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So I joined a great new race team, not all about racing, but all about the riding. Right up my ally. My very first race as a Pig is going to be the Mellow Johnnies spring classic at Lance Armstrongs ranch. Racing the single speed class, looks to be around 35 or 40 guys. Should be fun since Ive never been there so I will be making a full weekend of it. looking forward to seeing the pro's racing. Especially a couple of the women. Willow Koerber is going to be there and she's a badass and easy on the eyes too.

wow. been a really long time

lets see whats gone on since sept of 09. not much really. won the local dorba fall series on the single speed. pretty much stopped riding serious after that. did some night rides between all the rain. it rained some more. got some snow. rode a little bit more. got 12 inches of snow in one day. thats a big deal in central Texas. did some trailwork. got back to riding, some road,but mostly dirt. got my ass handed to me at the last race.21st out of 22 in the single speed class. slight mechanical issue, but still sucked. losing some weight and riding more.
Its been so dang windy I just dont want to ride road, but need to. sorta seeing someone, but not sure where it will go,her divorce will have to final first.

thats it. next is the mellow johnny race in austin, then the smurfboy 6 hr.

buh by.

HHH

The hotter'n hell turned out to not be all that hot. The low was 61 the night before with 41% humidity. the high was only 82 with about the same humidity. only had 14,209 people there and it pretty much overwhelmed the mobile phone services. the ride itself wasnt bad either. We did the 100k and it took 3 hrs 11 minutes. not too bad. could have been better had I actually been training on the road bike more than a couple times a month. Every oone did good, fast Tony did the 100 miler in less than 5 hours, nuts.
saw some bad get offs, lots of water bottles on the road, more newbies than I could keep track of and lots off people I knew from around home and people who recognized me from the bike and my tats on the calves.
overall it was once again a good time. the good thing about it is it got me back on the road bike so it will help me out on the dirt for the races, even though so far it doesnt look like im going to have much trouble placing well in the series.

thats all,

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.