Hibernation

It is cute that family members are concerned that my readership(HA!) may drop off if I don't update. It isn't easy to get excited about posting when you have nothing to say but how sick you have been and how fat and slow you feel. This is supposed to be my foundation, and I am wasting it waiting for my lungs to cease spewing forth. It used to be that I could sit, glance down and see my legs involuntarily twitch. Now I look down to see only my feet kicking up the blanket to cover my scooby pants. So I am still 15lbs over race weight, I can't ride since I have below the neck symptoms, but I kind of have a cool new job at work. I am only hoping that December isn't completely wasted.

Nice trails and Viking Cross

November has been slow so far, but not as slow as I have been. I hit blue mound with the Kona the last two weekends and I think it is dialed finally. Big nasty Rampages front and back plus the rigid carbon goodness. All I plan on touching on the bike through next season is the pressure and the ratio. Hit up the Viking Cross race in Stoughton today. They had what they called the Wisconsin single speed cyclocross championship. 14 of us showed up and I rolled in at 9th. I didn't really warm up and popped again but the 38x16 sure felt nice. I still need to learn something about pacing for these CX races. The course was the cats arse. Lots of fast cornering with the rear always threatening to break loose. The new purple and orange Chainsmoker colors felt pretty fast, but again, I have no late season speed to lay down anymore. Afterward we hit up the Scandinavian burritos and drank some nasty sweet beer. I know it is just plain un-American to complain about free beer, but dude, it tasted like fruit.