quiet night

on my feet all day and feel it.

sat down twice.

legs weren't so happy, but oh man, when I sat down it felt great.

the dog hasn't been thrilled with me for coming home, heating up some left overs and plunking my ass down on the couch and putting my feet up.

i think she was hoping i would be making a big mess. I did make a salad and she did get the core and the ends of a few carrots, so not all is lost but I think she was hoping for more. No way was I going running, heck too burnt out at the moment to take her for a walk. Maybe in the morning we'll head out.

I got looking over at photos collected somewhere and there's a ton of shots that reminded me of Bend and the ice, and the f'n cold. of course it is 75F here and the humidity has crept up to the point where i'm not finding it comfortable, and i'm thinking about cyclocross.

and i realized, yes, it is hard, but you know what? it is pretty f'n awesome, bring on the season. Lets see what we can do to make it start differently than last year.

I don't know what it is about the end of August and all of September but it is one big f'n drama year after year. The car, the bike, this thing that thing... takes until October for stuff to shake out.

2009 Bend Nats were pretty awesome. Being in the pits for Bold's win, the Clydesdale Champion of the Universe race (man I crashed hard a few times in that race)... hmm i'm not a clydesdale anymore. Shit. Well nothing three or four bags of chips and a two cases of beer can't fix.

I did start thinking about the Thursday night TT, thinking that Avg speed and time to the Reynolds right hand turn reflects more on how aero you are and from Reynolds to the finish might reflect more on how strong you are. And maybe (yeah maybe I'm overthinking it again) maybe using the two avg speed differences as a ratio might work. Avg Speed to Reynolds:Avg Speed overall. I'd wager Graham and Bold don't drop a whole hell of a lot of speed (or didn't) from the turn on. Relative to others on full aero kit bikes.

Still have to get the car fixed. Meaning I need to head to a junk yard that has a compressor in who cares condition with a pulley that spins nice and free... don't need AC during CX season anyway.

randomly writing now. for no reason. other than why i write many other times, a vain attempt to connect... and really to try and get this shit out of my head. time to stop wiping the sleep induced watery eyes with habanero laced hands (sort of a perpetual motion - wipe water, apply pepper, wipe water apply pepper) and just close up shop.

and see how much sleep my dog will let me get tonight.

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