goings on?

not much really. lots of working, some riding and whatnot. so I get this letter in the mail. Its from the hotter'n hell people reminding me that I had pre-registered. SO... I guess im going after all. cleaned up the Tarmac, re-stanned the tubeless tires and did a shakedown ride. its ready. The Garmin is still on the blink so I threw on a computer to keep up with my pace and time when Im driving the line. luckily its just 100k this year or I'd be screwed.100k is doable without much road training when in a paceline. going up around noon friday, checkout the MTB race. root for some friends and get ready for saturday. bust out the 100k as quickly as possible, drink beer, check out the expo, drink more beer. then go eat a steak dinner. good nights sleep. drive home on sunday.

decent weekend plan. I should have signed up for the MTB race too, but the weather forcast is calling for some rain. screw that.

Later,

I raced.........................and

I won. my class at least. wasn't my best time on the coarse, but it was way hot and humid, So I cant complain too much. So there were supposed to be 12 in my flite, but only 4 showed up at the line. I was the only serious contender with a geared bike. SO,,,, on the start, I pointed to the guys to get on my wheel for the 3/4 mile paved start loop and draft me to the trail entrance, they did. then I held the lead until I went over the bars on a creek crossing, that ended up bending my derailleur hanger. I fought the shifting all the way to the timing line and into the second lap. then on a slight uphill I shifted and the chain jumped into the spokes and I had to stop and fix it. that's when I notices the hanger. I gently massaged it back into place,looked up and saw a 13 go by( my flite #) and awe shit, it was on. got back by him on a climb and never looked back, just kept trying to push myself to the end. caught up to a guy I couldn't get by so I sat on his wheel for the last mile and kept telling him to push it, he did. we ended up sprinting out to the finish even though I knew we weren't in the same class. everyone should sprint out the finish.
I guess I will be racing the single speed at the next one, depends on who shows up, might take both bikes just in case.

that all folks,

well, i rode

last night. got a couple of laps in. not an ass kickin pace, but a pretty good pace, missing so much saddle time is showing. Im ready for all these 100+ degree/90% humidity summer days to end. I have no interest in riding after being in it all day long.
First race is this weekend, guess I'll see how bad I really am this season. different age group and class this season, so should be a top of the pile finisher, but you never know until you line up. I Dont even have a clue how many are my class, but should be smaller than last year.

that is all.

Work,work, work.

pretty much all Ive been doing. I just noticed that I haven't said anything since June 28th. Thats because I haven't ridden but once since then. Its been so hot that all I have has time for is work.I need some ride time soon, or I might flip out.......


later.

aint done shiiii....

T. Last week was a hot, humid shitty week. worked late several days and came home tired and worn out on all of them. did not even touch a bike since the FNR the week before. "I am jacks lazy ass". did make it to Als to eat though.

Spend saturday with my dad and grandmother. still no riding.

got up and went to work on the jet ski today. got alot done and should be ready to hit the water again, as soon as the new steering cable gets in. had some lunch, then got a new cut and color for the summer. a red tipped, blonde mohawk. suweettttttt! still no riding though.

bu-by

Why and what?

Why would I facebook message a person I dated 20 years ago. And what IF she responds?
I dated this girl around graduation time, she was a soph and went to martin, really way too cute for me. But hey, there was something about me she seemed to like. technically she broke up with me out of the blue, but being a senior/grad I assumed that the grass was greener on the other side and pretty much blew her off in bad form. turns out the grass wasnt AS green and since I burned the bridge in such a big way, had no way to return.
a few years later( she had graduated) was looking up a friend that had the same last name and found her. out of curiousity I called and damn if she didnt answer. We ended up meeting up, and talked a bit and that was it.
UNTIL face book.
I looked her up for giggles and actually found her. still going by her maiden name, debated for a few days about sending her a message, then today I did. "I am a kick in Jacks balls". Now I just waite and see i guess.
What The F was I thinking?

Oh and I still havent ridden since the FNR. I really feel like riding, but after work, the heat and humidity, I just pretty much veg out. maybe tomorrow. for tomorrow is another day.

What have I been doing?

not much really. I only rode 1 day this week and it was a weak ride at that. Since it finally got hot (high 90's with 70% humidity or more) work has been buy as hell. lots of heat and long hours makes me lazy, sort of. I just really don't want to ride after work. on the plus side, Wednesday after work, Randy did the cover-up and lower part of the dragon koi short sleeve tattoo. so I had that going for me. Made the FN ride, hot and unbelievably humid. Got up at the dawn of crack saturday and hauled ass to the home depot for some stuff to mark the trail for the Judgement day guys/girls.saw some really big rat/water snakes and 1 really good sized copperhead. then got back to the trailhead and awaited the competators. had to leave arounf 11 or so for work and then did a call for the elusive Megan. fixed up some bad ductwork and called it a day.Until, the dinner message came in. a little mexican food and 'ritas on the rocks was sweeetttt. Hit the right spot for sure. followed up with some Ice cream.

Sunday... Fathers day.
slept in. met the parental units and the sis for some lunch. then head over to Dallas for an inpromptu "L" family reunion. really one of my cousins from afar was in town and wanted everyone to get together.Its a shame we're related. beautiful, dark hair, fair skin. dang related hot girls. We had a good time,got caught up about the past 6 years, and bs'd.
For some reason, chinese food sounds good right now..

C Ya