Today was the Icicle metric century. The weather worked out, it was cloudy but not too cold, it was actually quite comfortable. We were 15 strong today, which was the best part. I haven't seen that many Wooden Wheels jerseys together in a long time. We had, in no particular order;
Matty T, Karl, Dan O, Paul, Ted logic, SS Dan, Mike K, Andrew, Alan, Kurtee, Jay, Tom, DenS, and myself. It didn't take long for things to get frisky. On the first climb Ted went and Matt followed. It didn't lead to much , but it set the tone. We pretty much hammered the whole ride. Slowly guys werw falling off the back, until we were down to 8. Even 50 miles in the pace wqas still fast. The ride of the day goes to Dan Lichtenberger, he was flying up the hills today. A couple of times I thought he went to early and Mike or myself would catch him, but we couldn't. I also have to give big Props to Matty T, who spent almost the whole day at the front setting a brutal pace.It was a typical WW ride Attack the hills and regroup at the top, except everybody was right there at the top so the pace stayed pretty high. By the time the Main group was done we came in at 3:30 hours with an 18.05 mph average. Not bad for 63.5 miles.
After the ride a group of us went to Iron Hill brewery for lunch. This was a good time. Especialy the hostess Adrien, a very pleasnt sight after looking at guys in spandex all day.
To put the capper on the day I took the New York boys to Victory for dinner. Man that place rules. We had to wait 20 minutesfor a table so I turned the boys on to a Victory special called a Dark Devil, it's a mix of Hop Devil and Storm King Stout, one fantastic beer. After that while we were eating dinner we had a couple of bottles of V12, AWESOME BEER. It was a great day. I am looking forward to riding Mountain bikes with these guys tomorrow.
Well it is late and I am tired so Later
Saturday, March 26, 2005
Friday, March 25, 2005
It's About Time
As of Thursday I have joined the wolrd of the working man. That's right folks I HAVE A JOB. It may only last a few weeks but it is work. I will not be spending the next few weeks sitting in front of the computer. Thanks to the fact that the days are getting longer, I will still be able to get in some riding after work. I seem to be over my cold now, in fact I did a work out on the trainer last night. I have to tell you, I forgot how hard these tapes are. It was the hardest 45 minutes so far this year. It did feel good to get my heart rate up again.
Today we got some guests from New York. Karl, Dan, and Paul are staying with me this weekend. They came down to do some trail work ay Granogue and ride the Icicle metric century tomorrow. It was fun. Rachael, the best wife in the world, made home made lasngna with all the fixings for everybody, she even baked cookies. My wife rules. The guys were kind enough to bring me several bottles of Omegang, I think they brought me one of each, Paul gave us a bottle of his hime made wine. We had a nice dinner, talked about cycling and drank a few beers. Life is FUCKING GREAT.
I must turn in now, we will be getting up early to ride the Icicle. See you tomorrow.
Today we got some guests from New York. Karl, Dan, and Paul are staying with me this weekend. They came down to do some trail work ay Granogue and ride the Icicle metric century tomorrow. It was fun. Rachael, the best wife in the world, made home made lasngna with all the fixings for everybody, she even baked cookies. My wife rules. The guys were kind enough to bring me several bottles of Omegang, I think they brought me one of each, Paul gave us a bottle of his hime made wine. We had a nice dinner, talked about cycling and drank a few beers. Life is FUCKING GREAT.
I must turn in now, we will be getting up early to ride the Icicle. See you tomorrow.
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
NyQuil Haze
After Saturdays ride I thought I was back on track, I would take two days off then start intensity again. Sunday I felt the hint of a head cold, I tried treating it in hopes it would go away. That didn't happen, Sunday night it hit me pretty hard. For the past two nights I have been slamming the NyQuil like it was Hop Devil. I was opptomistic that I would feel better today and be able to ride. I did feel a little better and it was really nice outside so I thought I would give it a try. I decided to ride my Ionic today,not a good idea. I was cruising down a hill and the chain jumped off, I knew it was tight when I started. I re-tensioned the EBB, but when I was tightening the screw it stipped out. Needless to say I was F***ING Pissed. I was on my way back when I ran into LWeb and Dennis. We talked for a minute but I wanted to go home and get my always relaible Deslavo and get back for a ride.
I made it back a little after 4:00pm and noticed Alan, and Fuzzy's cars in the lot. I headed out to do my own thing. Since I've been sick I wanted to take it easy. As I was making my way to the Boundary trail i ran into Andrew and a couple of his friends. We talked for a second and he mentioned "the boys just went up the hill". "How long ago"? "Just now". I decided I could lay down one good effort and try to catch them, as I was taking off I heard Andrew telling me to remeber to REST. I hope he doesn't think I was being rude, I just wabted to try and catch Alan, Fuzzy, and Matt. I hit the bottom section of the climb and didn't feel too bad. When I hit the last little kicker I was quickly reminded that I was still a little sick. As soon as I could see the road I saw the boys. I pushed to try and catch them befrore they hit the down hill. It was close I had to ring my bell to get there attention. So I tagged onto there group for a bit. Fuzzy and Alan were headed for Zingos to do the Judge with the 5:30 group, while Matt and I did a little more of White Clay. Matt was paked at tht Ticking Tomb so we split at the ranger staion. I ended up with a nice little ride. I got to ride with some friends on some awesome trails.
Then while I was getting changed to head back home Chris Vann rolls up. It was good to see him on a bike. I haven't seen him in a while. Well I didn't feel any worse when I was done so hopefully it won't set me back any. We will see how I feel tomorrow. Well that's all I got.
I made it back a little after 4:00pm and noticed Alan, and Fuzzy's cars in the lot. I headed out to do my own thing. Since I've been sick I wanted to take it easy. As I was making my way to the Boundary trail i ran into Andrew and a couple of his friends. We talked for a second and he mentioned "the boys just went up the hill". "How long ago"? "Just now". I decided I could lay down one good effort and try to catch them, as I was taking off I heard Andrew telling me to remeber to REST. I hope he doesn't think I was being rude, I just wabted to try and catch Alan, Fuzzy, and Matt. I hit the bottom section of the climb and didn't feel too bad. When I hit the last little kicker I was quickly reminded that I was still a little sick. As soon as I could see the road I saw the boys. I pushed to try and catch them befrore they hit the down hill. It was close I had to ring my bell to get there attention. So I tagged onto there group for a bit. Fuzzy and Alan were headed for Zingos to do the Judge with the 5:30 group, while Matt and I did a little more of White Clay. Matt was paked at tht Ticking Tomb so we split at the ranger staion. I ended up with a nice little ride. I got to ride with some friends on some awesome trails.
Then while I was getting changed to head back home Chris Vann rolls up. It was good to see him on a bike. I haven't seen him in a while. Well I didn't feel any worse when I was done so hopefully it won't set me back any. We will see how I feel tomorrow. Well that's all I got.
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