Sunday, September 30, 2007

Snow and Xterra Nats

This is what I woke up to yesturday...



Today I headed over to Incline Village Nevada to volunteer for Xterra Nationals. I had a few friends racing and I wanted to check it out. One of my season goals for next year is to be racing in that race. Anyway, it was a chilly morning, which led to a sunny warm clear day. I'd love to give a real detailed analysis of the race, but I was stuck giving out water bottles on the bike, and i only saw a little of it. I can tell you that the pros are fast. Also of note a friend of mine named Emma was the first amateur female finisher, so she is really stoked about that, and my buddy Dane reached his goal of qualifying and racing in Nationals and then his race day goal of completing the bike course in under 2 hours. So congrats are in order for both of them. I've been spending a lot of time thinking about all the gear i need to sell in order to pay off my bikes and get some xc ski gear for the winter. Oh and for those of you who i haven't talked to in a while, i started working part time as an office b!tch for a construction company. With the bike shop season slowing down that will get me through the slow season, and then i will get started working at the ski resort again, and hopefully pick up some shifts waiting tables. Really I'm just trying to save up enough dough to pay for my next seasons races, and i'm thinking i'll be doing at least 4-5 xterra's, wildflower half IM, and IMLP, so that will keep me pretty busy.

Also coming up is my 10 year, that's right, 10 year high school reunion. I'm planning on going, however, i'm not really sure what to expect, but hey, what fun would life be if you knew what to expect all the time?

Well, its getting late and i'm getting tired...

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Late nights with Lights!

Well, I'm new to this whole blogging thing, but an the advice of a few friends, here I am.

Last night I did a sweet ride under the beautiful near full moon of Tahoe. I swear we weren't riding on the PCT, because that would be illegal, but lets just say we were in the vacinity of the PCT in the Tahoe Donner area. The night was incredibly clear, and there was not a trace of wind for most of the ride. I think we started around 18:45ish (6:45pm, and yes i'll be using the 24 hour clock in this blog, so get used to it), and we got to the shuttle vehicals at 23:30 by my watch. It was a great ride, lots of ups and downs, lots of bonking (at least by me) do to lack of food, and the fact that i didn't eat dinner. I rode my new Specilized Epic Expert that i recieved just before I went to Whistler (which by the way was amazing and the kind of place i could see myself living at some point in this life of mine). Let me tell you, I've been riding my Rocky Mountain Slayer SXC (which is for sale by the way, check out the link below) all season and going from a big travel all mountain bike to an XC race bike is a big change. I had forgotten how rough bombing downhill is on a race bike. Good times, oh yeah, i once again learned the lesson of don't go on a big ride with brand new pedals if you haven't adjusted the clip out force, can you say rolling down the side of a mountain in a barrel roll with my bike still attached to me! I wish I had a camera to show the pics, because the night really was spectacular, some had a camera, I'll see if i can get some pics to post later. (Plus i haven't even figured out how to post pics anyway.)

Well, that's enough for now. Thanks for reading my first attempt at something interesting.