be as irreverent as hell...
Friday, March 29, 2013
Thursday, March 28, 2013
more breakfast data against f'n cereal
http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/97/4/677.abstract?sid=8dcdd012-1e37-4a47-9788-86cc324653b6
and here's a media digestion of the study: http://life.nationalpost.com/2013/03/27/high-protein-breakfasts-may-help-fend-off-hunger-cravings-obesity-study
A good study, science seems solid. Disappointing funding source (high conflict of interest) but that doesn't really change the results. H/T to eric on G+ or pointing it out to me.
Couple that with the tweet this AM about Breakfast cereal brands spending more on advertising than raw ingredients and you can maybe see a problem.
The Kashi advert with the "as much protein as an egg" should be a red-flag, esp with the calories not being equal. The bio-availability of the protein in an egg is nearly 100%. You can't say the same for the protein in grain/cereals so you would need to eat a bit more to get the same available protein.
Would be a good Egg Marketing corporation advert to target that fact, put a two egg omelet up along side the number of bowls of Kashi 'high protein' cereal needed to get the same amount of bio-available protien, like that old Total cereal advert when people were more worried about loading their cereal with vitamins and minerals they couldn't absorb.
and here's a media digestion of the study: http://life.nationalpost.com/2013/03/27/high-protein-breakfasts-may-help-fend-off-hunger-cravings-obesity-study
A good study, science seems solid. Disappointing funding source (high conflict of interest) but that doesn't really change the results. H/T to eric on G+ or pointing it out to me.
Couple that with the tweet this AM about Breakfast cereal brands spending more on advertising than raw ingredients and you can maybe see a problem.
The Kashi advert with the "as much protein as an egg" should be a red-flag, esp with the calories not being equal. The bio-availability of the protein in an egg is nearly 100%. You can't say the same for the protein in grain/cereals so you would need to eat a bit more to get the same available protein.
Would be a good Egg Marketing corporation advert to target that fact, put a two egg omelet up along side the number of bowls of Kashi 'high protein' cereal needed to get the same amount of bio-available protien, like that old Total cereal advert when people were more worried about loading their cereal with vitamins and minerals they couldn't absorb.
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
make it work lunch on sunday (kipper salad sandwich)
Reading through the folders while I was eating my left over chicken orzo soup (soooo f'n good) I encountered something that seemed odd to find in proximity to my 'invention' lunch on Sunday.
Youngest went for the routine quesadilla, we were pretty light on provisions, weekly shopping trip was going to happen after lunch so there wasn't much to choose from.
But we did have some Bar Harbor brand Kippers (OSJL find) and some whole wheat hamburger buns.
Kipper salad sandwiches. Why not, the oldest was intrigued enough, and loves tuna salad, and has had the Obree sardine mash on crackers a few times already.
Started with a 'damnit' moment when the easy open pull tab detached from the can. Seam cutting can opener to the rescue. Before long we had the contents of the can drained and being mashed up in a bowl.
First up some plain onion (had one left). maybe 1/4 of an onion diced finely.
Then about a 1/4 of a red bell pepper diced just a bit larger than the onion.
One Grillo dill pickle quarter diced up about the size of the onion.
also from the Grillo container 4-5 slices of pickled garlic chopped up and some of the pickled fresh dill chopped up for the mix.
Some German Mustard (couple tablespoons maybe)
Some Extra Virgin Olive Oil, 3-4 tablespoons.
Yes Olive oil. I haven't used Mayo in the Tuna salads for a long time, I like it and it tastes good but I usually buy some, then use a little and it sits in the fridge untouched. And I tried it with just olive oil and mustard and other than visuals it was a brilliant pairing for the tuna.
Get that all mixed, added some black pepper, salt, dried dill, cayenne pepper, taste, adjust more of the last seasonings then prepare sandwiches.
We toasted the buns in a pan, then when they got nice and hot and toasty slapped some swiss on there and scooped the mix onto the rolls. Made enough for two big sandwiches and a couple fork-fulls (so yummy just on the fork even).
It
was
amazing
Crunch, smokey flavor, solid good sustainable protein source, healthy fats, veggies... and super quick.
Quick that is unless you're wicked slow at chopping stuff (I'm close to -but not- pro level fast when it comes to knife work and veggies).
Made for a good lunch, and something to look forward to for the next time we are thinking about what to eat.
Food, simple, not complicated to eat well.
And talking about it and thinking about it keeps me away from other topics...
heddwch
G
Youngest went for the routine quesadilla, we were pretty light on provisions, weekly shopping trip was going to happen after lunch so there wasn't much to choose from.
But we did have some Bar Harbor brand Kippers (OSJL find) and some whole wheat hamburger buns.
Kipper salad sandwiches. Why not, the oldest was intrigued enough, and loves tuna salad, and has had the Obree sardine mash on crackers a few times already.
Started with a 'damnit' moment when the easy open pull tab detached from the can. Seam cutting can opener to the rescue. Before long we had the contents of the can drained and being mashed up in a bowl.
First up some plain onion (had one left). maybe 1/4 of an onion diced finely.
Then about a 1/4 of a red bell pepper diced just a bit larger than the onion.
One Grillo dill pickle quarter diced up about the size of the onion.
also from the Grillo container 4-5 slices of pickled garlic chopped up and some of the pickled fresh dill chopped up for the mix.
Some German Mustard (couple tablespoons maybe)
Some Extra Virgin Olive Oil, 3-4 tablespoons.
Yes Olive oil. I haven't used Mayo in the Tuna salads for a long time, I like it and it tastes good but I usually buy some, then use a little and it sits in the fridge untouched. And I tried it with just olive oil and mustard and other than visuals it was a brilliant pairing for the tuna.
Get that all mixed, added some black pepper, salt, dried dill, cayenne pepper, taste, adjust more of the last seasonings then prepare sandwiches.
We toasted the buns in a pan, then when they got nice and hot and toasty slapped some swiss on there and scooped the mix onto the rolls. Made enough for two big sandwiches and a couple fork-fulls (so yummy just on the fork even).
It
was
amazing
Crunch, smokey flavor, solid good sustainable protein source, healthy fats, veggies... and super quick.
Quick that is unless you're wicked slow at chopping stuff (I'm close to -but not- pro level fast when it comes to knife work and veggies).
Made for a good lunch, and something to look forward to for the next time we are thinking about what to eat.
Food, simple, not complicated to eat well.
And talking about it and thinking about it keeps me away from other topics...
heddwch
G
Monday, March 25, 2013
weirdness
Just flat out weird. Odd being the one who doesn't do any riding on the weekends if it isn't a race, and I've got no racing coming up. Chris Hinds crit? I haven't missed that in a while... ain't gonna happen. Not a chance. My road season has been lately the three or four crits at Ninigret. Looks like I'm gonna change things up dramatically this year. NO ROAD SEASON. Quantum Pro drive train is really pretty hosed. Beyond worn, and not with a handful of races to put $ into a whole new drive train. Besides this 10sp shit is horrible. Wears so fast. FOR ME. I don't care what the rest of you know-it-all-jackasses have found, FOR ME, this shit wears fast. January I was at 50%... now 100%. I was going to change the chain at 75 like all the fastidious freaks do, but figured commuting 8 miles each way? pfft should take a while to get there. WRONG. Oh well. Now that this cassette is so worn i can activate the worn 10sp race cassettes from the last couple seasons and now I'm not swapping cogs between studded snow tires and commuter tires.
Weird being the only one fresh on the bike monday. Sure I didn't say anything about it but I did notice everyone complaining about being lumber, luggage, dead, extra coffee, zombie... this morning.
BIKEMAN http://www.bikeman.com (not only a local brick and mortar store, but a great online presence and sponsors a kick ass team) gave my brain the ultimate THANKS FOR THAT ANSWER. I've been scratching my head, searching the internets (well i did a while back, couldn't find it till this)... why did I not remember it until I saw the other part It was a shimano tool, and we had em in all the shops I've worked at up until lately around here. Why? Not sure. Maybe because that part of the tool is sort of superflous now: http://www.bikeman.com/bicycle-repair-tech-info/name-that-tool/553-name-that-tool-9
but in the second answer the shimano tool number is the Coveted BEST F'N DER HANGER TOOL OUT THERE! Beats every other single one hands down.
New park one sucks in comparison. Shoot nothing worked as well as the D/A tool. Even w/o the freewheel chainline/hanger reference alignment part.
TL-RD10 would be awesome to find in my stocking if I believed the fat bearded elf still delivered to jacked old farts like me.
Holy crap there is a cassette version of it: http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/aa327/parisbike/DURA2.jpg
photo of actual TL-RD10: http://www.bikemontt.com/foro/uploads/monthly_07_2010/post-2092-1278100966,18_thumb.jpg
the orientation of the ruler makes it much easier to use than the new shimano one, and the tension was variable so you could get it to slide in just enough and then stay there. elegant tool.
Weird being the only one fresh on the bike monday. Sure I didn't say anything about it but I did notice everyone complaining about being lumber, luggage, dead, extra coffee, zombie... this morning.
BIKEMAN http://www.bikeman.com (not only a local brick and mortar store, but a great online presence and sponsors a kick ass team) gave my brain the ultimate THANKS FOR THAT ANSWER. I've been scratching my head, searching the internets (well i did a while back, couldn't find it till this)... why did I not remember it until I saw the other part It was a shimano tool, and we had em in all the shops I've worked at up until lately around here. Why? Not sure. Maybe because that part of the tool is sort of superflous now: http://www.bikeman.com/bicycle-repair-tech-info/name-that-tool/553-name-that-tool-9
but in the second answer the shimano tool number is the Coveted BEST F'N DER HANGER TOOL OUT THERE! Beats every other single one hands down.
New park one sucks in comparison. Shoot nothing worked as well as the D/A tool. Even w/o the freewheel chainline/hanger reference alignment part.
TL-RD10 would be awesome to find in my stocking if I believed the fat bearded elf still delivered to jacked old farts like me.
Holy crap there is a cassette version of it: http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/aa327/parisbike/DURA2.jpg
photo of actual TL-RD10: http://www.bikemontt.com/foro/uploads/monthly_07_2010/post-2092-1278100966,18_thumb.jpg
the orientation of the ruler makes it much easier to use than the new shimano one, and the tension was variable so you could get it to slide in just enough and then stay there. elegant tool.
Saturday, March 23, 2013
calorie thinking
It does come down to biochemistry, if your biochemistry is not terribly passable it may be less apparent why it is best to avoid ingesting compounds we can't metabolize, vs others we have pathways to process and deal with.
This link came through the internets today and it is good. Pretty simplistic but there are some links to follow up and the fundamentals are pretty sound. Keep in mind the bias of the author seems to be a pro-paleo diet but that's not such a bad thing. Esp since the basics of "eat what your body needs" and eat "starches" based on your activity level.
Some people call the read long, seems that the one thing lacking in the internet is people taking time they do have and using it well.
Give it a read
or not.
This link came through the internets today and it is good. Pretty simplistic but there are some links to follow up and the fundamentals are pretty sound. Keep in mind the bias of the author seems to be a pro-paleo diet but that's not such a bad thing. Esp since the basics of "eat what your body needs" and eat "starches" based on your activity level.
Some people call the read long, seems that the one thing lacking in the internet is people taking time they do have and using it well.
Give it a read
or not.
Breakfast? what to eat?
What not to eat: boxed/packaged cereal with milk (esp not skim milk), oatmeal that comes preflavored and individually packaged, pop-tarts, freezer toaster waffles... long list but yeah not everyone wants to make a nice breakfast scramble every morning, or an egg sandwich, or waffles.
Although with a smart phone you can do your morning twitter/fb catching up while cooking more or less and have a better start to the day.
Again, cold cereal is a great post ride recovery meal. Save that shit for then, AFTER you've had a hard workout when you need the insulin spike and the rapid loading of the blood stream. Aka exactly what you don't want to break a fast with. The whole recommendations can't be applied universally to all ages either, or individuals. Genetics, epi-genetics all that play a role.
Whatever, I know. Dead horse. Fuck it. Point being a quick meal that you can make from scratch, a head, store in an air tight container and enjoy for a while that tastes good and frankly right now is a popular go-to when I don't make pancakes or waffles and they don't want a breakfast sandwich or omelet.
Muesli
I've bought that Swiss stuff in the box in the past, usually I'll have a bowl of that or oatmeal before a long ride or a race morning in addition to an egg sandwich or big egg and veggie scramble.
One day the girls tried it and loved it. Oops. All gone.
And then my oldest asked if I could make some.
Um, sure why not.
So a few iterations later I have a decent recipe that doesn't last very long.
No idea on actual measurements because I haven't done that yet. Mixed till it looks right or so...
in a stainless omelet pan brown/toast 3-5 tablespoons of whole wheat flour
let cool (should turn a bit dark and smell toasty)
In a big bowl or gallon ziplock bag put in 2 quarts or so (use those quart bulk container things as measuring) old fashioned rolled oats (not quick cook oats)
1-2 cups of quick cook oats (for the smaller flake and oat flour)
1 cup sesame seeds
1 cup crushed almond slices (buy the sliced almonds and then just crush them by hand as you're putting them in)
1 cup raisins
3-4 tablespoons of sugar
That's it. Mix well, serve.
Make it euro style and put the whole (raw if you can get it) milk in before you go to bed and put the bowl in the fridge. Or make it with yogurt, or yogurt and milk.
Dice up some apples in it, or bananas, or whatever fruit you want (they should be an accent, not a significant calorie source in the meal). Cinnamon too if you want a bit more flavor.
Options: other grain flakes, or grain flours (grind up millet and buckwheat if you want) can easily go gluten free if you want, sub a different flour for the wheat.
My kids like to eat it with just a bare splash of milk, enjoying the crunch and texture of the ingredients.
Although with a smart phone you can do your morning twitter/fb catching up while cooking more or less and have a better start to the day.
Again, cold cereal is a great post ride recovery meal. Save that shit for then, AFTER you've had a hard workout when you need the insulin spike and the rapid loading of the blood stream. Aka exactly what you don't want to break a fast with. The whole recommendations can't be applied universally to all ages either, or individuals. Genetics, epi-genetics all that play a role.
Whatever, I know. Dead horse. Fuck it. Point being a quick meal that you can make from scratch, a head, store in an air tight container and enjoy for a while that tastes good and frankly right now is a popular go-to when I don't make pancakes or waffles and they don't want a breakfast sandwich or omelet.
Muesli
I've bought that Swiss stuff in the box in the past, usually I'll have a bowl of that or oatmeal before a long ride or a race morning in addition to an egg sandwich or big egg and veggie scramble.
One day the girls tried it and loved it. Oops. All gone.
And then my oldest asked if I could make some.
Um, sure why not.
So a few iterations later I have a decent recipe that doesn't last very long.
No idea on actual measurements because I haven't done that yet. Mixed till it looks right or so...
in a stainless omelet pan brown/toast 3-5 tablespoons of whole wheat flour
let cool (should turn a bit dark and smell toasty)
In a big bowl or gallon ziplock bag put in 2 quarts or so (use those quart bulk container things as measuring) old fashioned rolled oats (not quick cook oats)
1-2 cups of quick cook oats (for the smaller flake and oat flour)
1 cup sesame seeds
1 cup crushed almond slices (buy the sliced almonds and then just crush them by hand as you're putting them in)
1 cup raisins
3-4 tablespoons of sugar
That's it. Mix well, serve.
Make it euro style and put the whole (raw if you can get it) milk in before you go to bed and put the bowl in the fridge. Or make it with yogurt, or yogurt and milk.
Dice up some apples in it, or bananas, or whatever fruit you want (they should be an accent, not a significant calorie source in the meal). Cinnamon too if you want a bit more flavor.
Options: other grain flakes, or grain flours (grind up millet and buckwheat if you want) can easily go gluten free if you want, sub a different flour for the wheat.
My kids like to eat it with just a bare splash of milk, enjoying the crunch and texture of the ingredients.
the cookies for the cookie ride
*I've updated the recipe here: http://www.gewilli.com/2014/03/gewillies-aka-chocolate-peanut-butter.html slight but minor changes... this recipe still works but i've moved to the new one and loooooving it #FATWATTS #FUELFORDAYS*
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies.
That's what I would have been making. Maybe one day will magically clear up this week, maybe, ya never know, i'm skeptical but if the opportunity arises I'm taking it.
The cookies, I've even done a Luna Peanut Butter Chocolate Protein bar nutritional comparison spreadsheet with them. I had thought I'd posted the recipe but can't find it so I probably didn't.
I am getting it down, secret recipes ain't no good if you aren't sharing the final product with anyone or monetizing it or entering competitions. I'm not doing much of any of that.
Recipe:
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies.
That's what I would have been making. Maybe one day will magically clear up this week, maybe, ya never know, i'm skeptical but if the opportunity arises I'm taking it.
The cookies, I've even done a Luna Peanut Butter Chocolate Protein bar nutritional comparison spreadsheet with them. I had thought I'd posted the recipe but can't find it so I probably didn't.
I am getting it down, secret recipes ain't no good if you aren't sharing the final product with anyone or monetizing it or entering competitions. I'm not doing much of any of that.
Recipe:
Friday, March 22, 2013
the game
i would write about it but now suddenly words get second-guessed before the hit the paper
i've re-titled this four times, started it three, walked away all four before sitting back down
can't say it anymore
what's the point
i can't take the twitter cliques anymore, too much like my social life to date
i would elaborate but it would probably be mis-construed
facebook is worse, has been
i don't know if a break will work again, not sure i care
and the one avenue that is... sorry, was... mine, doesn't work
the layers of this onion are complex, there is no one answer. if you think you have a clue? Let me tell you straight the fuck up: You don't. Not even close.
not sure what to do
15 min later
still... staring at the white screen
only thought is
i'm pretty far from heddwch
i've re-titled this four times, started it three, walked away all four before sitting back down
can't say it anymore
what's the point
i can't take the twitter cliques anymore, too much like my social life to date
i would elaborate but it would probably be mis-construed
facebook is worse, has been
i don't know if a break will work again, not sure i care
and the one avenue that is... sorry, was... mine, doesn't work
the layers of this onion are complex, there is no one answer. if you think you have a clue? Let me tell you straight the fuck up: You don't. Not even close.
not sure what to do
15 min later
still... staring at the white screen
only thought is
i'm pretty far from heddwch
the load...
I'll carry the load
I'm on the grind, in time I'll pay the debt that's owed
I walk along the lonely road
I walk along the lonely road
I walk along the lonely road
Thursday, March 21, 2013
moment of zen
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
holy shit - totally flat
That sucked. Good reality check, nice to know how much I suck on a bad day when everything goes fucking wrong and you feel like garbage on the bike. Nice to know.
Now I know.
Now I know.
right on the edge
No wonder it felt cold riding in. When combining wind speed with riding direction I was bouncing back and forth between a JF 4 and JF 5 today.
Smackdown tonight.
Smackdown tonight.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Slurpee section of the ride this morning
White balance is all off, but these are just raw out of the camera shots, it was raining sideways so i was more keen on just documenting than getting it perfect.
Food links - or more on the case against cereal for breakfast
PBS ran a bit on the 15th good bit of a read. I've seen some people call it pseudoscience, but even lacking full scientific peer-reviewed status, there's a hell of a lot more right in there than wrong.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2013/03/seven-foods-you-think-are-healthy-but-arent.html
Follow just that Hexane bit up here: http://cornucopia.org/hexane-guides/hexane_guide_bars.html
And then there's the whole 'natural' additive issue. Personally the chemical flavoring in orange juice isn't worth the trade off, but it is for some. This Carrageenan report is a bit sensationalist but very much on point and in agreement with avoiding eating unprocessed crap. That link was emailed to me the other day by a nameless snappy dressed dude.
Heck, go play around over on The Cornucopia's web site. Always read with an open mind and your own perspective.
Lim and Biju, Bittman, Pollan... that crew. They know what they are talking about. Bittman does the best at demystifying cooking process and showing you how to eat well. Lim and Biju do a good job talking about the requirements for endurance athletes and give you the tools to avoid the crap in the links above. Pollan is a prominent vocal dude who also knows his shit and has done more to raise awareness than many.
those first two have an associate with maybe some of cycling's shadier past but their nutrition is sound, it makes sense, it works, and compared to many people's diets would be like doping with PEDs to switch to that style of eating for every meal.
"I don't have time." Talk ti Bittman. he'll laugh at you and then show you how you actually have plenty of it.
Cookie ride. Soon. Talk about clean power source... mmm
heddwch
G
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2013/03/seven-foods-you-think-are-healthy-but-arent.html
Follow just that Hexane bit up here: http://cornucopia.org/hexane-guides/hexane_guide_bars.html
And then there's the whole 'natural' additive issue. Personally the chemical flavoring in orange juice isn't worth the trade off, but it is for some. This Carrageenan report is a bit sensationalist but very much on point and in agreement with avoiding eating unprocessed crap. That link was emailed to me the other day by a nameless snappy dressed dude.
Heck, go play around over on The Cornucopia's web site. Always read with an open mind and your own perspective.
Lim and Biju, Bittman, Pollan... that crew. They know what they are talking about. Bittman does the best at demystifying cooking process and showing you how to eat well. Lim and Biju do a good job talking about the requirements for endurance athletes and give you the tools to avoid the crap in the links above. Pollan is a prominent vocal dude who also knows his shit and has done more to raise awareness than many.
those first two have an associate with maybe some of cycling's shadier past but their nutrition is sound, it makes sense, it works, and compared to many people's diets would be like doping with PEDs to switch to that style of eating for every meal.
"I don't have time." Talk ti Bittman. he'll laugh at you and then show you how you actually have plenty of it.
Cookie ride. Soon. Talk about clean power source... mmm
heddwch
G
Well now
That was interesting. Woke up to 2 inches of snow slowly turning into a slurpee with the rain falling steadily.
Wind was at least out of the east so it would be blowing in my ear most of the way in and not contributing to the slog.
Trailer probably wasn't a good idea until i got to the city with the slightly narrower roads and the traffic more accommodating of me taking the lane. It was slow. Slog. Slog. 38x28 slow. As in at the edge of stall speed slow.
Some places I'd lose traction, and on the hill coming up i was slipping every pedal stroke, it was that or come to a stop, so i moved over and rode on the grass up the hill.
Slow.
Then up there along the parkway the slurpee turned to gelato. Crunchy nearly frozen solid but it would let me ride up then smunch through.
I could have gone over to the plowed and salted parkway but it wasn't completely plowed, and the traffic was heavy, it is pouring rain and there's something broken in my brain that made the ride as hard as possible.
Once i hit the wet pavement i shifted up, and up and up and damn couldn't get the same level of resistance. Nuts. I literally had to pedal down the hill on the bike path there at the end.
Slow going. And wet. Soaking fucking wet.
And cold. It was 32.7°F when I left home this morning. I hope it warms up enough that the rain washes that slush away. At least I didn't stop to add weight to the trailer. My backpack is dry though...
Challenge now is to get everything dry for the ride home so i don't have to put cold wet clothes on.
But hey, at least I didn't have to clean the car off, sit in traffic (there was a ton of stopped cars this morning, SLOW GOING) or hunt for elusive parking spots and then walk a handful of blocks a handful of times today to move the car.
I did stop to take a few pictures. Couldn't f'n get going again once I stopped, seriously. Was a challenge. Hell I couldn't even drag the bike and the trailer through that.
Time for some coffee...
heddwch
G
Wind was at least out of the east so it would be blowing in my ear most of the way in and not contributing to the slog.
Trailer probably wasn't a good idea until i got to the city with the slightly narrower roads and the traffic more accommodating of me taking the lane. It was slow. Slog. Slog. 38x28 slow. As in at the edge of stall speed slow.
Some places I'd lose traction, and on the hill coming up i was slipping every pedal stroke, it was that or come to a stop, so i moved over and rode on the grass up the hill.
Slow.
Then up there along the parkway the slurpee turned to gelato. Crunchy nearly frozen solid but it would let me ride up then smunch through.
I could have gone over to the plowed and salted parkway but it wasn't completely plowed, and the traffic was heavy, it is pouring rain and there's something broken in my brain that made the ride as hard as possible.
Once i hit the wet pavement i shifted up, and up and up and damn couldn't get the same level of resistance. Nuts. I literally had to pedal down the hill on the bike path there at the end.
Slow going. And wet. Soaking fucking wet.
And cold. It was 32.7°F when I left home this morning. I hope it warms up enough that the rain washes that slush away. At least I didn't stop to add weight to the trailer. My backpack is dry though...
Challenge now is to get everything dry for the ride home so i don't have to put cold wet clothes on.
But hey, at least I didn't have to clean the car off, sit in traffic (there was a ton of stopped cars this morning, SLOW GOING) or hunt for elusive parking spots and then walk a handful of blocks a handful of times today to move the car.
I did stop to take a few pictures. Couldn't f'n get going again once I stopped, seriously. Was a challenge. Hell I couldn't even drag the bike and the trailer through that.
Time for some coffee...
heddwch
G
Friday, March 15, 2013
MCR 1.0
March Cookie Ride 1.0
A ride born out of a social media chatter about calories consumed and food and stuff (from this link)
not this coming week, was looking at tuesday but the weather looks kind of less than well suited to ride to Boston and back. maybe the following monday or tuesday...
what is it? just the regular PVD-BOS-PVD ride. But fueled on cookies. Good idea? Probably not. But they will be my peanut butter cookies. Jersey pockets stuffed full.
A ride born out of a social media chatter about calories consumed and food and stuff (from this link)
not this coming week, was looking at tuesday but the weather looks kind of less than well suited to ride to Boston and back. maybe the following monday or tuesday...
what is it? just the regular PVD-BOS-PVD ride. But fueled on cookies. Good idea? Probably not. But they will be my peanut butter cookies. Jersey pockets stuffed full.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
The critical case against Skim Milk and Boxed breakfast Cereal
So much evidence...
Brain and body are toast, dealt with the City Assessor office this morning. Not a SINGLE FUCKING BIKE RACK AT MY TOWN HALL.
WTF
Locked up to a rusty one way sign.
Brain and body are toast, dealt with the City Assessor office this morning. Not a SINGLE FUCKING BIKE RACK AT MY TOWN HALL.
WTF
Locked up to a rusty one way sign.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Start of the Smackdown rides
Tonight we started them up. Had a great showing for PVD. Pile of college kids, and some old fuckers. Kyle, Peng, Sandy and Tom filled out that first category, Syl, me and Yeah I'm calling Fox old, filled out the latter. Andrew slots in the middle somewhere. He's a freak. Lightweight rowers generally are. He used to be one. Sarah showed up but when i probed her about directions and route and if she knew how to get back her buoyant "I have a phone" let me relax as ride leader (she got dropped before we hit the Mass Line Sprint from what the guys behind were saying).
So we hit this ride, hard. This new guy from PC, Tom (think Ted King look a like) is the wild card and the game changer.
I lead out, measured pace, not too bad, my HR is comfortable. Set the pace over the new pavement down Broadway, Kyle asks if we're sprinting for the State Line, I say "Maybe, just don't tell Tom" and Tom pipes in "What?"
From the stop like there the chatter from Peng and Kyle is how horrible the pavement is on the bridge. I've got the sun behind me, I'm leading out... no one goes around me before the bridge, so fuck it. Lets wind this shit up. Soon there's a helmet at my crank (shadow) wind up the cadence a bit more, shit, up the cadence, shift... helmet is getting close to front wheel. FUck it. Lets sprint. Boom. I win. Cheap, but crafty. I'll take it. I'm 2x as old as some of these damn kids.
Right turn on Arcade. Syl rolls up "I think we've already dropped Sarah" damn, well she has her phone. Tom wants to do a 15 min zone 4 effort. Fine go for it. He does. He's not slow. We sit on his wheel and yell at him for the turn. On Ledge he starts hammering. I slot in behind Peng who is sitting on Tom's wheel.
Feels okay in the draft. Not easy but okay. Make the left up the hill. over to Jacob/Broad. Tom still driving the pace, nice and fast, so awesome. I'm loving it (sitting in the draft that is). Down hill, over the bridge, past the point where Brier stacked it, and Peng comes out of Tom's slipstream to go for the Townline sprint we don't sprint for. Of course I'm on his wheel. But he timed it pretty well. Two more feet and I'd have beat him. I got grief for sprint at the line I neutralized. But hey, third wheel, Tom didn't go for it, what am I supposed to do???? Was good. Tom carried on, got a gap on everyone and we directed him to the left turn...
up pine we go.
Andrew sort of slots in behind Tom and Peng is on the wheel. Pine hurts. The steady low % grade is unrelenting. And we had a fucking headwind to boot.
Up... and off they go. I manage to hang to w/in maybe 100' of the first sprint line. Andrew takes the second line seriously and Tom gives him a good run for his money and those to jackasses are gone. CHECKED OUT.
Sandy and Fox come by. Peng goes back. Kyle goes backwards... or never really forwards, i don't remember my breathing was killing me.
Anyway... Sandy Fox and I manage to finally hook up just as we turn on to Homestead. We get a bit of the way down and catch up to Tom and Andrew and keep the pace high.
Tom drops back, to either wait for Peng or give us a head start up Rocky Hill.
Andrew sets a solid pace up the hill. Sandy sits on his wheel doing great. Granted he needs to SLAM THAT FUCKING STEM AND FLIP THE STEM DOWN but he's much better than last year. I'm on Sandy's wheel, Andrew is driving it. We get to the last stretch, before the right hander.
Fox attacks.
A good attack. I expected it, I know he's a cagey competitive dude, and he's been f'n riding and running.
But I go down to the drops and make the jump to his wheel. Andrew can't respond, Sandy can't either, I dunno about Syl, maybe Syl was on my wheel but he never came around so was never a factor.
Fox makes the corner and well I thought of all those damn logs, no just kidding, I just went for it. Won Rocky Hill Sprint. Blew pretty much everything in the process. Hillside was gonna suck.
Made it around down... Tom catches back on, no Peng or Kyle tho.
We start up Hillside, pedestrian like. Andrew starts going for it. Tom goes at it with him. I get shelled. Everyone rides off w/o me. Kyle catches me just as I turn right onto pine and then he has the audacity to sprint for the Pine KOM AGAIN. F'er got it too.
I had nothing.
We reel Fox back in.
He cramps or feigns a cramp and drops out of the wind, and I work to bring us back to the group waiting up there together for us on that final run in. Wheeler comes through fast, and then of course Andrew and Tom go motor pacing on the way back. Syl does a great job of trying to hang on but blows sky high. I work my ass off but can't do much more than keep them at a consistent distance.
Was good though.
Legs felt good. Hillside was definitely "this is not as bad as hauling logs so go harder dumbass" but the lungs were toast. Tasting blood, still.
Was a good ride.
Headed back to the office, grabbed my backpack and headed home. Glorious tail wind. Pile of Noobs on the bike path though, walkers and stuff mostly. S'okay, not a big deal and totally work able, but warm weather brought them out.
Legs are feeling it, but not the way my lungs are. I'm missing those weekly roller races right now. And am 3 rides behind in my Boston and back long ride Mental Health days. Soon? Maybe. Maybe not.
Bike was good. New Wheel was great. Thanks to Thom and JLS. Bar Tape worked.
Can't wait for next week. Fox destroyed me there on Hillside. I'm going to have to work on that. That or get his pain in the ass in to the wind a bit more before we hit that hill. Ifn you are in the PVD area, see if you can make the ride. If you're pro level it is just a good ride, if you're not the ride will push you to improve. Either way it is fun.
No. I have no numbers. No time. No distance. No strava. No Heart Rate. Nothing. No Metrics at all.
F'that shit.
But there is one beer in the house. I'm going to drink it. And put a plug out: if you need bike mechanic work, a tune up. drive train clean, wheel true, anything, drop me a note. I work for beer or beer money ;)
heddwch
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So we hit this ride, hard. This new guy from PC, Tom (think Ted King look a like) is the wild card and the game changer.
I lead out, measured pace, not too bad, my HR is comfortable. Set the pace over the new pavement down Broadway, Kyle asks if we're sprinting for the State Line, I say "Maybe, just don't tell Tom" and Tom pipes in "What?"
From the stop like there the chatter from Peng and Kyle is how horrible the pavement is on the bridge. I've got the sun behind me, I'm leading out... no one goes around me before the bridge, so fuck it. Lets wind this shit up. Soon there's a helmet at my crank (shadow) wind up the cadence a bit more, shit, up the cadence, shift... helmet is getting close to front wheel. FUck it. Lets sprint. Boom. I win. Cheap, but crafty. I'll take it. I'm 2x as old as some of these damn kids.
Right turn on Arcade. Syl rolls up "I think we've already dropped Sarah" damn, well she has her phone. Tom wants to do a 15 min zone 4 effort. Fine go for it. He does. He's not slow. We sit on his wheel and yell at him for the turn. On Ledge he starts hammering. I slot in behind Peng who is sitting on Tom's wheel.
Feels okay in the draft. Not easy but okay. Make the left up the hill. over to Jacob/Broad. Tom still driving the pace, nice and fast, so awesome. I'm loving it (sitting in the draft that is). Down hill, over the bridge, past the point where Brier stacked it, and Peng comes out of Tom's slipstream to go for the Townline sprint we don't sprint for. Of course I'm on his wheel. But he timed it pretty well. Two more feet and I'd have beat him. I got grief for sprint at the line I neutralized. But hey, third wheel, Tom didn't go for it, what am I supposed to do???? Was good. Tom carried on, got a gap on everyone and we directed him to the left turn...
up pine we go.
Andrew sort of slots in behind Tom and Peng is on the wheel. Pine hurts. The steady low % grade is unrelenting. And we had a fucking headwind to boot.
Up... and off they go. I manage to hang to w/in maybe 100' of the first sprint line. Andrew takes the second line seriously and Tom gives him a good run for his money and those to jackasses are gone. CHECKED OUT.
Sandy and Fox come by. Peng goes back. Kyle goes backwards... or never really forwards, i don't remember my breathing was killing me.
Anyway... Sandy Fox and I manage to finally hook up just as we turn on to Homestead. We get a bit of the way down and catch up to Tom and Andrew and keep the pace high.
Tom drops back, to either wait for Peng or give us a head start up Rocky Hill.
Andrew sets a solid pace up the hill. Sandy sits on his wheel doing great. Granted he needs to SLAM THAT FUCKING STEM AND FLIP THE STEM DOWN but he's much better than last year. I'm on Sandy's wheel, Andrew is driving it. We get to the last stretch, before the right hander.
Fox attacks.
A good attack. I expected it, I know he's a cagey competitive dude, and he's been f'n riding and running.
But I go down to the drops and make the jump to his wheel. Andrew can't respond, Sandy can't either, I dunno about Syl, maybe Syl was on my wheel but he never came around so was never a factor.
Fox makes the corner and well I thought of all those damn logs, no just kidding, I just went for it. Won Rocky Hill Sprint. Blew pretty much everything in the process. Hillside was gonna suck.
Made it around down... Tom catches back on, no Peng or Kyle tho.
We start up Hillside, pedestrian like. Andrew starts going for it. Tom goes at it with him. I get shelled. Everyone rides off w/o me. Kyle catches me just as I turn right onto pine and then he has the audacity to sprint for the Pine KOM AGAIN. F'er got it too.
I had nothing.
We reel Fox back in.
He cramps or feigns a cramp and drops out of the wind, and I work to bring us back to the group waiting up there together for us on that final run in. Wheeler comes through fast, and then of course Andrew and Tom go motor pacing on the way back. Syl does a great job of trying to hang on but blows sky high. I work my ass off but can't do much more than keep them at a consistent distance.
Was good though.
Legs felt good. Hillside was definitely "this is not as bad as hauling logs so go harder dumbass" but the lungs were toast. Tasting blood, still.
Was a good ride.
Headed back to the office, grabbed my backpack and headed home. Glorious tail wind. Pile of Noobs on the bike path though, walkers and stuff mostly. S'okay, not a big deal and totally work able, but warm weather brought them out.
Legs are feeling it, but not the way my lungs are. I'm missing those weekly roller races right now. And am 3 rides behind in my Boston and back long ride Mental Health days. Soon? Maybe. Maybe not.
Bike was good. New Wheel was great. Thanks to Thom and JLS. Bar Tape worked.
Can't wait for next week. Fox destroyed me there on Hillside. I'm going to have to work on that. That or get his pain in the ass in to the wind a bit more before we hit that hill. Ifn you are in the PVD area, see if you can make the ride. If you're pro level it is just a good ride, if you're not the ride will push you to improve. Either way it is fun.
No. I have no numbers. No time. No distance. No strava. No Heart Rate. Nothing. No Metrics at all.
F'that shit.
But there is one beer in the house. I'm going to drink it. And put a plug out: if you need bike mechanic work, a tune up. drive train clean, wheel true, anything, drop me a note. I work for beer or beer money ;)
heddwch
g
Coffee Flavored Coffee, or PULL UP YOUR PANTS
Except now it is "what beans do you want?" What beans? I WANT A CUP OF COFFEE
I was asked this on Saturday, low on grounds and time at the house and after the kid's soccer game I bought a cup while we were grabbing a few things to make lunch with (and some more coffee beans).
I ask for a large coffee.
"what beans do you want?"
What do you mean what beans, I dunno I just want a cup of coffee.
"Dark roast [fill in the blank bean variety] or light roast [fill in the blank with a different variety]?"
Um, I want my coffee to taste like coffee not watered down bean juice, Dark please.
"Do you need room?"
No, you can fill it all the way up. (but in my mind Denis Leary was screaming FUCK NO I WANT A CUP OF COFFEE NOT SOME SWEETENED MILKY BEVERAGE THAT TASTES VAGUELY OF COFFEE)
Pouring myself another cup of coffee, black, hot, nothing in it. Nice and strong.
coffee
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