Nov14
Jet lag blunder #1
Yes this is a picture of our toilet…
… And yes that is the top to my water bottle. Good thing I planned ahead and brought two!
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Nov05
Chainbiter
Phew, I finally shook the curse of 3rd place (for a day) and made the top step of the podium. I’ll spare you the play by play, but if you want to read about it go here. It was great to win my first professional cross race and I am hopeful that the form will carry over to Pijnacker, Ned. next Sunday for the World Cup. Stay tuned for plenty of pictures and hilarious stories of me being a klutz while I try to shake the jet lag…
Nov03
Business Time
Some, or all, of you may have seen this. Even if you have it is still hilarious.
Business hours are closed.
Oct20
Word Jumbling with The German
My German suitemate from college, Christian Vlach, is visiting Cassarole and I right now. Like any good Euro Christian speaks quite a few languages, while Cass and I hack away with adding Spanish. Over breakfast we were discussing how the definition and use of a word in Spanish varies by country. Christian then told us this gem, “I started learning the Queen’s English in 5th Grade. My first week at Point Loma I leaned over and asked the girl next to me if she had ‘a rubber I could borrow.’ She looked at me with her mouth wide open and a red face. It took me a while to figure out why she didn’t answer me.”
We’re in Delaware for ‘cross racing this weekend. I brought #1 and Christian along, so I have doubled the size of and added some Euro flare to my cheering section… hopefully I’ve increased my luck as well.
Oct15
Stuck in a rut…
Not that third place is bad, but four times! I had a great weekend at Gloucester and seem to be almost fully recovered from the cold that #1 gave me. The fans, course, competition, and weather were all awesome, but two things would have made it a perfect weekend, if Cassarole had attended and the obvious; if I had won. If you are bored and want to see me in tight lycra check out a couple of photos here and here.
The announcer, Richard Fries, has been saying for the past month over the PA that I have a girlfriend who goes to Yale. Here I am asking him to stop spreading rumors, because my wife wasn’t to happy to hear that I had a girlfriend.
After the race people kept coming up to me and asking, “where did you come from?” How I am I supposed to respond to something like that??? Also, I have graduated from being called “cheeky” to “a stunningly strong Chris Jones” by the cycling press. Fun.
Oh yes, I did have one of my all time favorite breakfasts on Sunday, pumpkin bread french toast. It is the ‘off-season’ so I can eat yummy food like this and dude it was so good.
Time for a nap so I can shake this cold thing…but first one last shot from my stud pit guy who is an awesome photographer, David.
Oct05
A little vacation
After a short trip to Las Vegas for a cross race I headed out to Moab with Mark and Co. It was advertised as a guys trip with some 4×4 action… I didn’t realize how hardcore the off-roading would be! These guys took me over some crazy terrain. No trick photography involved:
We’re headed to the Hamptons this weekend, for a cross race, go figure.
Team news: I can’t tell you guys yet, but 2008 will be an exciting year.
Sep13
Siesta Time
The off season has officially started! Thanks to everyone for your support and encouragement this year. The road season was pretty successful, stay tuned for some exciting announcements about next year in the next couple of weeks. Other than taking naps not too much going on… well our building caught on fire the other night…
Cross season starts in about a week and a half and Cass has been running with me. Yes, I said running. Here’s my plan:
Walk: 5min.
Run: 2 min
Walk: 3
Run: 1
Walk: 3
We’ve ran twice this week and I am incredibly sore. Thankfully Guy was able to work on me the other day and ease the pain. I hope to get up to a solid 6 min. of running by the end of next week. Cassarole is able to run the entire time without soreness, go figure.
Check out one of the new cross frames:
Sep06
USPro
This past weekend I traveled to Greenville, S.C. to compete in my the US Professional Championships Road Race. USPro was my ‘big’ race for the second half of the season, so I was excited to be there, but nervous at the same time. Here’s the short, and self-centered, version of the race. 1st big lap I broke a rear wheel, blah blah blah, sprint for 9th. Met my goal of a top 10 and top 5 domestic rider. Only one race, Univest, left and then some carrot cake.
I found this t-shirt in the DC airport on my flight down. Kind of funny.
For those of you who are looking for something to do this Saturday, check out the Univest GP. live on Al Gore’s creation. Click here. There are options for live streaming video, text, & audio.