it's 35 degrees too. The race was postponed till next week, I already have one on that day. It took an hour to thaw out after the lunch effort. Even with a rotten stomach and questionable fuel I still felt pretty good on the TT, a good bike will do that for you. Something about climbing on the road bike, it just works. Trails are going to be dry enough this weekend to explore the lower ones. Better bones for it. Push it through the fog, out of the snow and whatever it is that's keeping my days shorter than they should be.

Noon

No shadows today, you need to see the sun for that. Rough way to do openers for the race tomorrow squinting behind glasses as I go through pissing, freezing rain. Mid day wasn't any clearer than the commute this morning. Work was done and now I get to enter my food coma afternoon and wish for some caffeine not laced with cheese or mayo. I stayed warmer than earlier and the lungs didn't lock up with old phlegm and allergies. Better days cook the worse ones away into a steady stew of goodness to enjoy on the days that make it all come together.

More mayo, please

Espresso and cheese today. amazing, I take good care of myself; try to sleep as much as possible, try to eat, rest all of that crap and I make my espresso to ride to work in the freezing rain/snow and I get bad half & half. Organic h & h must be fresh the day you buy it. I don't think mine was. It has the aftertaste of mayo and a soft spreadable cheese. Maybe Edam. Good dinners and passable lunches are the fuel to fire the furnace, not sure how cold it was today but the fingers still have the itchy dry that only comes from pushing the cold line a bit. Fenders helped but still sloppy enough to need the extra layers, thank you Fisher! Words to ride thru the chill of a May snow, music later. 33 hours in two weeks has the legs a bit loaded, tomorrow will be good, short and sweet desert visit. 54 inches of gear to carry me through the hard parts and the climbs may be hikes. 11 more inches than I had, hold on tight this is going to hurt like hell. We'll see what it does.

9

9 hours in two days, binge and purge the weakness. The cost of a race result but better things to come. 300km in two days will help as the Firecracker gets closer. Another week or two like this one and I might be onto something. Riding tempo after 3.5 to 4 hours on the bike yesterday was the best sensation the legs had all weekend. Maybe a breakthrough? Soundgarden and Descendents pushed out the last hour of solo work. Wednesday is another test, any takers? Let's see what the legs can open up to, more desert singletrack, big gears for bigger speeds. I hear it.

Moose Dish

Picking up the pieces, broken dishes, maybe just cracked a bit. I see the armor isn't armor, Kevlar doesn't stop everything, like tubeless doesn't always work perfectly. I see the keys and the lock, it all fits. Like the pieces. Saw a moose the other day mid day ride and he/she walked across the path right in front of me. I didn't want to piss him off and get charged, with a group I didn't need to out run the moose just the last guy in the group.

Order

I'm getting over my joy of Jerry Falwell's death, enjoying my volume even more. Minimum of two hours a day and pushing 3+ as the week wears on. Good position on the bike and the body doesn't ache or load up. See George if you are close to Denver, the fit is amazing. You will be faster. Visit Yoda and see what you can do, and I'm not even sure what a Yoda is, Star Wars, right? Watching the Giro seeing the fastest guys in the world and they have these weird positions on the bike I wonder if they would be fast if they got fit and listened to the Oracle. Sleep is coming and the owrld seems to have more order, even the clouds line up, amazing what a bit of structure does to the chaos. Put the template down and plug in the numbers, better to find the keys quickly, slow is fat and fat is slow. Eager to see what the season brings, I know that the new order is im[proving whatever it is that is out of sync. It all falls into one place, 3d Tetris, perfect fit to 150 lines. Even at 4 in the morning. Order

Sven

I guess to be the best in the world you never really stop. Makes me more motivated to go fast. Three hours today, Vail Pass, a 20 km climb. Legs are coming around. I like to go up, one week until we go again. Benelux Cup in the Inter-Mountain Region, just doesn't have the same ring. I take the work I get. Feed the machine. Post ride free food, who knew? Getting back from a proper ride to find sandwiches, pasta/veggie salad and fruit. Beat that? I can't. Life is good. The machine is getting tuned high and low. Loaded but clear.

Falwell

One of the most prominent hate mongers of the last hundred years not literally involved in genocide has died. See you in Hell Jerry Falwell. May you forever be tortured.

tue

Wiser times, I have the order worked out and the more I get pieces to fit the clearer the puzzle reveals. All about quality, no time for quantity. If I wanted to time I would need a time machine. Powertap, better legs soon. Tomorrow the boy turns 4, holy shit.