commute by bike

Today I commuted to my doctors appointment. On my way I got to ride with Rob Bell of MU330 fame. St.Louis is such a small place. I have these kinds of encountrs all the time. Yesterday over in Columbia I ran into Lewis Greenberg. He is the old guy with the car covered in stickers. I still had 15minutes left in my hour long tt so I didn't get to ride with him. I slowed at the end but he never made it back on. I was dissapointed too because after reading Pfoodman article about him I am intersted in talking to him.

Off to bed

Jan retires

Well you knew one day it would happen and it seemed given the circumstances it would be soon rather than later. Well this morning Jan Ullrich retired. The news did not come as a suprise or in fact even a concern. Lance read the article this morning as breathed a sigh of releif because this didn't happen to him. Sure Lance was draged through the mud numerious time but he always came out clean. It makes you wonder if Lance would still have have the Lance Aura, the same hold over bike fans and the cancer crowd.

Jan is not walking away from cycling but will be an advisor to the Austrian Professional Continental Team Volksbank. Good for him.

Will I ever get to race

Froze Toes was pushed back a week. That is 3races I have not been able to do because of weather. They did have the first two though I am just to weak for riding when it is 10 out.

Need to get my sleep schedule back on track. Does any one know of how to manage time? I could use some pointers. These late nights are killing me.

Brian Dziewa

Dziewa pronounced Java. Brian is riding as a first year pro at the Tour of California. He just missed the time cut but was put back into the race. Things are not going so well but what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Check out Brians Blog to read about the TOC and I suppose the rest of the season.

Screw you Floyd

I don't dislike Floyd as much as I dislike his lawyer, Howard Jacobs. When guys get caught they always say oh no it is a flase postive then they set about proving it was lab error or it was in their sports drink. There is no way it had to do with those injections. Now the LA times is reporting protocal violations in Floyds case. Here is the velonews article.

People want to put blame on everyone else but Floyd. The ASO(company who owns the Tour) does not want postive test. Postive test hurt their image. I am sick of it all.

10 times up Marshall

I did 10 repeats on Marshall today. I started at 200 watts and went up 10watts each one. On number 10 I went nuts and was dry heving at the end. I thought I was going to fall over. Off to bed

Carb-boom

Yes! Yet again, another new sponsor, Carb-boom. They have gels active and recovery drinks. I hope they come out with a bar. For me the worst part of riding is the eating a bunch of gels and bars. However someone gave me the carb boom Vanilla Orange. I was not sure about it because I had never heard of carb boom but it was good. I would have kept using them but could not find any more localy. So if your at the shop and you see carb-boom gels give them a shot.

Stomach :-(

Today cyclingnews was giving updats during the Tour of Cal and they were talking about eating on the bike and how it can be tough. Well Dan Schmatz told them about Jackson Stewarts abality to inhale cliff bars. Watch the short video of doing that very thing right here

Froze Toes count down

Yes only 5 days till the biggest race ever. Jim Klages Friday post sums up the this weekend. Yes I am glad to be doing it because it means spring is coming but at the same time I could care less.

It is late and I am still up, bummer. Maybe I should give up the internet.

Fixed heaven or hell?

I rode the fixie today to Jefferson Barricks and just chilled out. I kept the heart rate bewteen 135 and 150. My legs are pretty tired from the long ride yesterday. I am regretting riding the fixie because the ride is so stiff. I could feel every dip and bump in the road. Plus I am not set up very well on it. Tomorrow I am going to ride up and down Marshall for awhile. Should be fun.

4+ hours

I rode 67miles today with Dennis Koscielski. The head wind was brutal. We headout to west county and tooled around. At the end heading down Clayton we were drilling it. After the diaster yesterday I was having some serious doubts about how Froze Toes and the rest of the season would go. Well today anwsered that. Off to bed.
Here the numbers
4:16
67 miles
Adv 15.9
Calories 2049


Thanks Joe Williams

Train my way

Here we go again. Another group ride tht turned into a hammer fest and then a lecture. Today I was riding with two friends. we planned on riding long but due to poor roads we each flatted on the flint. They were throwing down which was not the plan. When my wates were sky high I would back it off only to hear shit from them.

Remember that when you are riding with some one they likely have their training plan and want to stick to it. I won't mess with my plan because guys who haven't ridden all week want to throw down.

Saul Raisin

Saul is Raisin hell. Saul is a very tatlented young cyclist. He crashed hard last season was in a comma and not has to wait to race. Well he is at the Tour of California. He is having a ride, called Raisin Hope to raise money for Spinal injury research.
I belive that what Saul has over come is going to make him one of the best cyclist in the world. The guy cheated death, if that isn't motivation to come back then I don't know what is.

Racing resources

I have a new section, racing resources. You can find it by scrolling down on the left. It is far from finished. If you have a link you think that belongs please send it to me.

1hour

I did one hour on the trainer and didn't die. I am on the pathway to recovery but like all good things they must end. I am going to be up late because of this stupid paper I have to type. Writing three pages on a belief I have such as hard work is the path way to success is borning. I am not sure why the teacher wants to read it. Let me clear the air, I don't want to write it. I have known for a week now and hate the stupid thing more and more every day. Thanks God and Jesus Christ I have kept every paper I have every written. Due to my extensive schooling I have numerious papers. However I have only one that may do the trick. We shall see. I am off on a adventure that is why hard work is the path eay to success. Eat it!

Sam Moore

I just got word that Sam Moore is an USCF offical!

Trainer burnout

Oh How I wish it was warm and sunny. I wouldn't even mind if was 40 and cloudy. Riding the trainer everyday is becoming a real drag. I am not sure how long I can hold up liike this. Plus I am so tired. Yawn

ESPN Page 2

The is a diary entry about the Grammys. I love when they do these. Read more here

The Lion King!

New Sponsor

Augusta Brewery will be sponsor in 2007. Since I no longer drink I will just have to enjoy their food. They own Square One brewery in Lafayette Park. They take the place of New Belgium who dropped sponsorship due to budget cuts. It is to bad about New Belgium because I know how much John Merli liked Fat Tire but he is very happy about our new sponsor. The feeling is mutual since they are naming a beer after cycling. If you hve any ideas post them and I will pass them along.

Not much

I don't write when I am tired and I have been exhausted. I rode hard two weeks ago. I didn't sleep well this past week and my riding suffered. I am off this friday and monday, Presidents day! I will have some big miles this weekend.

You heard it here I am taking a flyer at Froze Toes. The peloten is a bad place to be in Columbia.

The weather blows going to sit on the rollers.

More about Georgia

Left Thursday from St.Louis for warmer weather. Jay and I had planned to go to Athens for the Winter Bike League ride. we were tired of driving so we decided to stop in Acworth. The hotel was a trip. The guy who took care of getting us checked in was in training. I could tell he had no idea what he was doing and the guy giving him instructions just kept saying to us. Training he is in training. Then the trainie would flash a smaile. The dude had some teeth.

Friday we rode 58miles real easy. we were tring to get to Red Top Mountain state Park. we rode on some busy roades because the directions we had were not so good. However we got there and then had to get back. The tempertaure was starting to drop. I opted not to wear booties and was paying the price. After missing some more turns we did get back to the car. We made it back to the truck.
The ride started in a wealthy community. There were some big homes. I had the feeling it was were the Falcon and Braves players live. Everyone was very friendly. We had lots of waves. There was only one jack off who nearly rolled his jeep as he passed us. That was the only incident we had all weekend. Oh I forgot it was 40 when we finished. It was 15 in st.louis.

Saturday was the best day I have ever had on a bike. We rode from Ellijay. I wish I had a camera because man it is nice down there. The view from our hotel was as Borat says, very nice. Plus it was over 40 out. It was 9 in st.louis. Hilly route not much traffic. It was a good ride. I might do it when I go for the tour of Georgia.

Georgia

I was in Georgia over the weekend. I went down with Jay Strothman and we rode and hung out. The riding down there is great. Saturday we rode from Ellijay and bombed down a descent that the Tour of Georgia rides up. I saw Levi, Tafi, Bobby J, Floyd, and even Lance painted on the road. It was cool to see.

I will have more later