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Cass and I are spending our first complete weekend in Auburn together! It is weird to think that we have been here for three months and haven’t both been in town at the same time for an entire weekend…
I just saw this on TV.
Ridiculous! But wait, there’s more! A free book light and you can wear it to sporting events…
How can I say no? Maybe this will be a new fad to keep spectators warm during ‘cross races.
The cross season is winding down for me and I only have three races left. The combination of my friend, Mr. Parasite, that I brought home from Mexico wiping me out for first month of the season and the team only being able to focus on one of the main series has made this a weird cross season. I’m stoked that I am finally getting back to full strength and am looking forward to the last races of the year. Last weekend was a muddy one in New Jersey. As usual Dave did a stellar job in the pit and kept my bikes running. Apparently there weren’t enough pressure washers to go around so he used his MacGyver like skills and dunked my bike in the lake every lap to clean it!
The Jersey mud…
…made me long for more socal sun from the previous weekend.
Last week actually concluded my cyclocross training for the year and this week is a rest week. Rest weeks are awesome. #1 agrees and has decided to declare this a rest week for herself. She’s much better at resting than I, and is pulling double nap days. Apparently she dreams of bacon too…
Since her beach cruiser was stolen in the Haven, Cass has been without a bike. So with the help of Bob at College St. Cycles and the boys at Williams Wheels, she got her first road bike last week and we took it out for some hot laps. I have plenty of pictures, but need to get approval before I post them… ah who needs approval… I live life dangerously…sometimes… Here they are.
The old vs. new bike:
Finished up with USPro. At this rate in seven years I’ll win the thing…man I’ll be old!
My teammate I-mac is heading to the Havizzel with me for a few days. I will have to introduce him to the LCC goodness at Claire’s and the speed of the SG ride. Too bad #1 has that whole job thing and will miss out on all of the fun.
The days following a stage race are usually made up of traveling home and a couple days of recovery rides. After hitting the trails yesterday I decided I needed a nice little spin for this morning’s session and headed out on the big bike. While cruising around the new hood I was reminded of how friendly motorcyclist are. Almost every person I saw gave me The Wave during my originally planned short spin turned house cleaning procrastination session. As a cat 5 biker the wave always catches me off guard and puts my minimal skills to the test. There are so many questions on how to wave and look cool, do I wave in turns, at every motorcycle, how low do I extend my hand below the bars? #1 laughs at me every time we encounter the wave because as she puts it, I “wave like a dork.” The only I see to overcome my wave ‘dorkiness’ is to ride the big bike more…
Tour of Utah has been going fairly well for TT1. Chaddy is 3rd overall heading into the last stage tomorrow. I feel like I have been breathing through one of those red stir stick straws all week. For some reason the altitude is killing me. I am looking forward to heading back to sea level on Monday. Two more weeks to get in shape for USPro.
Jonez world news headlines:
-#1 joins the working world on Monday.
-Jenny Hullinger turned 27 yesterday.
Seriously, where have I been? As you might have guessed the 7 days to go in New Haven has come and gone, as have about 23.63 other days. I know that you are dying to know how #1 and I spent them so I put together a little picture diary so I don’t have to type too much.
Our vacation in Cabo consisted almost entirely of this:
A trip to Lovers Beach, where the local saying is, “Two go in and three come out.” I still don’t get it…
This couple is on their way to Divorce Beach. I’m sure you can do the math here.
And of course, sampling the local flavor:
One of my favorite TV shows, Laguna Beach (I loved the first and second seasons but the new ones are really lame. I am now a dedicated Hills fans), shot an episode in Cabo during spring break. The episode was titled, “What Happens in Cabo Stays in Cabo.” Unfortunately for us it didn’t and we brought our old friend Sal…monella back with us.
After a month off of racing I will be heading to Tour of Utah next week. I am not used to having so much time off during the season, it was almost like a mini off season with out the cyclocross. Speaking of cross… is that a cow bell I hear? Yes the season for mud and cowbells is near!
I’ll try to convince the author of Cass’ Quarterly Corner to update sometime soon.
Brad Bartz took a bunch of pictures of Chris at the the CSC Invitational, the Commerce Bank Reading Classic, and the Philadelphia International Championship; check them out on the photos page.
We’re in Arkansas for the next few days racing in the Joe Martin Stage race and the Tour of Arkansas. In light of the recent weather they’ve had in the area I located the nearest one of these:
Nothing much to report about the last two stages that you haven’t already read about, or maybe I’m just too tired tonight to write… I’m enjoying my first TdG and learning a ton each day. The TT1 staff is taking great care of us as always and we don’t have to anything besides ride the bike, yep we’re spoiled. Tomorrow starts the uphill fun and the finish of the stage is about two blocks from one of the best ice cream places I’ve ever been too. So based on those two facts, tomorrow is going to be a great day!
The past few years I have been intrigued by people and their sayings. Cass’ family has some great ones. They range from “A bird in the hand…” or any number of not PC logging references. My roommate for the week is our sprinter Emile, who is from Trinidad and while discussing the stage last night he said, “It is on like boiled corn!” Sure dude, it is on like boiled corn…
Time for bed.
