Skinny #1 Racing

My Mom and Sister arrived last night, so after my class we went to Cafe Mexicali and ate the best burritos in town. Hannah told me that she didn't care to see me, she just wanted to eat a burrito. After that we watched the Patriots game. How good is it to be a New England sports fan? The Patriots are a dynasty, the Red Sox won their division, the Celtics are going to be unstoppable, and nobody cares about hockey so it doesn't matter how the Bruins do.

Today was my first real ride in a while. I decided to climb the Poudre Canyon and then come right back down. It's usually windy in the canyon, and blows in from the East. Today however, the wind was coming from the West so I got to climb with a headwind before turning around and cruising on the way home. Three hours feels like a long time on the bike when you haven't done it in a while, and my legs certainly reminded me that.

After that I just hit up some local places with the family before they headed off for Lake Tahoe. I have another three hour ride to look forward to tomorrow...maybe I'll do the World's loop.

Well this weekend was the last one before I begin training, so I decided to live it up the way someone like myself would. This involved me eating Cold Stone ice cream Friday night (which had over 30 grams of saturated fat), playing soccer Saturday, and eating a McFlurry today and watching some more soccer before indulging in a little Dr. Pepper. This will be the last time in a while before I eat anything bad. I think I'll have a slice of pie at Thanksgiving and then wait until Christmas before I indulge again.

Looks like I'll be meeting my Mom and Sister on Tuesday, as they are on their way to Lake Tahoe so my Sister can ski bum it for the winter. I think she got the idea last year when we were at Whistler, and then when she went out to Lake Tahoe this Fall, decided that was where she wanted to do it. It will be good to see them, it's been a while since I've seen anyone from back home.

Like I said earlier, I'm going to start training this week for the collegiate road season in the Spring. I realize it's a little early, but I haven't been riding too much, and I don't want to wait too long to start riding again because 1) It's hard not to have cycling dictate my life and 2) I'm afraid I'll have no cycling fitness if I wait any longer. So, I'll have plenty of time to prepare, so hopefully I'll be pretty fast when the races start in March or April. I just downloaded a ton of music so I'll be able to chug along to some new songs without getting bored for a while. During these long days on the bike I'll be able to judge Kanye West, who I refuse to like. This way I can listen to all his music and find out whether or not he really does suck.

So lately I have been busy downloading episodes of the OC on Limewire. I think I was looking through someone's favorite TV shows on Facebook, and I saw that they had The OC listed there when I decided it would be a good idea to watch those first few seasons and see why I became hooked on such a good show in the first place. So far, I have all put three of the first season's episodes downloaded, and I have watched the first ten of those. Needless to say, my internet time (checking e-mail and Facebook) has dwindled greatly because of my new found passion.

I've been riding about an hour every morning, just to transition until the beginning of November when I start training for the collegiate road season. Today I did some weight lifting and crunches on a machine before I went to a yoga class, and when I got to yoga class I was already super tired, and then I got super worked during the yoga class because I didn't expect we would be doing core work in it. We had to have our legs in the air (like 90 degrees, perpendicular to the ground) and then draw the alphabet with them...I was hurting. I had to stop at P before I could finish it off. Well, I've got a test and homework due in Financial Accounting tomorrow, so I had better go ahead and do the homework and not study for the test because the class is really easy...

Well now that I'm back at school I find myself with more free time than I need. I haven't updated in so long I forgot all my login information, so it took me a while to sort it out. Not too much news, just that I'm going to try and put on some weight. I'm weighing in at about 152-153 pounds right now. I went to cyclingnews and you can see the pros' heights and weights when they profile their bikes. I've decided that I should try to get up between 170 and 175 pounds. According to this website I was at, I'll need to 3800 calories per day to gain 1/2 - 1 pound per week. Looks like I'm going to be eating a lot of Cafe Mexicali burritos in the next few months...

Had a big day today. This morning we had team time trial practice. This was by far my hardest ride of the year effort wise, 3.5 hours. I was really pushing, and really spinning a lot of times because I only have a 13 tooth in the back. I remedied that by ordering an 11-23 today. The ttt is on Saturday morning, and then Saturday afternoon we have a 45 mile road race on the same course. By then my legs are going to be pretty toast. On Sunday we have the Oval Crit, which I can't wait for. This afternoon I went and played soccer for 1.5 hours, scoring two goals in the process. It was a lot less organized and there were way too many people playing but I still got my fair share of touches. I developed a pretty fierce blister on my right heel though. I think I'll have to go dubs on the socks next time to fix that. I think I'll be playing again on Thursday because I have Wednesday night worlds tomorrow.

I often look to see how people came to my site, and I have encountered the funniest so far today. On google, someobdy searched for "hip hop aerobics classes that make you skinny" and ended up reading my blog...way too funny.

Arizona was a lot of fun. I got in a lot of good riding, and I'm really getting a feel for my new 29er. I rode my campus bike around today (which is a rigid 26 inch bike) and it felt tiny. I rode every day in Arizona from Saturday to the next Sunday, with the exception of Friday. I went and visited my cousin in Prescott, and then we drove through Sedona because I had never been there before. I would have rather ridden my bike but oh well, now I've seen Sedona. I forgot how rocky one of the trails in McDowell was. The time trial course from the 2005 Norba. The first and second thirds of the loop are super fast and smooth, but that middle third is just brutal, I wish I would have had a free ride bike for it. I've got some nasty burn lines and sun burns in general, and my arms are peeling like crazy. I wish I would have worn sun screen the first few days!