some times you choose your friends, some times they choose you.
the title sums up this blog post.
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"every one but the band looks like a rock star"
BLAWGIN’ BABY! so think back 25 years to when electronics SUCKED so bad, with an official level of volatility that they had a formal way of pulling the plug. Your NES had a reset button. You had a computer that had a remedy for when it got too mixed up doing shit that your simple 8 bit game froze up. THIS blog is my simple 8 bit game, MY world is that computer, and what you are reading is my RESET button.
Bike racin’, Work, Vacation, Politics, Health, Family, Friends, Home, Projects, Money, etc have all lead me into a confused, over whelmed and probably overheated state.
You do remember what happened when the reset button didn’t work? you had to pull it out and blow it…………….. CHA!
up, down, up, down, left, right, left, right b, a, b, a, select, START
Raw parts preparing for anodizing
An absolutely fantastic shot by @mplsminx during the #cxworlds today! Monstrous crowds!
(via Instagram)
(Source: dredfulltimemachine, via adamcrazypants)
TO DATE.
6 months ago my quads were 1 3/4” smaller. Thats a big gain if you know how small I am and what a true hard gainer I am. My weight is less than 4 lbs more, My 5 minute power in watts is 16% higher which is significant. My 20 minute power in watts is 9% lower which is also sadly significant.
Tour De France `95 by Numerius on Flickr.
Just count the number of these men in this photograph who have been smeared by allegations of performance enhancing drug use. It is nearly all of them. And, one of them is now dead. Fuck. What a god damned shame it all was. My heroes do drugs. How ‘bout yours?
- big jonny
Round 3rd base, slide into home
Thats it ‘Cross season is in the books. I went to Greensboro last weekend to do the seasons and NCCX’s last race. I made it two laps before my back had me toss in that towel y’all. I still cannot really get out of the saddle and pedal with out major back discomfort… luckily it isn’t major or permanent damage and I know how to fix it and my insurance covers the physical therapy. Oh yeah, I can still ride with in my comfort
I met my goal this year though, and then some. My goals were to stay at the front of Cat3 races and to upgrade at the seasons end, to win the over all for the MSG series in TN, to race Masters Worlds and to commit to a FULL season. I met all but one of those goals, I diddnt win the cat 3 over all for MSG… because i upgraded early. made up for by the fact I got 2nd in the local series. I more than met the goal of staying at the front of CX3 races. i went 7 races in a row on the podium in three different series’. Three 3rd places, one 2nd, three wins. One win to a huge field of 66 people at a race at a brewery that is the market rival of my team’s sponsor Highland Brewing while wearing highlands colors. Pride y’all! I cant thank Rachel enough for her unrelenting support and motivation this year.
Any Who… its 2012 now, I’ll be receiving my new road frame this week. It will take a few weeks to afford and gather all of the parts I’ll need to get her built out. It will be spring before we know it and it will be time for long enjoyable mountain rides in the country (known as training to some, i like to think of it as going for a bike ride) getting prepared for the few road races I might participate in and the marquee mountain bike events I show up at every year.
This is the time of year I like to truly call NEW YEARS. for me CX season ends, I have a birthday, football is over, the Classics are raced in Belgium and the North of France by our sports super stars while I watch it on TV from my couch eating food and I get to simply ride my bike.
Simply ride yours. Dont forget that you do it because it is awesome, takes you places, makes your heart beat more efficiently, and makes up for those early summer IPA’s you’ll swill after your town’s wednesday night world champs races.
