just trying to prove paul wrong

At least about his comment on the most updated blog. Sorry, got busy and a bit withdrawn after a few comments and reading a few things.

That NoHo incident still is fresh, and I do appreciate the verbal support from my friends, and it helps but ever so often I kind balance between being angry and sad and just sort of locked up in an introspection loop.

I'll get through, esp thanks to the great people in this community we have here in New England racing Cyclocross. Seriously. I know the scene may be huge in other parts of the country but it is a tight knit family we've got here.

Racing Cross in New England is like walking into Cheers (back on the TV show before it went crazy marketed commercial) "Where everyone knows your name." And if they don't hang around long enough and they will. It is pretty awesome.

I finally signed up for Shedd Park. Gonna see if I can build on this rest week. Last night wasn't so restful. Got crazy busy and all of a sudden it was 4:25. Getting changed and on the bike and out the door in 5 minutes was a record in itself, but getting home by 4:50? Holy Flerking SHNIT. I even soft pedaled for a minute or two going through the Riverside Arenberg Forest. I haven't made a time split that good even with the TT bike and disc wheel cover. It felt awesome.

But not exactly what Coach wanted me to do this week. Hey I got home in time and didn't hold up those headed out the door.

The end is coming up soon. The end of the season. I'm going to have to start racing more in august to get a bit fitter and faster earlier in the season. And that means crits. Road races don't do squat. Esp around here too many hills for a fat guy like me. I need nice flat crits. Boring as hell maybe, but they seem mentally tolerable sitting here knowing what kind of benefits they'll pay out during cross season. That said, it is hard enough to get to all these cross races with the schedules. Now I have to try and hit a month of two of crits to get ready? Man. We'll have to play that one by ear when the summer rolls around.

Signed up for Lowell (did I say that already? - screw it i'm not scrolling back up to check). Time to dig out the Race Predictor!

Oh and yall bring some Cash for a T-shirt, get one for yourself and one for me. Along with getting your raffle tickets from the HUP gang to benefit Harry Lam and his family, pick up a t-shirt to wear. Skulls and Beers.

You'll need one at Nationals if you are going to you can stand out amongst the sea of Left Coasters (we all know which one is the real "lame" side anyway). (Yeah i'm talking harmless smack - those boys over there are big enough to take it, and unlike Treefarm i'll be clear - i mean it all friendly and stuff).

HOLY SHIT.

So I head to crossresults.com, and noticed all the skulls and the first one says "NEW DEFEAT: GARY DAVID" so awesome, and i go to tweet that and get 1/2 through the tweet and realize, wait a minute. That's from Plymouth, and the alarm bells go off and it clicks! RESULTS ARE UP!!!!!

And even better?

Some how i'm TOP TEN!!! Yeah seriously. Two in a weekend? A 9th and a 10th. So all that moping about sprinting Chad for the place to get top ten was for naught. And those Crossresults points are nothing to sneeze at (for me). Should see another green Arrow when Results Boy runs the numbers.

Okay Blogging with Coffee in the system is wicked way more fun. I wonder if I'll sleep tonight. WHO CARES. That coffee over at Legend Bikes that Pete made. HOly crap that was AAAAAWESOME.

Anyway.

Scattered. Anyone keeping up? Did ya read the bit that Parkin wrote about JP? Word! on that man. Good stuff. And it says something about wanting to race against the best (loosely translating to me racing the Elite Masters here in New England). You want to go up against the best. Getting beat by them is expected, but when you have a good day? Holy crap.

His music reference is pretty bang on. You can play in some session somewhere, but at a real gig where people pay money to hear you (i'm going with the irish musician parallel) that's something different. Sure anyone can sit in and play at sessions all over the country, bring your instrument and some ability, and make it happen. There's bound to be at least one good person, but it is like racing a 3/4 race. Being one of the better ones is cool for a while but you ain't gonna learn as much, or have as rewarding an experience as you do sitting with a band.

I should stop waxing and working this allusion. I could probably go on for a while on that. Esp given my background as a musician.

So yeah - when you are in Town. Check out the coolest bike shop in the Fox Point Neighborhood of PVD: http://legendbicycle.com/. And see if Pete has the coffee maker going. Bring some cash and some spare time, shoot the breeze and hang out, and enjoy a bit of nectar.

Yeah. I could so easily go back to drinking a half dozen double shots of espresso a day.

Pumped for Lowell.

Lets get this rumble started. CCR, G-Ride, Helicopter Matt and his annoying seat post (hell i'd take the fucking bottom bracket out, get a god damn hole saw drill bit and cut the damn thing out bit by bit instead of racing with it like that for 3-4 years), Buckley, and Hersey, hell even Marvin is jumping in with 'us' for a change. It is gonna be a slug fest up there in the 35+ on Saturday. Gonna be a good show.

There is that GeWilli enough for today? I really should toss in a handful more links, i've got them laying around... but i'm hitting publish.

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(yeah I'll get around to writing the plymouth south race report soon).

I still have to wash the bike for saturday. it being cold out and all sort of cooled off my motivation to bust out the hose and brush.