Here's your damn post......

Hit the track Tuesday nite. Round two was not as good as round one but had just as much fun. Finished 5th out of 16 in Cat 4\5 three lap sprints.

No money but just as fun.

I apologise in advance for the lack of posting. As hard as I try I just cant seem to squeeze out the time anymore. Maybe I'm just not trying hard enough.

Threw down 40 miles this morn. Was a great ride, but solo. Seems Ive been doing a lot more solo lately. Sometimes thats a good thing.

Saturday I leave town for a week for my yearly pilgrimage to northern Wisco.

Lots of riding, eating and drinking.

However no blogging.

Maybe a couple facebook posts off the Blackberry but thats about it.

See you when I see you.

DLD

Tuesday thru Thursday

Tuesday had me hitting my first long awaited track race. I must admit I did way better than I was expecting. Finished 3rd in a 8 lap 4\5 Master heat and 4th in a Cat 3\4\5 twentyfive lap points race. And outsprinted the field for a prime in that one also! Here I am proudly showing the money! 15 bucks! And the pic above show me in the middle of the pack. And also proves two things:
1) That there was more than four guys (and girl) in the races. And....
2) There are other guys in this world that wear pink. However, I would draw the line at a pink skinsuit. Not for me.
Even tho its been two years since I did this it came back to me quickly. I had a blast! I was way faster than two years ago. I gatta remember that even tho I am struggling a bit with weight right now, I am still almost 30 pounds less than the last time I was there. Maybe now I will have the ambition to keep the weight loss rollin......

On todays agenda is a quick two hour training ride, stop in at the store to check up, then off to Milwaukee to see these guys and more. Taking my wife and three daughters to see No Doubt and Paramore. Not sure who those 3 guys are. While my kids are pumped to see Gwen I myself am pumped to see Haley Williams and Paramore. I expect to spend at least 700 bucks today.

DLD

RAIN

Last nite's ride was a good one but you would never know it at the time. After the group ride gets canceled from the rain both Brian S. and I headed out for some miles. Twice we got caught in some downpours. The kind when you can't see where your going.

One would think that would be considered unfortunate but sometimes, like last nite, I love it.

Its something different. And once your soaked it doesn't matter anymore. We nailed out 20 miles. It was a great ride and just like the commercial says....

"no rain, no rainbows"

DLD

Weekend Fun (and not so)

Woke up Saturday morn in the middle of a dream. Was dreamin' that someone dropped off a beer trailer in my front yard. Imagine a look on my face when I looked out to see this......this must be what Heaven is like.

Friday nite had me and the wife off to some fine dining and taking in the sites of DANOville. I've been crossing this bridge twice a day for my entire life but seldom see it work. A sailboat gave us the thrill tonite. I am amazed on how well my Blackberry takes pics. I always take pride that all my best pics were taken with a Walmart 99 dollar camera. But this is taking that theory to the next level. I do not carry a camera anymore. I just carry my phone\camera
computer\calculator\mp3\alarm clock\radio. Theres more, just cant think of them right now.
On bike related stuff, every summer I deal with riding with a calorie deficit. Saturday had my first explosion of 2009. About half way thru the group ride I blew up big time. I popped so bad I could not stop for breakfast. I knew if I stopped I would not make it the 20 or so miles home, even with a few pancakes in me. Once I blow up that bad its too late for food so I rode past the restaurant and soft peddled home solo. I rode so slow that the group stopped for breakfast and I only beat them back to the lot by two minutes. But thats how I lose weight. Remember this day?
I had hoped to be racing by now but I think thats a month away still. Except for the track. Hopefully I can get off work early enough to go Tuesday.
Peace out.

DLD