This past weekend went to the dogs. We had 4 dogs and one cat to care for. Not a bad thing but it made for an interesting weekend. Taking them for walks, feeding watering. It was actually quite fun and entertaining.
Our daughter Amber spent the weekend with us. This was awesome. I installed a hitch on her car and assembled a SARIS rack which slid into the hitch. I definately prefer hitch racks(ones the bike sits in) to roof racks. It may have something to do with my height! Anyway once that was completed we had a shrimp boil mmmmmmm good it did stink up the house a little but we opened the windows to clear the air. After that Diana and Amber watched a chick flick and I went to bed.
Sunday was another great day, got up cooked breakfast and went for a bike ride, oh yeah Saturday Diana and I did our favorite ride in Brevard on the Tandem then ate at our favorite restaurant which has outdoor dining.Back to Sunday...the bike ride was great it was an intense 2.5 hour ride with lots of climbing. Got home cleaned up and waited for Diana to come home from her ride. Once home we went to a cook out ate some good burgers and returned home for a quiet evening on the porch. We were down to 3 dogs now!
That's about it for my weekend. I was a little envious of some friends who were racing but I still think I will wait till cross before racing again...although there is the Fools Gold this weekend and a race in Chattanooga the end of August.
Have a good week and if you need a dog I have plenty!!!
Monday, August 11, 2008
Monday, August 4, 2008
great weekend
wow a weekend with no place to go, no races, I could get used to this. saturday dawned and I was up and off to fletcher park to do road ride with Paul and some others. I had originally planned on riding from the house but I saw the posting for this ride leaving @ 8 am and chose to do it. Two reasons:a) it was a lot cooler that time of day and... b) I could get back home and work on the shelving around the fire place. The ride went great a nice pace minimal stopping and we were back before lunch with 3 hours of riding, perfect.
I got home had lunch and started working on the framing for the shelving. I will post some pics of the project as it progresses. My intent is to have it complete before the first cross race mmmmmm anyone know a good carpenter?
Slept in Sunday morning, flopped around the house finally made it out to Bent Creek for a 2 hour mtn bike ride. It was an awesome morning to be on the mtn bike. I daddled around then it was back to the house. Sunday I was somewhat of a social recluse. Diana and Amber were gone to Charlotte for a concert so I had the place to myself. Well almost I had to share with a cat and 2 dogs. Anyway no progress on the shelves today. Came home took a nap, got up grilled some burgers, ate,read listened to music and layed in the hammock.
That's about it for my weekend, nothing exciting. Oh yeah I did go for my yearly check up. Doc said I was fine, said I should live to be 120, Diana rolled her eyes, 70 more years.
thanks for reading have a great week!!!
I got home had lunch and started working on the framing for the shelving. I will post some pics of the project as it progresses. My intent is to have it complete before the first cross race mmmmmm anyone know a good carpenter?
Slept in Sunday morning, flopped around the house finally made it out to Bent Creek for a 2 hour mtn bike ride. It was an awesome morning to be on the mtn bike. I daddled around then it was back to the house. Sunday I was somewhat of a social recluse. Diana and Amber were gone to Charlotte for a concert so I had the place to myself. Well almost I had to share with a cat and 2 dogs. Anyway no progress on the shelves today. Came home took a nap, got up grilled some burgers, ate,read listened to music and layed in the hammock.
That's about it for my weekend, nothing exciting. Oh yeah I did go for my yearly check up. Doc said I was fine, said I should live to be 120, Diana rolled her eyes, 70 more years.
thanks for reading have a great week!!!
Monday, July 28, 2008
changin seasons
Sunday was the last race of the SERC series. What a great series. Terry and David(the promoters) do a class act!! Awards are posted promptly, nice swag and the races are always on time.
Diana and I drove up to Fontana Sunday morning knowing we were in for a long day. The banquet for the overall awards started at 3:30 pm. and my race was @ 930 am. I was glad to go off in the first wave as the temperature would be slightly cooler than the 11:30 wave.We lined up at the start and the whistle blew, off we went.The start was the same as the ICYCLE, up the pavement sharp left the up the climb. I got the the hole shot and was feeling great, dabbed on the first switchback and Jeff Duckworth went around me.Jeff was out of sight on the downhill and then we hit the uphill switchbacks. These are the switchbacks you ride down doing the ICYCLE. I saw Jeff on the first switchback and could tell he was in difficulty. I hopped off my bike and walked fast paced up the uphill as it was impossible to ride hopped back on and continued to chase Jeff, third switchback caught Jeff ran past hopped back on bike and went as hard as I could, hollered at Jeff to come on and not let Joseph catch him. I did not know where anyone was so I attacked the course where I was confident and took it easy in areas I did not feel comfortable, all I needed to do was finish and I had the series, but I wanted to win the last race and the course suited me to a T.I made it back to the start finish and was told I had a minute + lead.I felt great,now it was how hard do I go(?), how far do I push? I erred on the side of caution, ran places I knew I would be just as fast and less apt to have a misshap, attacked the course in places I was most confident, my legs felt great! Back to the start finish line I had won the race and the series a great feeling! Diana was there cheering me on, I appreciate her support (the most) along with Nathan, Amber, Carolina Fatz, Jason Posey, Randy, Jimmy, Andy Applegate and Cara Mccauley(Andy and Cara for putting up with my race reports via phone on my long trips home and my goofy jokes regarding fine french restaurants). So many people cheering and encouraging,and a special thanks to all the 50+ riders that made the series so special. This is a great group of guys that trash each other on the course but are best friends both on and off the course. Thanks guys!
After the race Diana and I chilled for a while. I took a quick nap (I can nap anywhere) and waited for the awards banquet. The banquet was great. It was nice to sit down and chat with everyone and have a nice meal.The awards were presented and there was tons of swag. Like I said David and Terry do a class act!After the banquet it was on road and back home. On the way home I desparately wanted to call friends and check the results for the ORAMM, but at the same time I knew they were probably weary from a long day of racing so believe it or not I did refrain with the exception of Nathan, oh yeah and Jason. Anway we arrived home @ 8pm.
Once home Diana went to hop in the shower, I heard a scream. In the shower we found blood and feathers hmmmmmmmmmmm. A crime had been commited within the confines of our domicile.Who could be responsible for such an atrocity.
The prime suspect:
I questioned him relentlessly, but he did not crack. My next step was waterboarding, a procedure I hear works quite well, but before I could proceed Diana told me it was time for bed. Bed mmmmmmm all I needed was to crawl in bed with the remains of a clammy wet dead bird against me, cats have a sick sense of humor. I told Diana to make sure to check the bed for forensic evidence before crawling between the sheets. We both checked the bed thoroughly once confident there were no remains it was lights out and off to dream land!
OH YEAH FORGOT TO MENTION IT IS CYCLOCROSS TIME!!!!!!!!!!! GLUE TUBULARS !!!!!!!! REWRAP HANDLEBARS!!!!!!!!! PRACTICE BARRIERS!!!!!!!!!!!!YAHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
Diana and I drove up to Fontana Sunday morning knowing we were in for a long day. The banquet for the overall awards started at 3:30 pm. and my race was @ 930 am. I was glad to go off in the first wave as the temperature would be slightly cooler than the 11:30 wave.We lined up at the start and the whistle blew, off we went.The start was the same as the ICYCLE, up the pavement sharp left the up the climb. I got the the hole shot and was feeling great, dabbed on the first switchback and Jeff Duckworth went around me.Jeff was out of sight on the downhill and then we hit the uphill switchbacks. These are the switchbacks you ride down doing the ICYCLE. I saw Jeff on the first switchback and could tell he was in difficulty. I hopped off my bike and walked fast paced up the uphill as it was impossible to ride hopped back on and continued to chase Jeff, third switchback caught Jeff ran past hopped back on bike and went as hard as I could, hollered at Jeff to come on and not let Joseph catch him. I did not know where anyone was so I attacked the course where I was confident and took it easy in areas I did not feel comfortable, all I needed to do was finish and I had the series, but I wanted to win the last race and the course suited me to a T.I made it back to the start finish and was told I had a minute + lead.I felt great,now it was how hard do I go(?), how far do I push? I erred on the side of caution, ran places I knew I would be just as fast and less apt to have a misshap, attacked the course in places I was most confident, my legs felt great! Back to the start finish line I had won the race and the series a great feeling! Diana was there cheering me on, I appreciate her support (the most) along with Nathan, Amber, Carolina Fatz, Jason Posey, Randy, Jimmy, Andy Applegate and Cara Mccauley(Andy and Cara for putting up with my race reports via phone on my long trips home and my goofy jokes regarding fine french restaurants). So many people cheering and encouraging,and a special thanks to all the 50+ riders that made the series so special. This is a great group of guys that trash each other on the course but are best friends both on and off the course. Thanks guys!
After the race Diana and I chilled for a while. I took a quick nap (I can nap anywhere) and waited for the awards banquet. The banquet was great. It was nice to sit down and chat with everyone and have a nice meal.The awards were presented and there was tons of swag. Like I said David and Terry do a class act!After the banquet it was on road and back home. On the way home I desparately wanted to call friends and check the results for the ORAMM, but at the same time I knew they were probably weary from a long day of racing so believe it or not I did refrain with the exception of Nathan, oh yeah and Jason. Anway we arrived home @ 8pm.
Once home Diana went to hop in the shower, I heard a scream. In the shower we found blood and feathers hmmmmmmmmmmm. A crime had been commited within the confines of our domicile.Who could be responsible for such an atrocity.
The prime suspect:
I questioned him relentlessly, but he did not crack. My next step was waterboarding, a procedure I hear works quite well, but before I could proceed Diana told me it was time for bed. Bed mmmmmmm all I needed was to crawl in bed with the remains of a clammy wet dead bird against me, cats have a sick sense of humor. I told Diana to make sure to check the bed for forensic evidence before crawling between the sheets. We both checked the bed thoroughly once confident there were no remains it was lights out and off to dream land!
OH YEAH FORGOT TO MENTION IT IS CYCLOCROSS TIME!!!!!!!!!!! GLUE TUBULARS !!!!!!!! REWRAP HANDLEBARS!!!!!!!!! PRACTICE BARRIERS!!!!!!!!!!!!YAHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
Monday, July 21, 2008
Delinquent
I know, I have been quite delinquent in my postings as of late. In summer I leave the house before daylight and do not come back inside until dark. This leaves very little time to blog.Weekends are spent racing and riding the tandem.
Racing, ahhhhhh one more mtn bike race in the SERC series. After the 5+ hour drive to Alabama 1 week ago I am ready for the series to be over. The last 2 races have been somewhat of a disappointment. I placed 2nd in the Racoon mtn race in Tennessee and 2nd @ Cheaha state park race in Alabama. These were both awesome venues very rocky and technical. I don't like rocks!
Cross season yahoo just around the corner. I will be doing the MSG series and some other races in the Ohio valley area.
Oh yeah I seem to have the same knack for growing flowers as I do with vegetables
Diana's flowers
My flower
Racing, ahhhhhh one more mtn bike race in the SERC series. After the 5+ hour drive to Alabama 1 week ago I am ready for the series to be over. The last 2 races have been somewhat of a disappointment. I placed 2nd in the Racoon mtn race in Tennessee and 2nd @ Cheaha state park race in Alabama. These were both awesome venues very rocky and technical. I don't like rocks!
Cross season yahoo just around the corner. I will be doing the MSG series and some other races in the Ohio valley area.
Oh yeah I seem to have the same knack for growing flowers as I do with vegetables
Diana's flowers
My flower
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