Todays ride 6/28

Posted on Saturday, June 28, 2008 in Cyclocross Racing, Training

Greetings Readers!

Yesterday was a cheat day (day off the bike) and Mom, the Moneypit, and I parked the car and rode our bikes a whopping 4 mile round trip over to McMenamims for a burgler and a beer. Well, Mom and I had the beer. Anyway, we parked the bikes and sat outside while letting the weeks stress flow out of our bodies. Fortunately for us there was a Cold Stone Ice creamery located in the same parking lot. We walked our bikes over and had some Ice Cream. There would be no repeat of last Friday for me, 1 pint o’ porter and a chicken sandwhich was all I had, followed by some delicious ice cream.

The weather man was predicting 100 degrees today and he was right, 101 @ 5pm. Sheesh, can I get a little time to acclimate? Hell it rained thru most of Junuary. I headed out early @ 8am, thinking I’d just get my miles in and get back before it got too hot. Hell, it was already hot, I was sweating 5 mins into the ride. Lots of riders out this morning, everybody wanted to beat the heat. I rode for a few hours, then headed over to Starbucks for an Ice Venti Green Tea Lemonade. Ho’ man that was refreshing! I was home by 11am to avoid the afternoon heat. Tomorrow will be a duplicate of today, only I’ll have “Uncle Tim” and “Skeletor” with me. I’ll get my butt kicked, but that’s ok, it’s good to get your butt kicked now and then.

During the last post I mentioned I’ve been thinking of a cross SS, being that I’ve been bitten by the Single Speed bug. So I went trolling and found some cool SS crossers and feel compelled to share. There’s an Indy Fab, Speedvagen, Mike Desalvo, and a Steelman Eurocross. Can I have one?