guiltypleasure

first race of the joe martin stage race is today.

yesterday consisted of sleeping in (until chad woke me up at 1000) with a grocery run request. that's the thing about having the van keys, i guess. made some zoka coffee in my travel french press (that thing is a life saver) and went out to the local coop (another life saver) for some good food stuffs.

got the guys together for a great ride in the local countryside. chad was nearly taken down by a pack of 5 rabid dogs. last year these dogs scared dustin macburnie so much that he sqealed like a girl.

registration was awesome as we arrived promptly at 600 and were the first ones to be registered. back on schedule, ah yeah. went to the manager's meeting with paxton and leslie who are my hosts and will be helping us with logistics and feeds at this and next week's race. pretty much a non-event. however, the promoter allowed 210 riders to register. that's too many riders so to cut the field size down so he'll have to impliment a 15% time cut. that means that riders who finish more than 15% behind the winner will not be allowed to continue the race. not a big deal in most of the long road stages as it means being down by 45 minutes or so. but in the time trial a 15% difference isn't a whole lot when you consider the difference between most of the amateurs and the top pros (or even the lesser pros and the top pros). there will be some unhappy people at this race. folks paid a lot of money and came from great distances to be in this.

so, this morning i made more coffee and am eating some oatmeal with apples. great stuff. got some good flow going. haven't had good flow since i left for san diego. been weighing in at a solid 168-170 pounds (which would have been awesome last year) since i got back. well this morning, i'm back in the 165 range. ah yeah! got my mojo working now!