training camp

Training Camp coming up soon.

Not really training. Not really a camp. Hope the weather is nice next weekend. I shall be on my bicycle, trying to do an Italian tune-up on my self.

group ride

First group ride of the year. First time in a group since racing in August. Rode up to Spin with my freshly shaved legs where I saw a pretty decent turnout. I was the only one with jersey and shorts. Most everyone else had vests, warmers, winter gloves etc. Luckily, I didn't get cold, until the ride home.

I hit 1221 watts on the first town line sprint I participated in. Had some 27mph paceline going for a little bit. Then it was time for hospital hill. I thought, hey lets see how fat I've got over winter. I look back after a few hammer throws and everyones in the distance. About 3/4 up, I see Aussie(wait didnt he get stuck at the light back a few miles ago?) closing in fast, and passed me like I was sitting still. I hacked up my lungs for the rest of the night.

Filled up the bottle at the shop, and took off for the ride home. It was slow, but I saw my boss on the way home, and that helped make a couple miles easier. Got home and ate alot. Probably shouldn't have ate the extra spicy sausage after such a hard ride.

Laser Boobs

bikes and laser boobs. like pizza and beer, chicken and waffles, milk and cookies, etc.

euphoria

Euphoria - is medically recognized as a mental/emotional state defined as a sense of great (usually exaggerated) elation and wellbeing.[1] Technically, euphoria is an affect,[2] but the term is often colloquially used to define emotion as an intense state of transcendent happiness combined with an overwhelming sense of wellbeing.

That is how I have felt this past week.

Maybe the whole 70 degrees and sunny has something to do with it.

Oh yea, goals for this year incase you want to make fun of me for not completing them:
complete the mohican 100k
Kill Grandview
Place well at TOTV
have the funnest of times
category upgrade
Do more fun cross races like the usgp in kentucky a few weeks after cincy.

If you need some toys head up to Bike Authority this week. They are having their annual blast into spring sale.

I want this

Its almost spooky how much I want this

i tried a new sport

I found out I am not good at cross country skiing.

I have never skiied before, downhill or xc; and I've been wanting to try it. So today Szabo and I head out to Chapin to give it a go.

I tried skate skiing at first and could never get the rhythm down, had zero technique, and stumbled all over the place.

I then tried classic style and although i felt much more comfortable on them, I did the most falling on these. They were tough to maneuver in.

On almost every downhill, I took ugly tumbling falls. Going down the 'death drop' as I named it, I was going to walk it, but was told by some strangers to just do it. I did. I fell. Twice. I now have a cut/bruise/bumped shin. Thanks strangers.

I would like to try it again however. It was horrible, but fun. I think I might want to give it another go with the skate style skis.

finally after much anticipation

It is here.

Stats:
29 inches of rolling thunder
23.85 lbs of welter weight fury
driven by 2 legs producing enough watts to get seismic readings

right.

well anyway here it is:
click on pics to get them all nice and big

2010 Specialized Stumpjumper Expert Carbon 29er



xtr pedals
x0 cassette
x0 gripshifts
redwin x0
scale
2 2010 carbon bikes
my new shirt

It says

Q: Will I be hitting up the trails more this year?