Feeling very inspired by the video posted on matt freeman's blog of jens voigt proclaiming that bike riding is not rocket science and that if you want to improve you gotta go out there and hurt, today i did just that.
accompanied by the redlands 4 horsemen, JT, Norm, Craig and Zack, we rode through dirt and bums and fat dudes on the way to our eventual destination. Where-the-hell-are-we-ville. I tell you what, not knowing where you are is great motivation to stay on somebody's wheel. I would be totally effed if i got dropped. So stay on i did. it was probably a good 75 miles in today, long and flat like a conversation with a lady at the dmv. Hard. Punishing. Grueling. Exactly what i needed after watching a video like the one matt posted. I knew it was going to be good when we normally turn to go up to yucaipa, not a word was spoken as JT and Craig Took the front and rode in the opposite direction. It was awesome.
CREATURE OF THE WHEEL... LORD OF INFERNAL ENGINES...
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Friday, June 27, 2008
the kids
no need for alarm. I dont have any actual kids you have to worry about beating you up and taking your wallet. Not yet anyways.
I do have 2 cats though. I haven't really documented their existence on this here thing yet, and ive been wanting to write about things other than bike riding. A few of the items i will be going over in the next blog entry or 3 will be: the kettlebell, jiu jitsu, old-timey strongmen, and various bad metal bands that i love (as per the usual).
on to the cats:
Name: Bufard
Alias: Bu-Bu, bufard the long, goat
specialties: lurking, advanced math, espionage, Muay Thai
Bufard is our first cat. When we bought bufard he was TINY, and we wanted him to be fat. We fed him like crazy. Bufard is the longest cat in human existence. You know when you see a dude sitting down who is like 6'10", you'd be like "damn, that dude is tall" but when he stands up, you'd probably be like "DAY-UM that dude is TALL". thats bufard. You see him chilling in his usual turkey-position and when he stands up, he takes like 4 steps with his front legs before his back legs even have to engage. He's huge. But not fat. At first it was frustrating, but i let it go. Freakishly tall isnt as funny as fat, but its a good 2nd.
Name: Mildoo
Alias: mil-mil, doo-doo, bunny, waffles
specialties: volume, persistence, athletic ability, jiu jitsu
My wife's first language is french. So when she hears words for the fist time in english, sometimes she'll judge it on the esthetics of the word. She thought the word mildew was cute until i explained to her what it was. We tell the vet the cats name is waffles so they dont think we beat it and stuff. Cat is straight up nuts. And loud. She will act out when she is bored or frustrated or whatever. Sometimes her fur will twitch and she will run around the room or knock stuff over or go mess with bufard. Bufard hates this and yells at her and beats her ass. It takes her about 30 seconds to forget about what happened and do it all again. Nuts.
next blog post will probably be about george hackenschmidt or kettlebells. If its about kettlebells there may be video content (!). You're stoked.
I do have 2 cats though. I haven't really documented their existence on this here thing yet, and ive been wanting to write about things other than bike riding. A few of the items i will be going over in the next blog entry or 3 will be: the kettlebell, jiu jitsu, old-timey strongmen, and various bad metal bands that i love (as per the usual).
on to the cats:
Name: Bufard
Alias: Bu-Bu, bufard the long, goat
specialties: lurking, advanced math, espionage, Muay Thai
Bufard is our first cat. When we bought bufard he was TINY, and we wanted him to be fat. We fed him like crazy. Bufard is the longest cat in human existence. You know when you see a dude sitting down who is like 6'10", you'd be like "damn, that dude is tall" but when he stands up, you'd probably be like "DAY-UM that dude is TALL". thats bufard. You see him chilling in his usual turkey-position and when he stands up, he takes like 4 steps with his front legs before his back legs even have to engage. He's huge. But not fat. At first it was frustrating, but i let it go. Freakishly tall isnt as funny as fat, but its a good 2nd.
Name: Mildoo
Alias: mil-mil, doo-doo, bunny, waffles
specialties: volume, persistence, athletic ability, jiu jitsu
My wife's first language is french. So when she hears words for the fist time in english, sometimes she'll judge it on the esthetics of the word. She thought the word mildew was cute until i explained to her what it was. We tell the vet the cats name is waffles so they dont think we beat it and stuff. Cat is straight up nuts. And loud. She will act out when she is bored or frustrated or whatever. Sometimes her fur will twitch and she will run around the room or knock stuff over or go mess with bufard. Bufard hates this and yells at her and beats her ass. It takes her about 30 seconds to forget about what happened and do it all again. Nuts.
next blog post will probably be about george hackenschmidt or kettlebells. If its about kettlebells there may be video content (!). You're stoked.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
cyclocross practice is a go...
.... kind of.
I am exhausted. i only did an hour of riding, but this was sort of a pre-ride with intensity. If i decide to do a practice at ford park, it'll involve MUCH lappage. It seriously has everything you need. Grass. Pavement. Dirt. Climb. Descent. Places where you HAVE to dismount. A run-up/stairs. Its just really compact. Really. It took me under 10 minutes to do a lap. I dunno exactly how much under, but under. I have a few options.
im makin flyers, it was a blast!
I am exhausted. i only did an hour of riding, but this was sort of a pre-ride with intensity. If i decide to do a practice at ford park, it'll involve MUCH lappage. It seriously has everything you need. Grass. Pavement. Dirt. Climb. Descent. Places where you HAVE to dismount. A run-up/stairs. Its just really compact. Really. It took me under 10 minutes to do a lap. I dunno exactly how much under, but under. I have a few options.
- add a little length somewhere. Maybe a lap around the la fitness parking lot...?
- just do much laps
- maybe move it to where the trains run, by hulda crook, but that might have some problems...
- implore anybody else who has a better idea for a place to ride to speak up, thus having a different place to ride/thickening my cross posse by a factor of 2.
im makin flyers, it was a blast!
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
hot enough for ya?
The summer heat began this year yesterday. Africa hot. Went out with local fasion/weather guru mark foist. He was kind enough to not ride me off his wheel.
mark: Dude, that like a real stream
me: *gasp*
Mark: Like, there could be fish in there
me: *gasp*
Mark: not big fish but still, fish
me: ye*gasp*
luckily my gasp that time sounded kinda like affirmation that mark wanted, and sometimes needs. That shut him up. Thank GOD.
go celtics.
mark: Dude, that like a real stream
me: *gasp*
Mark: Like, there could be fish in there
me: *gasp*
Mark: not big fish but still, fish
me: ye*gasp*
luckily my gasp that time sounded kinda like affirmation that mark wanted, and sometimes needs. That shut him up. Thank GOD.
go celtics.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
rogue agent
went for my first real real ride in a while yesterday. Went out with joey, and as usual he put the screws to me. Going for a little run today. 6 miles, no big deal. Hopefully i can get up to something that closely resembles in shape for the ride on saturday. I think this stuff might help. I dunno what im doing on thursday, but it certainly aint crit practice, and whatever it is, its gonna be a little late cuz i got clients til like 6. Maybe if i get my new wheelset by then, i can go plot out the cx course at ford park. that'd be fun.
no more coaching for me. At least not from super-coach ashley kipp. I think i might be following the "x-number of ways to ride faster" that come in bicycling magazine every month. Ha. They just tell you to do intervals there too.
no more coaching for me. At least not from super-coach ashley kipp. I think i might be following the "x-number of ways to ride faster" that come in bicycling magazine every month. Ha. They just tell you to do intervals there too.
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