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Colin told me once that I have to work at being fat.  Well, I don’t have to work at it as hard as I used to.  Maybe sitting around at night chomping the Ghirardelli Double Chocolate chips is a contributing factor?

Anyhow, I went out today to get in a little ride in the beautiful weather.  I was side-tracked by a short trip to Chainwheel for a tire review by Master Mechanic Bill and a small repair.  Launched from LRAC and headed straight to the office because of time – which gave me 8 miles in about 36 minutes, including stop lights, stop signs, railroad tracks, etc. (but it is mostly downhill).  Then, put in a couple of hours at the office and headed back up hill to the club, the car, and the shower.

Today was one of those days with no legs, no lungs, no nothing except a head wind and some crazy traffic – no one dangerous, just lots of it. But I have to say that Cyclemeter was flawless today.  I mean, really.  I’m convinced that iPhone has location issues…but if the iPhone’s GPS is hitting, then Cyclemeter delivers the goods pretty well.  Does this mean that I have to move to Nexus?

Wait!  I can blame it on AT&T!  Why not?  I wish I could blame my dead, aching legs today on them.  Okay, I woke up at 4 AM and didn’t go back to sleep, and now I’m passing out.  Ciao.

Tags: Chainwheel, chocolate chips, cyclemeter, Ghirardelli

Tomorrow I should drag my fat, lazy old man butt out of the sack and hit the Carve ride at 7:00 am or maybe 7:30, if I just want the 30 mile option.  See, there are 2 starting options and two routes so you can go 30, 40, 50, 0r 60 miles on this fun-filled hammer-fest of a ride.  These guys usually don’t race until they’ve been riding for about 2 miles…..and then it’s a balls to the wall, take-no-prisoners sort of deal.  I need the ride and the training and the pace.  And, if not that ride, then what ride?

There’s a BBQ cook-off in the middle of the River Park ride route.  And, I’ve been on that too much lately anyway.  There’s the Tour de Rock Training ride which is about 25 – 30 mile no drop deal at paces for every type of rider.  But it had 70 folks on it last week and begins to look like the actual TdeR event itself.  I want to run, but that can be done on Sunday afternoon when the weather is too nasty to ride.

This is that time of year when real cyclists get out of bed, eat their oatmeal, and get those miles and hours in the saddle working.  Why am I reluctant?  It isn’t like I have to get home and mow the lawn or anything like that.  And the recovery should be do-able because that Vibraflex routine is the best thing ever for getting your muscles back to normal.

Okay, I’m gonna organize my stuff to hit the Carve 7:30 am, 30-miler.  Should be done by 9:30-ish which means that I can go vibrate and then hit the Trek/Gary Fisher test ride event being put on by Chainwheel (after some breakfast, of course!).

Tags: bicycle, Carve, Chainwheel, cycling, running, Tour de Rock, Vibraflex 550