lately's

Not a lot to report lately... well, there probably has been quite a bit of information to dispense to you but my head is filled with information that I'm trying to keep from leaking onto the table. yeah, it's been one of those full throttle study days where at the end of the day, you have half a notebook of well documented notes and hardly shit done on your assignment. I'm losing my mind right now, but i feel like i'm beginning to feel more comfortable in Adobe Dreamweaver.

Yesterday I went for a ride in the sunshine (more like the calm between two storms), rode the divide, then got caught in a rain and hail storm so vicious i had to seek refuge at Skyline Cycles and call home for a ride. Oh yeah, i was wearing shorts and a short-sleeve jersey. that's a hard-ass dipshit squirrel for you...

oh, Turbo linked this to facebook so i thought i'd share. This is the Alan Butler crit from last season. I literally finished racing the U-23 national time trial in bend, Oregon, then drove halfway to idaho falls and slept in the van, then drove the rest of the way to idaho falls and raced. It was a fun crit. Turbo won it in remembrance of his friend and fallen teammate- which was very awesome. The race came down to us vs. the Bob's bicycle team.

East Idaho Impressions: Criterium from Idaho Falls Magazine on Vimeo.

also forgot to write about it, i got my Category 1 upgrade.

longest bike ride of the year... so far

121.55 miles in 6hours 7 minutes.

Since Ben D'hulst and I are being coached by Turbo, we both were scheduled to ride for six hours today. We met at the Winegars in Roy and headed west through hooper then out to Salt Lake. The weather was perfect.

In Bountiful, a car full of kids honked at us. I flipped them the bird yelling obscenities and motioning to "bring it on"- zero to crazy in the blink of an eye. Being the infected pussies they were, they sped off. No big deal, we keep riding. Down the road I see this cup of red soda fly past me and those fucking kids again. Ben went ape shit and started chasing them down. They turned and drove up Center Street before we could catch them at the light.

No blood no foul- we laugh it off. We take the bike path along Beck Street and it parks us behind a big dump truck waiting at the light. I tell Ben about how I used to draft trucks like this all the time when i commuted from bountiful to millcreek bicycles. I drafted the semi all the way to the road that goes up to the capitol. Free speed is fun.

When we were riding in Salt Lake, Ben's front wheel slid out on some oil in the intersection of State St and North Temple and he crashed. The bike was alright but he chewed up his palms and landed on his side. He was alright so we continued the ride.

We took North temple to the road near the Hell of the North course. From then we took the legacy parkway to avoid asshole drivers. Ben split around the five hour mark because he had to work, so i rode the last twenty miles solo. I rode to West Warren and then back home to finish off the day at 6 hours.

news

I applied for my Cat 1 upgrade today. I have 42 of the required 30 points

Well, at least I'm consistent

Hell of the north: 6th

Bikes for kids Crit: 4th

Bikes for kids TT: 9th

Bikes for kids RR: 8th

Bikes for kids overall: 5th

Tour del sol Stage 1: 11th

Tour del sol Stage 2: 7th

Tour del sol overall: 8th

Callville bay: ? ? ? fuck that race

Valley of Sun Stage 1: 7th

Valley of Sun Overall: 7th

HOTN preview

Today I pre-rode the course for hell of the north. I lucked out and was greeted by sunshine. I'm looking forward to this weekend. Weird, I've never been this stoked about Hell of the North. Right now, I'm 5 points away from my Cat 1 upgrade. Need some results stat!