Mar 31, 2008
Mar 27, 2008
Artist of the Week
I changed my mind.....
"THE SWORD" rocks...This is what the inside of my head sounds like the last 2 laps of a race..
"THE SWORD" rocks...This is what the inside of my head sounds like the last 2 laps of a race..
Mar 21, 2008
Mar 19, 2008
Seriously, Best week Ever......
xXx Racing-Athletico Spring Training Camp...in San Luis Obispo, March 8-15 2008..
Most of my Team has fully documented this week in finite detail and anything I would write in a journal style would probably just be a lame paraphrasing of some great writing. We all experienced the same things,...We all left the parking lot in the mornings filled with the same anxiety's for the days Itinerary with all our pockets filled to the brim with a shit ton of snacks...We all endured, We all grew as riders, friends and people...
Here is the raw Data.....
Eight days, almost 500 miles in about 30 hours of riding time. That included several monster days in the mountains, totaling more than 38,000 feet of climbing.
Reading that ...I realize that this was the most challenging thing I have ever done physically or mentally...period, I would roll into the parking lot at the end of these rides in tears...Everything I had was left out on the roads surrounding San Luis Obispo.....
Other than Stocky's misfortune, which was heart breaking ...I loved it all...the Blood, Sweat and Tears...The full on belly laughs, the all day diet of Cliff products, the windy roomate, the way food tastes after riding for 6 hours, getting to the top of the most redonkulous climbs with your friends cheering you on, Then descending like a mad bomber at 50+ mph..........I wouldn't change a thing......Seriously, Best week ever
Mar 7, 2008
Mar 3, 2008
Feb 28, 2008
Day Dreaming
I sit here in my office, In the River North section of Chicago, absolutely losing my mind. The weather has got me by the neck, choking off essential air to my tiny, tiny Brain. I’ve been endlessly obsessing about Dry Pavement, blazing sun and wearing only a kit, no hat, arm or knee warmers.. I’ve had enough, I can’t take another minute on my damn Trainer, No more one legged drillski’s, High Cadence pukalators or the Almighty 53/11 for 10 min at 60 barf-o-trons, blah, blah fucking blah…..I just want to be high speed and Free on the road getting tortured by my beloved friends and teammates, alternating between suffering and revenge a dozen times a ride….I long to limp back into town after 4 hours of 2 wheeled madness…
The Good News is over thirty of my team-mates and I are going to spring camp in San Luis Obispo, Ca March 8th thru the 15th …. 7 days of Riding and Vomiting thru the coastal mountains of central California….. This alone is like a beacon, calling me to the shores of sanity..
The countdown is on…… for a 25+ hour week on my bike… I can’t fucking wait……
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