Douglas1bikes

VT50

2009-05-25T19:35:00.001-04:00

Registration Confirmation for:

Vermont 50 Mt Bike or Ultra Run

Dear douglas,

Congratulations! You are now registered for Vermont 50 Mt Bike.

909

2009-04-22T19:42:00.002-04:00

hello folks

2009-03-31T22:42:00.004-04:00

Its been a while since I blogged. Saturday was a fun ride, Luca & me hit Stewart with a goal of 30 miles in no more then 4 hours. The weather was great and we bumped into Paul, out solo training - crazy mofo is over 40 and went pro this year. Good luck man! Our ride ended up being 3:05 (saddle) & 28 miles, with minimal rest stops - definitely a great ride and some good training especially for Singlespeed-a-polooza!
So far this week the weather is not being my friend, but the plan is to hit 10 hours of cardio. I am at 3.5, unfortunately 100% of that was at the freakin gym.

bikeman.com

2009-01-15T09:02:00.002-05:00

WooHoo! I am on Team bikeman.com for 2009!

IMG_0941_web

2008-03-05T08:46:00.001-05:00

IMG_0941_web, originally uploaded by Jenny Liu.

Magic Mountain

Wed, Feb 6, 2008 - 10.00 mi [Cycling]

2008-02-07T08:55:00.001-05:00

Wed, Feb 6, 2008 - 10.00 mi [Cycling]
10.00 mi in 00:30:00 hours at 20.00 mi/h on Stationary bike. [Cycling]
Posted from My Cycling Log

Alleycat!

2007-10-23T14:50:00.000-04:00

Drunk Dodger 5001 was Saturday night in Albany and it was my 1st ever alleycat race.

*alleycat: An illegel bicycle race through an urban environment, with no real race course, only checkpoints*

I decided to use the roadie and bike over to Albany. I really had no clue what I was doing, and my main objective was to finish. We would get 5 sheets, each with 5 or so locations/questions that could only be answered at those locations. Once you finished a sheet you'd get another to work on.

I (we) made some mistakes, even when I started working/riding with J from Steiners. When we finished sheet 2 we were told we were in 3rd/4th! cool. but then we wasted 10-15 minutes on one I already knew (but 2nd guessed myself). It was pretty fun/insane to be racing all over Albany, blasting red lights, passing cars, people asking us what to hell we were doing. So with 2 answers left to get we see another strong rider and he already had the one we were headed to, that one wasnt too far away and then we saw him again at the last one - all that was left was the climb to the finish (a bar!). I drafted J a bunch that night so I had no plans to go for a sprint to beat him to the finish. Soze checked our sheets and I gota "2" witten on mine.
me: "Huh, whats the 2 for"
Soze: "2nd place"
me: "Woo hoo!!!".

I checked the time, it was midnight - 3 hours to do the race, way longer then I expected. So we hung out, drank some beer, waited for the others to finish, then they did awards - I grabbed the roadie carbon bars. more hanging out, then up to "217" for food. Finially I started my commute back home, it was past 4am by the time I got there.

Overall the race was pretty crazy and way fun, I had such a great time and meet some pretty cool people.

909 & All Hollows

2007-10-18T10:16:00.000-04:00

909 race

http://www.usacycling.org/events/getflyer.php?permit=2007-2450

Saturday, Oct 27th, night TT race.

All Hollows

change to start time/length
Female Open 2 hours 9:00 AM
Pro/Expert 2 hours 9:00 AM
Singlespeed 2 hours 9:00 AM
Sport Men 2 hours 9:00 AM
Unicyclists 2 hours 9:00 AM

Rock on.

2007-10-18T10:08:00.000-04:00

http://i3.tinypic.com/4plb7rt.gif

All Hollows Mtn bike race

2007-10-10T09:42:00.000-04:00

be there or be sqaure!

http://www.bikereg.com/events/ConfList.asp?EventID=5394

Presented byOutside Adventures- Heather Mosley
Schenectady, NY
Sunday, October 28, 2007

CATEGORY
DISTANCE
START TIME
FEE
PRIZES

Pro/Expert
2 hours
8:30 AM
$30
Cash top three

Female Open
1 hours
11:00 AM
$25
Cash Top Finisher, Prizes

Singlespeed
1 hours
11:00 AM
$25
Cash top finisher, Prizes

Sport Men
1 hours
11:00 AM
$20
Cycling Gear top Three

Unicyclists
1 hours
11:00 AM
$20
Cycling Gear top three

Look who is NYS XC Champion!

2007-10-08T09:22:00.001-04:00

Plattekill #4

2007-10-08T09:08:00.001-04:00

I won race #4 in the Plattekill / NYS championship series Sunday. The course was changed up some, with a new never ridden nasty downhill, wet, loose shale, drops, pretty much like riding a DH trail there. I was in 2nd figuring just maintain my spot, finish up & win the series, then I round a corner and there is the leader Scott with a mechanical, so I spent the rest of the race pushing hard not knowing if he's 45 seconds back or DNF'd. I did hold him off, and more importantly finished and won the series (expert class) !!

Donuts & Buffalo roadie ride

2007-10-05T10:30:00.000-04:00

Yes, you will see a few Buffalos and yes you will eat hot apple cider donuts!

My place, 8:45 am tomorrow (saturday)

50-60 miles, no killer climbs this time.

VT50

2007-10-03T12:49:00.000-04:00

My 1st attemopt at the Vt50 report:
Reg'd Saturday, then dinner with pigboy & JBP & their relatives, & off to bed early.
Out of the Hotel at 4:45am, racer meeting at 5:30...and it was cold! (38).

I went off in the 1st wave at 6:15, course was mix of dirt roads, single track & double track and a TON of climbing (8500ft), they had 9 rest stops stocked with anything from bacon to gummie bears to watermelon! (so I heard, I didnt stop at any). I screwed up on one turn early, lost maybe 5 minutes, and never felt like I was riding strong but was only off my time goal by 12 minutes.

The start was nuts - it was semi dark, I had no clue of the course...the 1st few miles were slightly downhill dirt roads, picture 150 plus mtn bikers bunched up doing 25-30mph and no one had a light!!! Even thou it was a 50 mile loop there was almost always another rider around which is cool. Sometimes the climbs seemed to never (and I mean never!) stop. The course was pretty awesome, not very technical - and I cant really remember a flat section - you were either climbing or descending. The volunteers rocked! So many people out on the course cheering you on....I hope they know how appreciated that was. And all of the riders were cool, I had no passing or getting passed issues.I know I did an extra .5 miles but according to my cyclometer I had 52 miles...when you're spent and expecting it be done at 50.5, that extra 1.5 of climbing is Brutal !

Hmm, what else...BrynaN won expert/pro SeniorII, and was 2nd female in behind Lea Davidson (pro trek rider)!!
My female Hardcore 24 teammate (LaurenK) won sport SeniorII division!
My other Hardcore teammate/friend (JenL) won Novice SeniorII!
And JohnPeters was 2nd in Novice MasterII!
Awesome job you all!!

My time was 5:41 which put me in 5oth/79 in expert/pro Vet - and 150th out of 686 overall. Next year, top 100??

Besides all the food/drink stops, everyone got a finish medal, a tshirt and hat at Reg, plus a BBQ afterwards. I hung out after for several hours chatting with various friends, oh and there was a band too.

When I left at 4:30 I noticed people still fininshing.....thats a long time to be racing your mtn bike

Crazy, epic, tough, painful and amazingly well organized. I'll be back next year.

http://www.skipix.com/skipixv2/viewlargeimage.php?lang=en&photosetid=1566&filename=DSC_8163.jpg

Pats Peak Solo (12 hours)

2007-07-11T11:34:00.000-04:00

This weekend, my 1st solo endurance race. I'll be unsopported. Its the 3rd year in a row I did Pats Peak (duo 12 last year, 5 person 24 in '05) and that mtn has crushed me every time.

My crazy brain thinks I can do 12 laps (last years winner did 13)....haha, I laugh at myself.

My main goal is to keep riding, so I need to take it easy early on. Should be an interesting 12 hours

B-R race & a ride

2007-04-17T08:10:00.000-04:00

I went up to watch some of the Battenkill-Roubaix road race w/Kim, Jen, Ed, & Kevin Saturday. We hung out on a steep section of dirt road. We saw Terry, Bryna, Dave Belas, Art & Rizzi. Found out later Terry won Cat 5 (35+).

Then we did the cambridge 1/2 century 2 state loop. It was a really nice no killer climb loop. It's actually 55 miles. It was on the chilly side but no biggie. I'd like to get back up there again this year.

http://www.routeslip.com/routes/32072

test

2007-04-12T09:35:00.000-04:00

I think I will make my Snake hill road loop my fit test. Its 26 miles, with a bunch of rollers and a descent climb up snake hill.
I felt not so on for about the 1st hour so I was suprised I was only 50 seconds off my best time (July last year). So far, I have only did this loop maybe 10 times, so its not the best fit indicator.

26.45 mi
01:29:07 hours
17.80 mi/h

other #'s
1st half: 15.5 avg (about the top of snake Hill)
2nd half: 20.1 avg
time @ Junction 351/43: 1:02

I think I'll try to do that loop weekly, just to judge my progress (or lack of progress)

Easter Race

2007-04-10T08:05:00.000-04:00

Heather's Easter Mtn bike race

We were not allowed to use the normal course, so we had to use a different section of the park (less climbing, less tech, less singletrack). It's where they hold CX races in the fall. The course was short (2.5-3 miles). Most laps in 2 hours, if you go thru at 1:59 you are doing one more lap! And only 3 cats: open male, novice male, and female.
I had a pretty good race, had one hard fall and spent most of the race doing my best to keep up with my friend Bryna...shes one crazy fast chick!
oh and the temp, pretty cold (25 degrees)

Male open:

1st: Art

2nd: Terry

3rd: me !

Female open:

1st: Bryna

I'm not sure of the other results

rest

2007-04-03T10:26:00.001-04:00

rest days make you stronger? I hope so!

saddle time

2007-04-02T11:43:00.000-04:00

Did a bunch of rides over the w/e.
Ride#1 was on the 29er SS with JimMac (26er SS) on lake side of the PineBush, nice and dry but slightly boring. short ride 1 1/4
Ride#2 I put slicks on the FS mtn bike, did 45 min's around the neighborhood
Ride#3 Was suppose tobe w/Christian but he had a bad day and was stuck somewhere with a flat car tire. So I went solo on the road bike, did my Plank-taberton loop backwards. Man talk about a long gradula climb. 42 miles
Ride#4 Was Heathers spring kick off ride, w/40 plus riders. I took the FS mtn bike w/slicks, my plan was to do the 30 mile ride at an easy pace. Add in 3 miles to the start, and missing at turn and Heather's underestimating the distance I did 42 miles...and was pushing it most of time, I didnt bring any food and i was hungry at the start = dumb ass & bonkage.
Party after at Rizzi's with some cool people & good food!

Dirt !

2007-03-30T10:00:00.000-04:00

My first time on dirt since Dec 24th. Did 45 min's solo, then another 1:45 with some of the MHCC crew. The plan is do ride a different section of the PineBush tonight with a buddy that races expert DH.

ok...

2007-03-29T08:00:00.000-04:00

I did 40 min's of weights then 1 hour of easy spin with the SS urban style, discovered fast its geared way too low for the streets. So I went looking for hills.

The SS did come to work w/me...cross your fingers the pine bush is dry.

road ride!

2007-03-12T12:07:00.000-04:00

My 1st ride of '07, Sunday, 40 degrees - MHCC river ride.

33 miles
17.3 avg

supringly the legs felt good, they were destroyed saturday by pounding run after run skiing moguls @ Pico

Key West Rocked!

2007-01-26T08:44:00.000-05:00

Temps at night was 70-74, and day time was 78-85!

day 1=1pm flight out of Albany to Ft. Laud, drove 2 hours to Key Largo, stayed at a Marina Hotel, got the room w/marina view for cheap room price. Walked next door for dinner, dined outside, then watched band for 1/2 hour

day2= 3 more hours drive to key west, got free upgrade to ocean view/private balcony, Hotel was real nice, largest pool in KW, went to the beach but it was real windy, so went back to hotel's pool. Dinner was Mexican (w/mariachi band). Then to Duval street and bar hopped for a while

day 3= rented canoes (it was windy, went in the Atlantic & gulf of Mexico), more pool time, back to Duvall st for dinner. There is a special spot for watching the sunset, and it was the coolest sunset ever! The sun was huge & melted into the ocean. so cool

day 4=did the early boat trip out to 2 reefs in the gulf for snorkeling, 2nd spot had tons of fish, big, small-all sorts of colors. Heather swears she saw a shark!. Then we rented cruiser bikes and pedaled down to the southern most spot in all the US (90 miles to Cuba). Also did some pool time & dinner near Duval st.

day5=check out, we got an early start so we stopped at a state park in Key Largo, hung at the beach for 90 min's before finishing the drive to Ft. Laud airport

another day

2007-01-18T09:06:00.000-05:00

yesterday I did some weights, then Ruby Tuesdays & the movie "Children of Men"

team?

2007-01-17T08:27:00.000-05:00

Do I want to be on a real team this year? I kind of like being the unkown in whatever clothes and doing my best to keep up/sometimes beat the dudes in their team kits. A team would be cool for having people to train with and (hopefully) the social aspect. Plus i could apply for this team and get turned down - i hate rejection, but the flip side is I could turn that into anger/motivation. you know, that I'll show them kind of deal. What to do?

last night was back to volley ball, we switched the team around a bit - Debbie & Renee are in, which will make this season more fun...and hopefully with more W's

After volleyball I headed to planet Fitness, I am usually there much earlier. The place was pretty crowded so I got stuck on a polar elipitical with a fixed ramp. Pretty boring.
elipitical= 1 hour
tread mill, hike mode=15 min

ok...

2007-01-16T11:41:00.000-05:00

Not much sunlight & not much snow = a grumpy Doug

I went to the gym (Planet Fitness) after getting out of work (1 hour early).
elipitical = 1 hour
stationary bike= 30 min's
treadmill, hike mode = 20 min's

Florida w/Heather...4 days away!

Still alive

2007-01-12T10:52:00.000-05:00

I am still alive, Old Pueblo is out..but I am headed to Key West in 8 days!

woot!

2007 Old Pueblo

2006-11-29T13:14:00.000-05:00

the plan is 24 hours in the desert riding a big circle with 1 teammate...aka "Open duo", hope it happens - either way its time to stop being a slacker

Yes!

2006-11-01T15:33:00.000-05:00

back to racing..........finally!

13.5 hours, 2 races...one gear and big wheels

Saturday night was the "Darkness at 909" race. TT starting at 7pm, we got there early and I was assigned the #1 plate, and entered in the SS catagory. I was the only SS and only 29er. My goal was to do the 8 or so mile course in under an hour, not get passed and then compare my times to the sport & expert fields. I suffered on several climbs but did my goal, no one passed me and finished in 54:17. Obviously I won the SS class, what was cool was I had the 3rd fastest time! The sole semi pro and the winner of the expert class (he got me by 15 seconds) was #1 & #2 overall.

So 13.5 hours later (8:30am) I lined up for the All Holows race, 2 hour, most laps win. I and 15 others entered Male open, again I was the only SS and only 29er. I had a great start and was on the wheel of the 3rd place guy. The course is short, and I was doing 12-13 minute laps, and at one point moved into 3rd. I couldnt hold it but just kept pushing and I was super happy coming in 4th with 11 laps. I beat a couple people that have always beat me in the past. Oh, the 1st & 2nd place dudes are both pros, and 3rd place is a real strong expert.

This was my 1st time racing 29, 1st time racing SS, and 1st time racing rigid. At both races I got a bunch of comments about my ride ....'07 Monocog 29er (stock, except Hayes hydros)

Doc: "No riding for 3 months"

2006-09-07T14:54:00.000-04:00

Ugh, thats not something I was happy to hear.

But, I started riding 2 months early.
Road only.

#1: 16 miles - bike path
#2: 16 miles - bike path
#3: 28 miles, local roads - hilly

Yesterday was ride # 4, Gene's group ride. It was a Crazy fast 23 miles.
I expected some pain today, and there was but just a little.

life is good. rock on

Lacerated Liver

2006-09-07T14:47:00.000-04:00

August 4th

Ouch..

Grafton group ride, freak fall, beely flopped on end of handlebar. Wind knocked out.

Pain.
Ambulance
Samaraton Hospital
Xray
catscan
Lacerated Liver
internal bleeding
Surgury?
ambulance # 2
Albany Med. hospital
nope on surgury
5 days later go home
Laura Tabs
Still pain
7 days no work

Frustrated, HF#10 & DarkHorse

2006-08-03T09:53:00.000-04:00

My bike keeps having issues, yeah some of them are being my mechanic sucks (thats me)..but the other half is stuff breaking or wearing out prematurely = UGH!

My legs didnt kick in until lap#2 of FH#10, dropped the 1 4 lapper that I was battling for not last, and held off two 3 lappers that managed to almost catch up.

My plan is to do the DarkHorse 40 this Sunday (Two laps, 20 miles each!)
http://www.darkhorsecycles.com/race_rumblings.htm

But do I do the Treesaw &Sq-Earl's epic ride on Saturday??

ps: I WANT A NEW BIKE!!!!!!

PetersBurg pass

2006-08-02T10:34:00.000-04:00

Sunday, I skipped the MOTM race at Hunter but did a group ride w/the MHCC. Talk about climbing.......Petersburg pass (which has been on my to do list for a while) was the big climb, and easier than I anticipated but the hills never stopped coming..I'd say 6,000ft in the 67 miles. Some of the roads we biked were new to me, and definitely the stuff that should make it into Tequila Doug's Century (coming this fall!)

One dude at mile 48 or so hit a climb hard, I chased...we dropped the group (he wanted to go fast cause he was on his new bling bike!!). We decided to keep the break going........and we were sitting in the shade of a tree as the group rolled into the parking lot at the end of the ride. good stuff

http://webmhcc.org/profiles/petersburg.htm

Monkey Fest @ Kingdom, HF# 9 & tired

2006-07-27T15:16:00.000-04:00

Monkey Fest was awesome, 20 plus riders, stayed at a cool ass lodge, lots of riding on the best trails, great beer, great food & great people - cant get much better. oh, Sidewinder trail- what a freaking blast.

HF race #9, I didnt have much umph - I need a few days off the bike. Tired & worn out.

HF#8 & Kingdom

2006-07-20T11:50:00.000-04:00

This was my recovery ride form Pats Peak..course was a road climb for a mile, them mostly down on St, then the road back to the climb, damn water bottle fell off, picked up on the 2nd lap....I felt alright. Selwitz took me on the climb, if that boy ever got stong on the tech & DH's..watch out!

Leaving Friday early for 3 days at the KINGDOM trails! woot!!

12 hours of Pats Peak

2006-07-17T20:49:00.000-04:00

6/12/24 hours of Pats Peak

What a great venue! 2 lodges (w/AC, a pub and a deck). Plenty of camping, toliets, bike washes, showers, and potable water.

The course: 4.7 miles, 870 feet of climbing, mix of singletrrack, ski slope crossings, and couple short sections of fire roads. Way over average ran equaled some muddy sections, but the new ST downhill section was virtually mud free. It was one of the sweetest, flowiest, smooth, long sections of downhills I ever had the pleasure of riding!!

The Folks at Pats Peak and S&W sports try super hard to put on a great, fun & challanging event and want feedback from us racers to make it bigger & better every year. This year they even had a band playing on the deck and a DH & kids race

I signed up for the 12 hour 2 person male cat. w/my buddy Wiley.
A friend and former teammate (Splat) was also in the same catagory.
Our plan was to do doubles. Wiley went 1st & threw down a fast lap and was the 1st back to the transition tent, and no one caught him on his 2nd lap. My turn to do two laps and no one caught me either. Actually we were doing really well for 10 laps (no one passed either of us).
So we had the overall lead of all 3 races/all divisions, and that was damn cool.

BUT on lap 11 things went down hill fast being we both started bonking. Well whats more than bonking? My last lap was torture, it took me forever to complete, I got sick 3 or 4 times.....and I even went to the EMT's after. Wiley was also totally bonked but still got in 2 more (slow) laps.
He stopped at our pit to wait to cross the finish being neither us had any interest in doing another lap, while waiting he got sick too.

We actually thought we still won but somehow the team in 5th went crazy and jumped into 1st place!

I'm proud of our 2nd place, I definitely left everything I had out on the course.

And thanks Splat, pony tail girl and the other riders that stopped to see if I was ok/needed help during my last lap (I felt so crappy at one point I was off the bike laying down), and the EMT guy that made sure I survived!

ps: This was my first ever race that I(we) won cash!! woot!

pics:
Wiley w/the run win, and you can see Splat in the RM jersey
http://www.douglas1.com/images/P1000383s.jpg

yup, it was warm
http://www.douglas1.com/images/P1000396s.jpg

1st lap
http://www.douglas1.com/images/P1000392s.jpg

Splat
http://www.douglas1.com/images/P1000399s.jpg

me
http://www.douglas1.com/images/patspeak/doug.jpg

band
http://www.douglas1.com/images/patspeak/band.jpg

course
http://www.douglas1.com/images/patspeak/course.jpg

me collpsed
http://www.douglas1.com/images/patspeak/collapsed.jpg

finish
http://www.douglas1.com/images/patspeak/finish.jpg

HF#7

2006-07-13T13:11:00.000-04:00

They cancelled it after I left work, ended up 6 of us showed up..so we headed out to ride Sundays Norba Course.......eventually dwindled down to 2 to fully complete it (me & some dude that came to do the race as a preride)

Tonight will be spent getting the Hollowpoint ready, and seeing if I can build the Kona back up to use as a spare

Pats Peak this weekend

2006-07-12T11:27:00.000-04:00

Wiley & me, 12 hour duo

Its suppose to be crazy hot & humid, I can almost feel the pain already...PAIN!!

http://www.patspeak.com/s_bike.htm

Group Ride

2006-07-07T08:42:00.000-04:00

MHCC - Coeymans quick ride, this should be renamed racer boy ride, 30 or so, almost all in NAV or CBRC kit's. Todd, Dr. Rob, Graber, Terry, Bryna....smoking fast riders. Lots of "oh crap" faces when the cue sheet came out, route was bike to rhe nasty climb, go up it & come back. great! Thatcher to beaver damn to Pinacle, 4 miles and lots of vertical..I did alright. Was in the tail of the (big) front group, and reeled in and passed maybe 6 of the 20. The way back was crazy fast, 4 of us were together doing 27-29 on a flat section, I was struggling, then Todd comes by pulling maybe 8 or so, and I got dropped like a hot potatoe!

35 miles, 18.2 avg

HF#6

2006-07-06T07:34:00.000-04:00

Did the NORBA XC course set up for the July 16th race, the trail is nice, a lot like the '04 24 hour course. My issue was my pedal broke at mile 0.5, see there was a reason to do good circles with my right foot at spin class. haha.
I hung in there, even beat Todd, Mr. NAV himself! I am so looking forward to next week, when we do that same course again....and see how I do with (hopefully) no mechanicals.

racing...

2006-07-05T14:59:00.000-04:00

Tonight is Holiday Farms
This w/e is The 6 hours of power, but I dont think I'm going to do the 5 1/2 hour drive. But there also is the Darkhorse race in Newburgh
Or maybe I'll just skip both and just do some rides, Friday is Chris Roe's Grafton ride, Saturday theres a MHCC metric century in Saratoga.
Decisions!

AND Pat's Peak, I am bummed - my '05 team just fell apart for this year with less than 2 weks until the race. So my plan is to give the 6 hour solo race a try.

links to races:
http://www.douglas1.com/2006.htm

sweat n summer century

2006-07-03T14:08:00.000-04:00

Started w/maybe 25 riders, in the rain with thunder & lightening in the distance.
It cleared up maybe 20 miles in.
I was hanging with the racer boys, after stopping to help w/2 flats I ended up at the back of the field, and riding alone. Then somehow I turned up the Desoltaion Hill climb, instead of route 19....7 extra miles!! I pushed hard to catch up and burned myself out/over heated.It definitely became a tough century, I couldnt eat but i was drinking tons.
It was so super humid out. I figured I did 70 miles on my own.

105 miles
6:11
17.1 avg

but i did get a Jesrey being i was the only one that went up Lake D....

so in 7.5 days, I got in 310 miles & 19:20 saddle time = today is a REST DAY!!

so cool & a road ride

2006-06-30T10:24:00.000-04:00

just check it!
http://www.twinsix.com/team/bios_dso.htm

30 something mile road ride w/Jenn "Veggie Girl" - she is back on the bike / broke her leg riding, well crashing :) - We did the MHCC group B out of Defrestive parknride

She is SO HAPPY to be back out riding!

HF# 5 & Ovrall standings

2006-06-29T08:47:00.000-04:00

Another race in Dalton. Not a big turn out so they did a Mass start (instead of 2 min seperating catagories). I pushed hard for the 1st lap, was keeping up with 2 other 4 lap'rs, then lost contact. Start of #4, Samantha yelled out "Go for it Doug, they're not that far ahead". I couldnt see anone, but ok..lets go. I hit the open road/field section, and yup theres 2 riders maybe 2-3 minuites ahead, I pushed hard on the dirt road and field and caught up a lot before we went back into the ST. I didnt see them again to the climb, Kellogg was running his bike, I slowly caught the other dudes wheel, and we both caught Kellog, but I didnt have enough to pass on the short flat section, and the DH was too fast/hairy to try a pass, so I finished on their wheels..made me wish we were doing 5 laps!

And Selwitz (3 laps 18-44), and myself (4 laps open) have both moved into 1st overall!! But here's the issue, this year they are dropping 4 races, which could take me from 1st to off the podium....yeah, so big surprise that I dont like the new "drop 4 rule"

Team Twin Six

2006-06-28T07:57:00.000-04:00

I finally ( I can be such a procastinator) sent my info in to join up with Team Twin Six. These guys are damn cool, and make some bad ass jerseys, clothes & accessories. Check their stuff out! www.twinsix.com
So very soon, look for me in this super cool jersey!

No moon century

2006-06-27T10:08:00.000-04:00

So my crazy friend (Heather) came up with this idea..Hell week, back to back days of pretty tough rides/runs with the goal of each event to stay together as a group. (note: there's 9 days in Hell week) Day one was the No moon century, no moon? so what you say? Well the ride started at 7:30........thats 7:30 PM and there would be no moon to help us see. She said the pace would be slowish (15-16 avg) so I figured I could hang, and said I'm in!
We deciced on a the sweat series century route being it was familiar and should be low traffic roads, however the one concern was there would be no open anything from mile 30 to 88, so at 30 you better stock up on fluids!
We had almost 1 1/2 hours of light which put us at our 1st stop at a stewarts at mile 30.
The night was awesome, clear skies, no wind (humid but no biggie), everyone riding was super cool, and we worked well together, the course was challanging and fun, my legs were cooperating, everything just clicked to create a super enjoyable road ride.
I think we freaked a few people out with our lights (red flashing, blue flashing and white bar/helmet light) - had to look pretty weird coming down a totally unlit road
I was really happy to be able to finish pretty strong (I'm usually on the verge of bonking the last 30/40 miles)
oh, and not sure what happened to the planned 16 mph avg...I guess we were having too much fun pushing things a little bit

the #'s (a new PB for me!!)
102.1 miles
4650 ft climbed
5:37 (saddle time)
18.25 avgride
end time: [B]1:55am[/B]

it was a tough choice between denny's and a bar after, but the hunger pains won so we picked Dennys

2,000

2006-06-23T11:31:00.000-04:00

Did an easy local road ride that put my '06 miles (including trainer miles) over 2,000 !!

HF#4 & ouch

2006-06-22T13:20:00.000-04:00

I raced yesteray at Dalton. Solstice meant longest course of the year, climbing & singletrack...nice. My ass was kicked again....but thats ok, more miles at race pace will definitely help me for the bigger races. Besides it was a gorgous evening and i was on my bike, hanging with a bunch of people doing the same... sweet!

Then did the long drive to Heathers BBQ/wine party..which is always fun - stayed way too late, bed time was after 2am!

So I'm in bed and not even 1/2 awake (its 4 something) and my lower leg is all cramped up, so I stretch it and it POPS into a super bad crazy pain - I instantly sit up and yell out ' OH F*#K! ', I was freaked being I so thought my Achilles ruptured (it hasn't stopped bothering me), but after a couple minutes the pain lessens and I was ok to walk to the bathroom Ouch! today its my calf that hurts, and I am slightly limping - this sucks, I really hope whatever is wrong heals up quick. I need to make myself take a rest day.

If the legs are ok I should be doing a super cool kind of crazy ride this w/e......

Wednesday

2006-06-21T07:59:00.000-04:00

last night was volleyball so no riding, man its tough to have a great team, then lose 3 good players (Leigh moved to PA, & Scott & Katrina do the softball thing) and take on 3 less talented not use to league playing players. Of the 3 Mark B puts the most effort in, hangs out after and is a fun guy

Tonight is Holiday Farms (race), my goal is to get my ass kicked a little less every week!
Then Heather is having a BBQ to celebrate the doc's ok to ride/run etc after her problems from the GA race - its after her road ride - I want to go and hang out with her, veggie girl & all the other cool bikers that should be there.

Oh, and veggie girl just got the docs ok to start walking/riding (she broke her leg on a group ride we did at the pine bush)

6 hours of power - anyone interested?

Norba Nationals

2006-06-20T11:17:00.000-04:00

I went to Mount Snow Saturday w/Selwitz. no race for me but I rode the XC & super D course (twice). They made the poor sports do 3 laps, Selwitz was out there for over 3 hours!

Then, we watched the pro XC race, man are those pro female xc'ers hot looking!!
It was pretty fun to watch this race, and I felt pretty good that the pros were walking the same sections that I walked in my preride. the mount snow course is no joke, 1000 ft of climbing per lap, the downhill ih technical and makes you wish you hit the weights harder over the winter (sore arms). One of the females, on her last lap went by saying in a soft voice "it hurts"

I also caught some of the dual slalom race.

oh, and a big thanks to the drummer - this dude and some of his friends were out there for HOURS providing the races with a cool rythmic beat, and some motivation to keep pedaling up the hill!

Coeymans Quick Ride...w/rain

2006-06-16T08:07:00.000-04:00

I checked the MHCC site ( www.webmhcc.org ) and picked a quick road ride (17-18mph avg) - 35 miles. But when I showed all up it was 80% local racer boys (CBRC, NAV, etc kits). Oh crap, I'm gonna be so dropped.

The pace wasn't bad at the start, chatted w/this dude named Steve (one of the few others not wearing a team kit). Said hi Terry B. (he's super fast ), then we hit a climb, then another..I was doing my best, about 8 people in front pulling away, and the other 20 behind me..I look back and there gone! holy crap! Now we descending, 2 groups of 4, then me busting my ass to catch up.....I kept at it, but the gap was growing. 2 guys caught me, we ended up forming all own little pack. Did I mention it was raining? I couldn't see worth crap. One of the guys was Steve, and the other was a stronger rider than us but he would slow down a bit so we stayed together.

After a bit the rain tapered, then on a climb we saw 2 riders up ahead, caught them, said hi, then dropped them. cool out all those racer boys only 6 ahead of us. I am told of a fast dh ahead, it was sweat...my cyclometer couldn't handle it, it read 00 mph, but the other guy said he was doing 56mph. nice. So that dude wqs giving me some pointers, we worked on doing 20/30 second pulls to finish up the ride. back at the parking lot, it was dry! Many times I was on the verge of switching to a take it easy ide, but I didn't..I was pretty happy about that & my avg speed was really good for me (especially on a hilly rainy loop)

the #'s
38.3 miles
1:59
19.3 mph

Holiday Farms#3

2006-06-15T14:22:00.000-04:00

I passed at #2 being that day was nothing but rain, then kicked myself for missing it (it stoped raining for the race)

Again, right to the back of the back at the start, a rider (some pro) flatted and I passed him. Interestingly, he fixed his bike and finished the race ahead of me....but never passed me. Hmm?
I slowly caught another 4 lapper, he made a crappy down shift at a hill, and I went by never to see him again. But I am listed as finishing last. Hmm?

A 3 lapper easily caught & passed me, another (J. wojniak who does solo 24's) passed and I stayed with him for a lap or so, and then 2 more...but I passed them back in the sketchy DH section, but right before the end of their race I slowed down, and let them by to battle it out for their finish. My last lap was lonely, only rider i saw was when I passed a 2 lapper female

pot luck after, talked to gary (he's 50 somehing)..1 of his HF season goal is to not let me catch him (he does 3 laps). Mine is to stop letting 3 lappers catch me. Oh, and he's doing the VT50!

A group (MHCC) road ride tonight. Been a while since I did one. I want it to be painful.

expert class is no joke!

2006-06-13T15:14:00.000-04:00

damn, the expert class is no joke! By the the top of the 1st little climb I was already in last, and I knew then it was going to be a long day! I caught up to a dude I know "Orm", he was rocking the 29'r hardtail. So the battle was on for last place, me on my 29lb 26 FS vs Orm on his 26 lb 29'r HT !

Course was mostly doubletrack, hilly but no big climb...and a super muddy hike a bike jeep road thrown in for fun. I pulled away from ORM on the first lap, pushing hard on the DH sections, but a mile or so into lap #2, I hear a bike nad then hear ORM saying its just me! oh yeah, great!
I dropped a chain shifting, he goes by..I slowly catch up and folow him for the rest of the lap.
End of lap two, I grab a new water bottle (my rig only holds one) and next time I go to grab it, its not there!

lap 3 was ORM following me, I didnt feel strong and was taking it easy, I know he was trying to find where I was slower and where I was faster. At the start of lap#4 while I,m trying to get somee cups of water, he hits the hill pretty hard, and I have nothing to match. I didnt see him again until after the race. Props to him for throwing down a strong 4th lap.

Somewhere along the way we passed someone in our group cause I ended up in 15th, with 16 finishers and 3 dnf's

I have my work cut out for me, I need to hit the hills, get some intensity in, and find some faster riders to make me suffer during the week.

Bryna, Mark G, & Terry B all podiumed in expert. Selwitz & Christan raced sport, Selwitz was 5th, and I dont think Christan made it into the top 10.

the #'s: 4 laps, 2:22, and about 19 miles

oh crap=MOTM # 1

2006-06-09T14:47:00.000-04:00

My 1st expert level Norba race is Sunday..winterclove Inn/round top, NY

http://www.mastersofthemountains.com/schedule.htm

I won sport last year, I just want to survive and and not be last.
Selwitz, Samantha, Orm, and Graber are also racing.

I plan to go down early and do a preride before the beginners/sports start. Its going to be a mud fest being all its been doing is raining lately.

Selwitz, Dave & myself did a mud ride at the poop loop yesterday.......I got in almost 3 hours of saddle time. Those 3 hours made life better

cool.

wow

2006-06-07T22:31:00.000-04:00

i should write some crap in here, dont ya think?

ny eve

2006-01-05T15:19:00.000-05:00

ny eve, Dennis, ken & myself did the "first night last run" 5K in downtown Albany, it was sorta drizzling/sorta snowing...fireworks just before the race to fill our lungs with smoke. 1000 racers and a hilly course, I almost caught Judy (my spin teacher/old gym owner). den=31:?? ken=27:?? me=25:27

I miss riding in the warmth of the sun

2005-12-30T08:31:00.000-05:00

like this (me having fun / doing a lap @ 24 HOA Holiday Farms)

Sweat, lunch & $$$ for Tucson

2005-12-29T08:33:00.000-05:00

After work went to the gym, did an hour on the elliptical then an hour on the bike (random hills)....damn did I leave a pool of sweat at the bike..Nasty! haha
tonight, back to the gym for some more cardio

So it appears all 3 fridges @ work are fried, I bring my lunch - tuna fish sandwich but now there's no mayo - gross. Of course we work in the boonies and its a haul to any kind of food, unless you want pay a ton for some a greasy burger at restaurant across the street

so its $410 to rent a minivan in Tucson, plus why is it $100 more to fly out Thursday compared to Wednesday, and even more to fly out Friday. Ugh! I feel poor.

8 hours

2005-12-28T08:59:00.000-05:00

ok, so I will be trying to put in 8 hours of cardio in per week. My plan is to get in 2 hours tonight.

check this site:

http://www.mycyclinglog.com

Hayes Brakes

2005-12-22T13:28:00.000-05:00

Woot!!

so cool - I just got word, I am sponsored with Hayes!

www.hayesbrakes.com

planet fitness

2005-12-22T07:29:00.000-05:00

signed up/joined planet fitness last night. Place is pretty big with lots of cardio equipment, but I wasnt impressed with the stationary bikes but maybe theres some upstairs (I didnt check that spot out).

30 min's elipitical & 30 min's treadmill & 20 on the bike

.......I feel so much more motivatated at the gym, surrounded by others working out & time goes by quicker being I do enjoy the "scenery"

bored @ work & a new gym

2005-12-21T14:56:00.000-05:00

Ack! I am so bored, will it ever be 3:45? today was the in office xmas food/gift day........the food was so-so; buffalo wings and no blue cheese? nothing healthy! if I am eating super fattening stuff it needs to traste really good! come on people.

After work, I am heading straight to planet fitness in Albany, finally getting around to joining a gym - I hope they have some good cardio equipment there. I am so bummed my old gym just does classes now - I see there are doing an occasional 60 min spin class for $12...kinda steep when your saving $ for my trip to AZ. I should recognize a couple faces at the gym, including Lehigh (on my volleyball team) and KC (until he moves to NH).

I feel I am already behind on training...time to work on my dedication/motivation.

Just 8 weeks to my next race.

more slopes

2005-12-20T07:26:00.000-05:00

Did Stratton ski area w/Dennis Sunday - can you say Gondola?

60 min on the trainer last night

skiing

2005-12-16T10:13:00.000-05:00

Ken & I went to Jiminy Peak, night skiing....the places was so empty. The new skis were awesome! Definitely was fun.

World Volleyball Championships (Albany YMCA Fall division)

2005-12-15T08:24:00.000-05:00

In semi Finals we won 2 in a row, but in the finals we lost 3 in a row. 2nd place in standings & 2nd place in the championships....not bad, and definitely fun!

ride pics from sunday

2005-12-15T08:18:00.000-05:00

Awesome

2005-12-12T07:39:00.000-05:00

A friend (Jackson) from Binghamton was going to be in the area and we decided to do a ride. We ended up at the Pine Bush, there was 2-3 inches of snow and most of the trails we were laying down 1st tracks! It was a blast to be outside riding! Some of the hills were tough but neither of us have studded tires....our ride time was 2 1/4 hours/ Then we headed to Ralph's for some good chow & beer. Awesome way to spend a Sunday afternoon!!

New Skis!

2005-12-09T10:57:00.000-05:00

I picked up my new skiis from Plaines yesterday! I have been skiing on 15 year old straight skis, so I cant wait to try the new ones out!

I did weights & 35 min bike/trainer yesterday

Mom's B Day

2005-12-08T14:48:00.000-05:00

Happy birthday mom...RIP

Sponsors!!

2005-12-07T07:30:00.000-05:00

Sixsixone
Intense Tires
Attivo Products
Utopia Optics

I am very pleased to be sponsored by these guys! So Awesome!

I started logging any/all training & exercise, did 60 minutes on the bike/trainer yeterday

24 hours in the Old Pueblo. I'm in

2005-12-06T07:33:00.000-05:00

Team The Beast from the East:
John aka ECHO
Mike aka Westy
Peter
me

Ghostrider,T-dog, chicken hawk & ? will again be representing West Coast/Cali and (being we beat them last year) I am sure will be gunning for revenge.

Time to get off the couch and on the trainer....and next week I'll be joining a gym and checking out the spin class at Plaines. I have started doing 30-60 min trainer spins and I feel the motivation returning quickly!

Heather will be at the old pueblo, defending her last years solo female win. awesome

Turkey Ride (race)

2005-11-29T13:48:00.000-05:00

It was a real last minute decision but I opted to race instead of just watch.
Its been 6 weeks since I have been on my mtn bike......and it was suppose to be about 25 degrees out. There were a few cross bikes & a couple SS's . The race was 2 hours, most laps wins (24 hour rules)
I decided to race w/the big boys in the the "open" catagory, and I had hub issues from the start (any time I cranked hard the hub would skip, so most hills and log crossings I had to hike a bike)....so my ass got kicked
The course was fun, no big climbs, a bunch of bridges.........would have been real fun if I had a functioning hub, studded tires, and feet that were not forozen !!

official turkey trot results

2005-11-28T13:30:00.000-05:00

Overall= 527 th/2181
Division= 33rd/106
Time= 24:47
pace= 7:59

not the time I wanted, but I was 9 seconds faster than last year

Happy Turkey Day!

2005-11-24T11:34:00.000-05:00

I did the troy turkey trot w/Debbie and her sister. It snowed about an inch & it was chilly (25 degrees). I am guessing 2500 people did the 5K, makes the start a traffic jam.....I am slightly disapointed with my time which was about 24:40. I'll check official results tomorrow

Sweet n Ice Century

2005-11-20T20:12:00.000-05:00

pain......lots of pain. Heather & Jason somehow talked me into doing todays century ride, it was extra painful being I have barely been riding for the last 6 weeks, but I kept at it & finished.........my average was pretty slow (15.7) but i finished.
I was damn nice for the middle of Novemeber...high 40's and sunny, and a good turnout - 30 people including a couple of 1st timers. We had 2 sag wagons which so makes life easier.Then 25 of us went out for food after...including Jen.

Painful, fun, and challanging. And I am totally wiped.

work=sucks

2005-11-16T19:16:00.000-05:00

Work was not fun the past 2 days! Tuesday was 11 hours (minus a 5 minute lunch) , today not much better - really sucks when a device (sonicwall tz170 firewall/NAT/security device) dies and your new backup for it comes out of the box not functioing- UGH!

Jogged Monday, lifted tonight and heading to volleyball shortly

Heathers century is this w/e but I am not doing it. I havent been riding much, plus I am wimpy about riding in the cold - however I am feeling bummed I will miss it.

24 hours in the Old Pueblo

2005-11-11T08:54:00.000-05:00

I did this race last year, team of 5 coed..........we got 5th out of 40 or so teams which put us on the pdium! Our group of friends included 3 teams of 5. There is definite interest in going back, nothing definite set for teams yet - I'd like to go but have not made a decision yet.

Feb. 18-19

http://www.epicrides.com/twofour/24.htm

volleyball

2005-11-10T08:53:00.000-05:00

we played the new # 1 team, my team played prety good (I could have played better) We did WIN 3 of 4, which puts us in a tie for 1st! Yay!

sponsorship

2005-11-09T08:15:00.000-05:00

I am still waiting on the ones I mailed out, but I have several offfers of sponsorship thru sponsorhouse http://www.sponsorhouse.com/index.php. pretty cool ! With sh you have to pay a signup fee to accept more than 1 offer, and thats the main reason I am waiting.

oh, and I have a cavity :(

jog

2005-11-08T11:54:00.000-05:00

a jog after work, somehow my watch/tmer was reset midway. I like, maybe even need to keep tract of my times, so I was rather bummed. I did time myself for the last 2.5K, which I did in 11:54...pretty fast for me.

Then once home I did squat, its so easy for me to be lazy lately.

Dentist (cleaning/check up) after work......ack

Warm weather & Vail ?

2005-11-07T07:10:00.000-05:00

its been so nice lately - high 60's in November rocks! In the past few days I went for a couple easy road rides, a jog, did some chores around the house...

My friend Ken wants to go to Vail, 5 days @ a condo sometime in January - that would freaking rock! I am sure I'd rather do Vail instead of going to Jamaica................and what if I can get on a team for 24 hours of Old Pueblo (AZ) in February?

Aerosmith, Jamaica & Vball

2005-11-03T08:45:00.000-05:00

I bought tics to the Aerosmith/Lenny Kravitz show at the Pepsi Arena !!

I might (not sure if I can afford it) be going here: http://www.jamaicavillas.com/summertime.html

and we lost 3 of 4 games at volleyball, I am pretty sure that means we are no longer in 1st place

weights & sponsorships?

2005-11-02T08:09:00.000-05:00

That time of year again, did some weights (at home)....went light to not over do it. Felt pretty good.

I also made a run schedule to get me ready for the Troy turkey trot - looks like I will be biking there. http://www.troyny.gov/turkeytrot.html

For the first time ever, I am going to try to get some sponsors......I figure the NYS XC Champion might do the trick?? well, hopefully! I should be able to finish up after work/before volleyball.

I made BBQ chicken pizza, holy crap did that taste good !

A Halloween jog

2005-11-01T07:57:00.000-05:00

I am almost back to feeling 100%.......so I actually did some exercise yesteray! A jog.......a Halloween jog thru the cemetery, Boo!

Dennis helped me Sunday get my jeep started, want to buy a jeep ? please! or how about trade me for a motorcycle?? zoom zoom

Being lazy & TV

2005-10-28T08:20:00.000-04:00

I swear all I did the past week plus was go to work and watch TV.......what a waste.
I am feeling better today, couple more days and I'll be back to my healthy self.

Work is buying pizza for lunch, then dinner w/the relatives...Italian to celebrate my bro in laws count down to retiring from the state.

I want to add some health to my diet, starting with taking my vitamin consistently & Green tea(for free radical killing antioxidants).......next addition is looking like flaxseed oil (for omega-3 fatty acids)

My sis Patty (who lives in Boston) has been sending emails lately, nice to get a glimpse into whats up w/her life

home sick

2005-10-26T11:19:00.000-04:00

I stayed home sick today(sore throat/cold).....it's been years since I took a sick day. Work called me, they have lots of problems.....wait, they just called again. I just might be appreciated more after today. lol

I should skip volleyball tonight, but I want to go..but I need to get over this damn cold.

Should I go see a doctor?? They never do anything for me - just waste my time & money.

today

2005-10-25T07:07:00.000-04:00

I have had a sore throat for a few days - I thought about staying home sick, but i never stay home sick. I have been pretty lazy. I hate the power of the tv, so easy to just start watching the crap thats on.
My roof has a couple leaks..I tried to fix them, but it still leaked. ugh
And still no riding.

stuff

2005-10-21T09:32:00.000-04:00

lack of sunlight
toasted hub on the xc bike
no more races this year
conditional license

All this has added up to no riding for me! I guess a break is ok. I should be doing some weights/lifting my shoulder is still sore so i havent done that either.

Heathers hitting the training hard, and well, I'm not..........I need a plan for '06.
Hmm, what to do? ( by the way, did you see Heathers last blog entry, she wants me to do a "tush check". Hell yeah! :)

Tonight, burner uk at Jilians
Sat=DMV class # 1 (of 7) and my 3 legal drive hours (2-5) and chores
Sun=going to Springfield w/my sis Kathy to meet my sis Patty

Wednesday

2005-10-21T09:27:00.000-04:00

Marie, Debbie, Jim & Leigh & myself meet at Bombers. I love Bombers...... soft taco's & rasta fries & Sams octoberfest > so good! Leigh's married, how sad....why are all the cool hotties married?

We played crappy at volleyball, only won 1 out 4. bummer

tuesday

2005-10-19T07:51:00.000-04:00

I jogged after work, my (new) normal out & back.I jogged all of it except the dead mans hill (short, steep hill in a cemetary)

I put my HRM back on while i just chilled/watched "the office", HR went down to 45 - which is the lowest I have ever saw mine go.

damn mechanical

2005-10-18T07:13:00.000-04:00

Oct 16, Plattekill XC#3 and my last race of the year. My hub went @11:55, my race was scheduled for 12:00 at the top of the mountain......I had to go back to the bottom to borrow a wheel. I didnt make it to the start until 12:30, around 10-15 minutes after my group started. Ack!
The wheel I borrowed was a 8 spd, mine's 9 so I had plenty of shifting problems.
I should mention the weather, it was sprinkling, wind was gusting up to 50 mph......and it was maybe 40 degrees.
So Off I went, I didnt have granny or 2, ok adjust to that. It was tough to be motivated w/starting so far behind. I did start catching riders, beginners...but it helped the motivation. ....and I passed Jason just before the end of lap # 1. And Laszlo gave me some encouraging words as I passed thru the start/finish. Next two laps were about staying motivated, and dealing with the weather. At lap 2.5 I passed a dude in my group, and I think I lapped a couple beginners.
I ended up in 5th out of 7, with the winner beating me by 13 or so minutes.....damn mechanical!
Jason got podium (3rd out of 3)

I helped Ken move to an apartment last night, now my shoulder hurts again.

Race tomorrow

2005-10-15T17:50:00.000-04:00

Plattekill! I had to jerry rig my shock being I didn't receive the heim thing from progressive. And it finally stopped raining today after 9 days of lots & lots rain. Tomorrow's forecast is showers and windy, gusts up to 50 mph !!! ack!
Got mud?

I feel like I haven't been riding much, tomorrow might be painful.

Jason will be picking me up @ 8am, wish us luck !

ahhhh

2005-10-14T11:44:00.000-04:00

more rain....did an easy weight workout, 1st time since May. Woke up with a real sore shoulder, too many hits at volleyball?

Maybe a jog after work. Suppose to go "out" tonight.

More rain, volleyball

2005-10-13T07:40:00.000-04:00

Big surprise, its raining again.....

Volleyball was a blast last night! Last minute no shows from Scott & Katrina. Leigh was a setting machine, and I did my best to take advantage of that, Marie was on (she really wanted to win without Scott). Steve & Ram also played well. 3 W's & 1 L. We are in 1st place. rock on!
Everyone was in a good mood/many laughs, W's always help our mood.

Ken wants to go out tonight, his GF is out of town...but how do we coordinate? Damn conditional license :(

My gym was sorta bought out or something, and now are only doing classes.......and according to Leigh I have to pay additional $ to go to the new place?? I need more details

group ride

2005-10-12T11:54:00.000-04:00

I get home at 4:15/4:20. The group ride is at 4:30 1.5 miles away, of course I bike there. I just make it in time. The pace is not that fast and maybe 8 miles we slow a bit, and a group blows by.....I hesitated (traffic) to go with them, and they are gone........so I chased for 3-4 miles no to avail. I gave up and then realized I was not on route, stop..look over..theres s ome riders, going the other way. lol. So I stick with them the rest of the way.
32 miles, 18.3 avg

Damn it gets dark early.

MHCC's site http://webmhcc.org/v-web/portal/cms/index.php

Pattekill XC # 3 is Sunday. woot!

Hey, someone actually read my blog and left a comment!! Yay!

and its raining again today, tonight = volleyball

Lazy rainy w/e & the turkey trot

2005-10-11T07:25:00.000-04:00

The w/e was pretty rainy, so I eneded up doing zero biking or exercising. i did clean most of the house, and painted a small wall......it looks so much better cleaned up. Steak dinner out saturday, yum. A few beers out w/Bud Sunday. ...we bumped into Frankie and a cute friend of hers at Bombers.

It's been a week since I touched my bike, I am calling it an extended rest & recovery period. I did go for a jog yetserday. The Troy Turkey trot 5K is 45 days away. Last year I trained by jogging 5K's. This year I added another 1k or so to my route and that includes a short but steep hill. My plan is to take it easy as my body gets use to jogging. Yesterday was my 2nd jog since spring, I walked up & down that hill. The turkey trot is a bad race to go for a pb (personal best) being so many people do the race , picture a traffic jam at the start........but a pb is the current plan, maybe a 24:00? that would hurt, a lot !

progressive & volleyball

2005-10-06T14:25:00.000-04:00

Progresive is hooking me up w/a improved (all steel) Heim Joint.

Volleyball was good, we were a little off but stil won 3 outta 4 games

Work has been so boring lately.

road ride & shock issues

2005-10-05T07:21:00.000-04:00

Shock linkage issues in my 2004 Iron horse Hollowpoint RL expert, I need these 2 little rubber bands and this plastic bushing for the Progressive air shock. Ska Todd (IH) via mtbr.com told me the part #'s, I'll bike over to downtube after work. see>

Barely made it to the 4:30 MHCC group road ride, hung with the fast boys for 15 or so miles......but my back hurt so I slowed. Ended up in a group of older guys, we got off course, so we made our own w/some extra hills......ended up me & one other, I had a hard time hanging with him on the climbs...and he's 25 or more years older than me. impressive.

My 2nd Century & DH'ing @ Mount Snow

2005-10-03T15:27:00.000-04:00

Heather & Wiley picked me up way early Sat. morning, Escalade w/the Plains trailer, big pimping yo! We had a group of 8 including several people on xc bikes! It was my 1st time all year on the DH bike, snow doesnt have a ton of trails and the main trail up top has some uphills...a 45 lbs bike is not fun to ride up hills..ugh. The weather was super nice. Our group started droping fast...crashes, broken bike parts........Wiley hurt his wrist pretty bad.....maybe broken??

Sunday I biked 10 miles to Jason's, and we took his car up to Clifton park> Sweet n Fall Century, maybe 30 riders, sag wagon, my plan was to not go up front..........but I did, 19 mph plus pace until we hit stop #1 @ 20 or so miles. Regroup, then a few miles up was the hill climb/desent race option. About 2 miles before it started I busted out front and went pretty hard......I wasnt doing the climb but they didnt know that...haha! suckers! I just rode right past the climb/option, from there to stop#2 (mile 57) it was me and one other dude.
I had a turkey sub, and chilled for a while as the others came in......then went to pee, came out & almost everyone was gone (payback?) I caught up quickly, then tried to go off with 2 others but was dropped.......hmm stuck in no mans land. The turkey sub wanted out, little hill after little hill...my pace kept dropping. 2 riders caught up, I hung with them for a couple miles then faded back, stayed solo to the finish. I was suprised to find out I was 5th back, not that it mattered...finishing matters!! A few of us endeded at TGIF's, food, beers & tequilla...and a little on the noisey side. Real good times.

mile 50=2:40
mile 98=5:30, 17.9 mph avg
total for the day=108

oh, almost forgot Heather told me to touch her ass, I did...its a nice ass !!