once again

meh... TOC? Are they actually racing out there?

I'm far more excited and depressed about the final weekend of cross.

Cross - Sluitingsprijs Oostmalle, (GvA #8), Bel (C1)
February 17: Full results & report
Cross - Superprestige #7, Bel (C1)
February 16: Full report & brief results

Prince Albert seems to just be freaking ON FIRE. Man he's been putting on a clinic lately.

Our favorite American Living in Belgium (Christine) showed up and represented with a 14th only a couple minutes off the winner (Mmmmm Daphny).

Those of you who read Rachel's interview on Velonews might have picked up something very cool. She has fun racing. Seems she has fun training. Just really loves the bike. THAT is very cool.

Ya know, after two days of demo, I look down at my arms and hands and say - these don't feel like mine. I feel like I can rip down some more wall, yank some more 2x3 studs out. Haul more stuff around. Damn sissy cyclist arms. A true cyclist physique makes ya look pretty freaking frail from the waist up. Even Crossers. The difference between a tour dude and a cyclocross racer might be just a bit more lower back/waist tone in the CX racer from the running and carrying of the bike... But then, it still comes down to being fast and all ya need are the legs and good power to weight. Power to weight. Last week I mistakenly hopped on the scale at an odd time of the day and found myself to be over the Clydesdale line. Well. I checked again at the end of the week after spending the first part of the week sick (sun-wed) and the second part (thr-fri) on the bike and, well damn, i'm 10 pounds lighter. Craaaaazy. Checked a couple times this weekend, still under the 195 mark. Hmmm. There's hope that my legs can haul my fat ass up the hills at Battenkill yet.

Or not. I was reading the 'Dirty Dozen' article in Urban Velo #5 last week. That sounds like way too much fun. Watched the Video of the Rhonde de Portland or what ever that was. Very cool. Might need to organize a branch from the Rhode Island Smack Down ride to include a race up each hill here in Providence starting at College and working north until heck maybe Cedar. Need to find an organizer to score the first person to the top and then someone to say go at the bottom... But i don't think we'd get the hundreds of people (probably a good thing) that the other two rides get so the 'winner' (first to the top the most) could be scored by mutual agreement.

Hmm - couple that with a team mattes 80 mile ride that hits every hill in the GPA (greater providence area) and That is some fun "training."

Cooked a big batch of some tasty saucy pasta goodness last night. Watched the Red Wings suck and Dale Jr not quite get to the front when it counted. But hey my Stock Car Challenge team did pretty darn well I scored in the 99.76903%. I'll say this, it was a very exciting race, towards the end. Kinda boring for a while - but it held my attention with that #88 always near the front. If you care who wins, ya can watch/follow anything. TOC? Um. Sorry but I kinda don't really care who wins and even with Ball's antics I just don't feel like seeing who's doing what.

Ah well. Got the tough choice of either making yet another creative masterwork or eating what i've made already. Maybe both. Hmmm. I really kinda want to make a linquica sauce (cream based I think) over pasta. Maybe I should save that for another night.

I'm going to see if i can get these recipes up for the past two masterworks, in between finishing the room and painting. and maybe riding the bike...

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