Steelers won... now my brother out in seattle will be happy... no not cause the seahawks are going but because the Steelers are going-- yes he is one of a handful of steelers fans who inhabit a certain indian casino for every steelers game... anyway - the seahawks won because Carolina showed up with a one dimensional team, yeah Seattle has a great defense but it didn't look special against washington and washington's offense is pretty stinky... anyway - enough football...
sick... sinus yuck, but still riding... I wonder if they award Belgian points for riding in the snow, then riding in the remains of the snow in the rain, while you are gripped with a crappy sinus infection? The weather i can't help, but it also won't stop me. The sinus crap I owe to a certain 60s/70s OB that yanked me out of my mom with forcepts, and no not the nice ergonomic baby head safe ones they have the option of using now... no these were the stainless salad tongs... and they swashed my head funny. Ear canal that points up into my head instead of horizontally... and a damn high propensity to collect crap and create ear or sinus pressure/infection all cause those spaces in my head that supposedly drain do not drain... no freaking fun... and yes cause i'm sick i feel like bitching about it...
beer... oh beer how i love thee (duh if ya didn't get the DC reference... it aint cause he's got porn its cause i can understand the relation of booze and cycling)... oh and on an aside... its better to get your bike worked on in the morning if the bike shop is near a bar that serves lunch... its safer to get a bike worked on in the afternoon if its only near a coffee shop... bike shop near bar = loaded mechanics... don't ask me how i know... bike shop near coffee shop = jittery dropsies mechanics in the morning before they've eaten lunch... don't ask me how i know... the nice thing is more customers will never know the difference cause the mechanics aren't usually on display... kinda like the car mechanics ... the waiting room often isn't in the same room that the mechanic is working on the car... but anyway the reason for mention is since the onset of lack of sleep and the dreaded sinus attack (I kinda wish they'd add some anti-bacterial junk to the flu shot)... i've cut back - to nuthing... no big deal... but in a way it is... i can't fire off emails to Big Johnny saying "dude 6 PBRs and 2 Sam Adams have treated me well this evening..." followed by something else equally stupid but funny (to me). Ahh the humor in beverage consumption... which is why i find it even funnier, those who eschew alcoholic beverage, and even funnier those who look down with pitty and distain at those who decide to indulge in a bit of ETOH consuption... heck, maybe i just have a better alchohol dehydrogenase promoter in my genetics... could be!?
coffee... the other edge of my existance, its certainly not like it was when i didn't have responsibilities... ie wake up.. eat massive breakfast - drink copious quantities of coffee - ride to work/lab - drink MORE coffee - ride to work/bikeshop - eat lunch drink beer - work/lab/shop - drink another coffee - go for big group ride - eat massive dinner - drink lots of beer with friends at bar... sleep - wake up and repeat... its a pretty serious cycle... and the only time the fluid being taken in doesn't have either caffine or alcohol is on the bike... pretty crazy eh? well it works... but... the coffee lingers at the only one with a physical addiction i can't shake... booze? no problem, can drop that at will no side affects... coffee? the headaches and brain fog from going cold turkey flat out stink... so instead of a 4 tablespoon pot of french roast in the french press at home followed by 4 or 6 tablespoons of coarse ground french roast in a 8 or 10 (depending on how much i think i'll need) cup drip maker at work i'm down to the former. Sure that's a lot of coffee... BUT its not THAT much, i don't really acutally use that many grounds, and the coffee i drink (french roast) is pretty low on the total caffine scale... but its different... that and i always hope i can keep to the coffee only in the morning... and usually it works, for a week or two or a month... it works until that couple nights in a row of children interuppting my sleep, usually cause they are sick... and then i get tired, work sleep deprived and boom - what happens... good old dad starts it back up with the sick rant (see above)... fun life i live and somewhere i am supposed to get 'training' in so i don't embarass myself in my first year as a 35 year old masters racer... or at least a 35+ B racer... it remains to be seen which it'll be...
houses - not gonna touch this one with the current state of ramblin i'm in now... might never see me stop writing....
hills - went out and peeked at Jenkes... pretty damn freaking steep shit - i believe its 16% or more... Doyle up from N Main might be a more challenging climb than Cypress. The delightful Dawn mentioned that the hill up from KFC is the longest and best (cypress) - well i checked em all out this weekend after i left here - Jenkes is two short blocks... wicked... and cypress is a bit steeper in sections than Doyle and might be a tenth longer, but it also has a few lower grade sections... that and a trip up Doyle means i stopped at Wholefoods/Tiffanys for provisions and am riding with extra cargo and that means more weight and most importantly requires more watts to get up the hill than me in kit... and speaking of riding...
yeah - i rode in this weather today... i just hope the water drains off the roads and we wind up with not the solid ice mess after the snow for Cyclocross Nats...
but i did ride the Cross bike today - its a sick beast and i love it... just need more of em... i'm also kinda bummed cause the ridley they listed at CyclocrossWorld.com sold - i kinda figured the 60cm would kick around long enough for me to scrape enough coin to have a second cross machine for the next season... sounds like i've gotta succomb to the advice of SWMBO and race a season before i get a backup bike for the pits (maybe if i am doing well i can justify it for the Cross Nats event).
Speaking of Cross nats... i had word that the course is still plainly visible at Roger Williams Park... i wonder how it'll look next year, if its the same setup or not... at anyrate - one of these spring days it might be fun to do a run through of that course... for the hell of it...
now while i'm still talking about myths and dreams - the campus preacher will close the book on today's sermon and step off the park bench - G
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sounds pretty good - but hold the cinnamon and the cloves and just gimme the heat!
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gonna have ta try that some time - not now cause all i have is some Red Hot to add to the coffee and as much as i dig the heat... i don't think that combo is what i'm gonna start off with - but that's a great idea thank you!
makes me wonder - is there a connection between cyclocross madness and coffee consumption? hmmmm
-g
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