Wake Up, Kick Ass, Repeat
Today at the World Singletrack Championships things did not go well. I started ok but had a pounding headache and my throat was super sore. Yup, woke up sick today. Things were going fairly well considering. DH and I had a good race going and then my body shut down. Vision blurry, dizzy and legs just stopped turning. Went home and slept for 3 hours. Gotta keep the faith though, I know there are some good races in my legs.
Utah ‘Cross Championships tomorrow. Will I find my form? Will I stay upright? Hopefully. I don’t really have any excuses for my results, sometime you fee like a nut sometimes you don’t. Pretty simple really. The thing I like about racing is you get out of it what you put into it. There are no magic pills (right Nathan? you lying cheater). If you do the work the results will come. Sometimes though things just go wrong. You do the work and nothing. The only thing to do then is keep the faith and push forward. Believe in yourself and good things will come. We are all out there chasing our own version of the dream. Enjoy the Journey.
Gonna give the new C’Dale a whirl tomorrow. With the Kona missing a fork thanks to Frontier Airlines I have to give it a go, even with the little kid cranks that come stock. I am liking the SRAM stuff. The learning curve is not very steep and it works great. Never thought I would see the day I had a bike with an all American drive train, plus the bike is crazy light. Hell ya.
While I am excited about my own race tomorrow Rachel is competing in the Ironman 70.3 World Championships in sunny Florida tomorrow. She seems to have had a break through in the pool and hopefully that will mean good things tomorrow. After that she will be finishing out the ‘cross season here in the 801.
I did put up some pictures form the booze cruise in the gallery. Not my best work but if you are super bored check ‘em out.
I still not have posted any pics form the Booze Cruise the other night. Believe it or not I am busy with stuff. Good stuff but stuff none the less.
I got this from the interweb today. Jay Leno talking about the writers strike.
“I’ve been working with these people for 20 years. Without them I’m not funny. I’m a dead man without them.”
Jay Leno thinks he is funny on the Tonight Show? That may be the funniest thing he has ever said.
Ok before anyone calls the suicide hotline for me I just want to claer up a few things. My cross season is not going well so far. I am racing far below where I know I can be and it is pissing me off. It is only a bike race though. Other than that life is pretty kick ass. I am dating the most awesome girl in the world, I have great friends, my family is healthy, my new work schedule is much better, and I get to throw a leg over a bike every day.
I had planned on skipping the race on Saturday all together but eventually decided to show up and put in some good efforts and try to find some of my lost skills. I suppose it is pretty arrogant of me to think I can line up in the back, soft pedal the first lap and think I can still finish well. Maybe a few years ago but now the fields are deep and everyone is super strong. Lesson learned. The second you underestimate someone they will ring your bell and knock your over confident ass back to reality.
Rachel lined up for her first ever ‘cross race on Saturday. (Thanks for the bike V!) Even after my 5 minute Super Jedi Master Mount Remount (S.J.M.M.R) lesson the day before, she still does not quite have the hang of the fast remount. Despite spotting a good 10 seconds per lap on the barriers she got a super solid 3rd place fish. Not bad for a girl who is used to doing 3 hour tri’s and thinks that a sub 40 10k is a good warm up. Once she gets the barriers dialed she will be doing some damage for sure. BTW it took me a good 2 seasons before I lost the stutter step.
Saturday night was an 11 on the fun scale. I will post some pics and a story tomorrow.
- My new schedule is pretty sweet.
- Jerry Seinfeld has jumped the shark in a dress wearing a Dick Cheney mask.
- I am gonna rock.
- Fox need to look at Target instead of Wal-Mart
- The Great ’stache Off 2007, officially starts on Monday.
- Frontier Airlines broke my fork.
- I wonder what the suicide rate is for OnStar operators?
- I wanna ditch my cell phone for a walkie talkie.
- Did not dress up for Halloween or go to any parties this year. I went to Kentucky and fell down a lot. Lame.
- One trick pony CROX dropped 36% today. Did anyone not see that coming?
- I hear that Lance Armstrong is dating Uncle Jessie from Full House
- Rachel is going to race ‘cross this weekend ‘cuz Xterra Worlds were not hard enough.
- My tolerance level for clutter has been exceded.
- I can ride the airport bike path after 7pm, I have clearance.
- I am in a moustache contest until the end of the month, which means I may be single in a month.
- After 8+ years on Michelin Mud II’s I am thinking of trying a new tire. Any ideas?
- Gonna try something different at this weekends race.
- This country is screwed. There is not a single viable candidate running for president.
- I am going to be super soon. Not at what you think though.
