Jogging: I think its' a soft "J" Basically you just run.

I ran tonight. One foot in front of the other. It wasn't miserable but not super fun either. The exercise felt good but the speed was too slow.......that must be why I'm a biker and not a runner.













Watched nitro circus last night and I think it's my new favorite show. Sure wish I could do a 75 ft back flip on a big wheel. Pastrana definately has a pair.

Talked JJ into getting a 'Fly. He ordered it today. Looks like a bunch of the trail pickles are going to be rollin' the big wheels this year.

early spring?

45ish miles today out on the single in about 3.5 hrs. The 32X18 (29er) had me spinnin' in the 100-120 range much of the time. Could've used a 14 or 15T. Between Guse, JJ, Hinkens & I there were 7 pretty nasty crashes. Tons of boiler plate ice on the MRT trail that sent us sliding into the snowbanks or crashing and sliding for tens of feet. I slid into Jack at one point sending him flying into a pile of snow head first. Would've felt bad if he was hurt since he's heading to the state high school XC ski race this week. The dude is one of the top skiers in his section and it's just his first year of racing. People had better watch out for the kid this summer at the mountain bike races. I'm pretty sure he's going to be puttin' the hammer down.

Yea, I jumped on the bandwagon and got one of these:

Theo Wirth

Theo Wirth was the shit tonight. JJ and I rode down there from my house, met up with the GOAT and a few others and pounded out 3 laps. It was about the best I've seen it in the winter. Didn't have studded tires, but they would have been kinda nice - a little icy in spots. I was riding in front of a guy, I think Verlon was his name, who timed a lap. He finished in about 16 flat. I'm guessing mine was about 15 or a little under and I wasn't pushing it too hard until the very end. I'm guessing a 13 something lap could have been done tonight. In the summer I can do 'em in the low 12s.

I'm hoping Laura and the pup come out to a bunch of races this summer. She recently purchased a new camera and has been taking some great pix. She promised that she's going to come shoot at a bunch of races this year. Hopefully her and Dana, who is going to be shooting our wedding this summer, can hook up and shoot together. Dana knows how to get it done behind the lens.

You can't have a blog post w/o a photo, so her you go:

Laura & I out in Yellowstone in the summer of 2006, 2 days before getting my ass kicked at the Deer Valley Norba National, semi-pro race (this is a bike blog afterall, so I had to make is somewhat bike related, right?)

What it is, Yo!

I rode my single to penn tonight. I'm overhauling my '07 trek fuel 9.9, so I worked on that for a little while. I'm getting it ready to sell, so if you know anyone who wants it, let me know -$2200. If you're reading this, you probably know what it looks like. Let me know if you need a picture. The frame on the fuel is brand new.

On the way home from Penn, I couldn't resist the urge to hit Theo for a few laps. The trail was very fast. Pretty close to the same as riding it in the summer. Got in a good 2 hours total. Oh and I ate shit pretty hard when I was riding to Penn. I was cruising along on Cedar Lake Trail when I hit a patch of ice and lost my bike out from under me. Ripped a huge hole in my tights. Dang.

Couple of pix:
Ice Race













Tommer // Chuck Norrie // HWood














My Pup Riley at the cabin

This was fun

HWood had the lead for the whole race until flatting at the end. Chuck Norrie and I had some good battles throughout. Some folks probably thought I was mad about getting blocked out by Chuck on the last lap. I wasn't. It was good racing and I couldn't get around him w/o totally knocking him over. The race was well run by the Penn folks.