I have never made much investments into the ground hog. Nor Have I been one to keep tabs on the almanac. I have been known to be a keen observer of the environment.
I drive all the time while working and I see the birds out there carrying twigs in their beaks preparing their nests for the babies that are soon to come. I also, sing alot more, impromptu songs I make up off the top of my head about whatever subject comes up at the moment.
I have not ridden much the past two weeks for a couple of reasons. For one I have been slammed at work and at life. If I haven't been busy doing one thing, its been another keeping me tied down. I didn't mind taking a week off the bike, I spent the first two months of the years riding lots of off road miles and resting is just as important to your training as riding is.
The family and I loaded up and took a trip to visit my brother who lives in Naples. We had a great weekend just hanging out. My eldest son, my nephew and I got an opportunity to skate the local skate park that was top notch. I was like a child with hyperactivity disorder, I could not make up my mind as to what I was going to ride, there were so many good things there that I spent an hour just skating from one side of the place to the other. Eventually I settled into the snake run to experiment and try and figure it out. Unfortunately, I took a hard slam and banged up my elbow pretty good. I still managed to skate a little more, but it sure did take some momentum out of my kick.
Later on that week, I got a package from specialized. I scored a new seat, some baggy cycling shorts and some bad ass sunglasses whose lens change darkness or lightness based on the lighting that I am encountering in my surroundings. Pretty fresh!
Last Thursday, I got together with Jason and Trevor, some fellow team mates and we did a night ride at the secret trail. It was chilly, but it was fun. I wish I knew who added the new section and the new features at the trail cause it took a great little loop and made it even better. We fired off two laps and wrapped it up. Towards the end of the ride, I was really putting the hammer down, but my toes where screaming in pain. Turns out, the temperature had dropped down past my technological threshold to a freezing 34 degrees. Despite of the temperature I discovered that night some potential things that I need to investigate. There was a rail road tie bridge that led to some dirt roads which means sometime soon I'm going to have to experiment and see where the trails take me.
This past Saturday morning, I got to put my new wheels on my Mamasita which I was super excited about. The weight of the bike has come down, but I think I need to maybe go tubeless and maybe get some different cranks to bring the weight down even more. The tubeless thing I will do, but I don't see myself buying some new cranks anytime soon. Unfortunately, I had to leave my bike at the shop which seriously bummed me out. I need to get a certain adapter in order to make my rotors work with the XTR hubs that are on there and reluctantly I am forced to wait a couple of days.
The mood carried over to the Sk8TQ that I attended. Its a Jam/reunion of the Original godfathers of West Volusia skateboarding with beer, food and prizes. Because of my new diet, there was no drinking for me, and I have skated his obstacles enough times that the motivation to ride hard was not there for me and although I did roll around a little bit, I stayed mostly seated. A vote was called to hit the tiny skate park that is close by and that got me excited. I was able to pull off some new tricks, which surprised me. My own personal highlight was the front side alleyoop ollies off the quarter pipe into the bank.
So, since my Mamasita will be at the shop for a couple of days it gives me a great opportunity to reassemble my single speed. Apply my "fit" to it and ride the hell out of it at the secret trail in the dark, since it seems the only time I am able to get out and ride. Does anyone know when we spring forward for goodness sakes!
On a final note, I am now down a total of 15lbs nearly half way to my goal. Everyone at the jam commented on how I was disappearing and I really could tell a difference in the pictures from the 12 hour. Its kinda interesting to look at those pictures and compare them to the ones from the 6 hours of lagarto from a year earlier.
I am looking forward to more training and more riding and more fun. I will keep you guys posted as always,
Laters,
Enjoy,
LOS
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