This week between the holidays is always an "off" week. Those of us working have about half staff. The staff that does show up is blurry-eyed (from lack of sleep or excess of alcohol .. or both) and unmotivated. The upside is that traffic is noticeably lighter and the parking garage at work might actually have an open spot. Sweet.
While "calm before the storm" does apply to this time of year for us boring accountants, I was actually referring to it in the cycling/racing sense. By now, teams have solidified their rosters for the coming year, have finished the begging drive - I mean the sponsorship drive, and are finalizing clothing and equipment orders. All that's left now is the (gasp) training. This week is sporatic with teammates traveling for the holidays, making nice with relatives that will not see them for at least 8 months once we start racing. Ah, but they know the storm is coming, they've been through this before.
This calm is weird for us. Yeah, we've all been doing base miles and we've all reminded each other that ITS DECEMBER, no need to hammer. But January brings a whole new game. I mean, racing starts in February, doesn't it ? The madness begins this month - the dedicated long hours in the saddle, dabbling in some intervals, planning the race schedule and trying to jockey vacation days to get the best bang for the buck. Just typing about is exciting !
The New Years Day ride at Hains Point is always a great way to kick things off. I look forward to it because, lets face it, other than your teammates/close friends, you probably haven't seen many of your fellow competitors since September. Has it been that long ? I run into random people there every year - some of whom I only see once a year at this ride. Everyone is happy to be on their bikes and happy to see each other.
I only go to HP for a few laps to socialize - I do understand that some actually do a "century" at the Point. I am not so sure you could pay me to spend that much time going in circles. But hey, who am I to say? There are plenty of people that think we're crazy to dress up like some lycra-clad michelin man to go for 4 hour rides in 28degree weather. One man's crazy is another man's dedication. Go figure.
Monday, December 29, 2008
Friday, December 19, 2008
TGIF - 12/19/08
Hey, how about that - 3 posts in one week and its the middle of off-season ! I'm proud of myself.
A co-wo
rker just came up to me to proudly show off a "new" CD she just bought - for $1. It was a flashback to middle/high school. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince. Heavy D and the Boyz (this was back when it was novel to spell boys with a z). Kris Kross. I include a link to that one just in case you say who ?? An outtake of the wikipedia file on Kris Kross - The duo is ... famous for their....fashion styling—consisting of wearing their clothes backwards. Yes, this was a rough time in the music biz. Anyhoo, as we were reminiscing these old artists, I recalled a hilarious country version of "Gin and Juice".
Mitch had it on CD and played it during our travels to the SE Crit Series in 2007. We laughed so hard we cried ... there's something about hearing gangsta lyrics in a southern drawl to the music of a banjo. For your listening pleasure: you have to turn the volume up to really hear the lyrics (and since it's a Snoop song, you know this is not safe for work !). But it's well worth 6mins of your life.
Happy Friday, ya'll ... counting down the days to the new year.
A co-wo
rker just came up to me to proudly show off a "new" CD she just bought - for $1. It was a flashback to middle/high school. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince. Heavy D and the Boyz (this was back when it was novel to spell boys with a z). Kris Kross. I include a link to that one just in case you say who ?? An outtake of the wikipedia file on Kris Kross - The duo is ... famous for their....fashion styling—consisting of wearing their clothes backwards. Yes, this was a rough time in the music biz. Anyhoo, as we were reminiscing these old artists, I recalled a hilarious country version of "Gin and Juice".Mitch had it on CD and played it during our travels to the SE Crit Series in 2007. We laughed so hard we cried ... there's something about hearing gangsta lyrics in a southern drawl to the music of a banjo. For your listening pleasure: you have to turn the volume up to really hear the lyrics (and since it's a Snoop song, you know this is not safe for work !). But it's well worth 6mins of your life.
Happy Friday, ya'll ... counting down the days to the new year.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Gam Jams - Trainer Distractions
It's truly a wonder that I survived my first winter of training. I remember being so thrilled about training indoors when the weather was bad. Oh, the young and naive.
My first realization that it wasn't all it was cracked up to be was when my then-team-coach had 3hrs on the schedule and I sat on a trainer for . all . three. hours. I knew it was going to be a mind numbing experience so I popped in the only movie I could think of that would last as long as the ride: Forrest Gump. Lets just say I've never watched Forrest Gump again. And I never paid attention to that coach's direction again, either.
In the 4 seasons since then, I've found a variety of ways to make indoor training more palatable.
The first distractions were the Spinervals videos. How can we make sitting on a trainer more fun ? Have Troy Jacobson yell at you while you're doing it. Awesome ! I swear my neighbors thought I was abused on a regular basis - from outside my house all you'd hear was a male yelling for 45-50mins at a time. A bonus is seeing some local racers in their early years in the videos. Good for some amusement while you're suffering.
I still use Spinervals during the winter to get in a quick, hard workout and get the heck off the trainer. Troy will help you pass the time and before you know it, you're a schwetty mess but you're done.
I've have since graduated to rollers for most of my indoor workouts. Since I couldn't stand up on my Krietlers, I couldn't very well do most spinervals. So, I was reduced to regular TV.
The winter of 06-07, I watched the Soprano's almost from beginning to end. Side note: the only time I've ever fallen off the rollers was during a Soprano's episode ... one of the characters swept a bunch of clothes hanging up to the right, finding someone dead behind ... I was so surprised at the revelation that I steered in the direction of the clothing on TV ... right off the rollers. Ouch.
The winter of 07-08, I caught up on Heros and Lost.
This fall, I did quite a few roller workouts to politics - the debates would lend themselves to power workouts as I was annoyed by the rhetoric. Other political reporting was good for steady riding b/c I wanted to hear what was going on. Yes, I know, I'm a geek. I'm an accountant, what do you want outta me ?
When the weather on the weekend prevents outdoor riding, group trainer workouts are the best ... 2 hours with a few friends goes by a lot faster and you motivate each other. Otherwise I'm bound to get off to let the cat outside, get a drink of water, answer the phone etc etc etc.
To summarize:
Spinervals - good for trainers, good for a quick workout and good for spotting racers in early
years.
Sopranos - good for rollers as long as you're not excitable.
Heros/Lost - good for trainers and rollers
Political debates - good for power workouts
Equally masochistic friends - good for weekend marathon trainer workouts due to inclement weather.
Forrest Gump -if you're on the trainer long enough to watch this movie, you've got other issues.
My first realization that it wasn't all it was cracked up to be was when my then-team-coach had 3hrs on the schedule and I sat on a trainer for . all . three. hours. I knew it was going to be a mind numbing experience so I popped in the only movie I could think of that would last as long as the ride: Forrest Gump. Lets just say I've never watched Forrest Gump again. And I never paid attention to that coach's direction again, either.
In the 4 seasons since then, I've found a variety of ways to make indoor training more palatable.
The first distractions were the Spinervals videos. How can we make sitting on a trainer more fun ? Have Troy Jacobson yell at you while you're doing it. Awesome ! I swear my neighbors thought I was abused on a regular basis - from outside my house all you'd hear was a male yelling for 45-50mins at a time. A bonus is seeing some local racers in their early years in the videos. Good for some amusement while you're suffering.
I still use Spinervals during the winter to get in a quick, hard workout and get the heck off the trainer. Troy will help you pass the time and before you know it, you're a schwetty mess but you're done.
I've have since graduated to rollers for most of my indoor workouts. Since I couldn't stand up on my Krietlers, I couldn't very well do most spinervals. So, I was reduced to regular TV.
The winter of 06-07, I watched the Soprano's almost from beginning to end. Side note: the only time I've ever fallen off the rollers was during a Soprano's episode ... one of the characters swept a bunch of clothes hanging up to the right, finding someone dead behind ... I was so surprised at the revelation that I steered in the direction of the clothing on TV ... right off the rollers. Ouch.
The winter of 07-08, I caught up on Heros and Lost.
This fall, I did quite a few roller workouts to politics - the debates would lend themselves to power workouts as I was annoyed by the rhetoric. Other political reporting was good for steady riding b/c I wanted to hear what was going on. Yes, I know, I'm a geek. I'm an accountant, what do you want outta me ?
When the weather on the weekend prevents outdoor riding, group trainer workouts are the best ... 2 hours with a few friends goes by a lot faster and you motivate each other. Otherwise I'm bound to get off to let the cat outside, get a drink of water, answer the phone etc etc etc.
To summarize:
Spinervals - good for trainers, good for a quick workout and good for spotting racers in early
years.
Sopranos - good for rollers as long as you're not excitable.
Heros/Lost - good for trainers and rollers
Political debates - good for power workouts
Equally masochistic friends - good for weekend marathon trainer workouts due to inclement weather.
Forrest Gump -if you're on the trainer long enough to watch this movie, you've got other issues.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
What are they going to do with all those shoes ?
It took almost a week, but I am finally finding some sarcastic humor in the situation evidenced below:
This happened late Weds night last week ... I'll spare the gory details but suffice it to say that I have had a rough few weeks. The actual accident happened in two seconds - dark, wet roads, a car stopped in the middle of the travel lane w/o lights ... slam on the brakes, jerk the wheel right and then I'm batting the deflated airbag down and cursing like a sailor. By the way, airbags hurt when they deploy.
The taxi that I hit was operated by a gentleman (using the term loosely) who immediately yelled "my back, oh, my back" in broken english. Police, fire trucks, amublance - we had all the shiny lights going on. It was cold and raining so once the adrenaline wore off and I knew I couldn't drive home (apparently when an airbag deploys, a kill switch is activated in the car so it won't start), I realized that I was freezing and I had no idea how I was going to get home. The police were very kind and put me in their cruiser ... I must've looked rather pitiful by that point. But, they couldn't take me home so they dropped me off at the station, where I called a cab and thankfully found enough cash to pay the $40 to get home. In two seconds flat, things in my life got even more complicated than normal.
Zim immediately went on suicide watch when she found out - its well known that I love my car and that, given the year that I've had, I'm probably not far from the edge. She brought clementines (random, but appreciated!) and team stuff to my house, took me to go see my car and took me to get a rental car. Thank you, Zim - I can't tell you how much you mean to me and how lucky I am to call you "friend".
Highlights from the city lot, where my car was towed: Not Imprizonated.
* which one doesn't belong: 1997 Caravan, 2004 BMW, 2000 Focus ?
* The guy trying to get all of the service women's phone numbers. loudly.
* Salt'n Pepa blaring from the little chevy we piled into for access to the lot
* we document everything - if you're hospitalized, injured or imprizonated. (that last one is a Zim-ism)
* The guy in the car, upon seeing my car, going on and on about how they're going to total it, that they total everything etc etc etc, as I tried my best to hold back tears and/or expletives.
* True to form, Zim had my back. From her car. With the windows rolled up. Around the block.
The pic above is from the lot ... my poor little car looks so sad.
Highlights from the rental car incident: "What are they going to do with all those shoes?"
* Rental coverage is not automatically in your insurance policy. Check it now - I found out the hard way. They did offer to add it for future use. I almost threw the phone.
* The whole car rental industry is a scam. $175 for 3 days. Yes, the rate is $30/day, but then you add the fees, charges, surcharges etc etc etc.
* Zim, making polite conversation, mentions DHL going out of business. The kind lady at the desk expresses dismay - to the point where I was impressed with her feelings for DHL. Then she said "what are they going to do with all the shoes"? Zim continues on with the story of DHL as I realized the counter-lady was thinking DSW. It was like watching a conversation in bizzaro-world. They never realized they weren't on the same page.
Mitch and Zim convinced me to go ahead with the planned trip to RTR (another post, I'm sure) and I'm glad I did. It was nice to get away and forget about all the BS that awaited me between work, family, car stuff etc. My SRM did start crapping out while we were in W Va - and now my phone is locking up. Seriously ? I digress.
Chicken and Goat have generously allowed me to borrow the Elephant for the week. Below is the Elephant's first trip to Fells Point.
I have big things planned for the Elephant - not the least of which is a car-wash ! Thank you, Chicken and Goat, thank you so much for your help and friendship. You guys rock.
This morning I got a call from the shop where the BMW is currently residing - so far it looks like they're going to repair the damage (fingers crossed) and NOT total it. I'm 5 payments away from paying it off, and, if I haven't mentioned it, I love my car.
I'm soooo over 2008. Only a few more days and maybe we can start fresh. Here's hoping.
This happened late Weds night last week ... I'll spare the gory details but suffice it to say that I have had a rough few weeks. The actual accident happened in two seconds - dark, wet roads, a car stopped in the middle of the travel lane w/o lights ... slam on the brakes, jerk the wheel right and then I'm batting the deflated airbag down and cursing like a sailor. By the way, airbags hurt when they deploy.The taxi that I hit was operated by a gentleman (using the term loosely) who immediately yelled "my back, oh, my back" in broken english. Police, fire trucks, amublance - we had all the shiny lights going on. It was cold and raining so once the adrenaline wore off and I knew I couldn't drive home (apparently when an airbag deploys, a kill switch is activated in the car so it won't start), I realized that I was freezing and I had no idea how I was going to get home. The police were very kind and put me in their cruiser ... I must've looked rather pitiful by that point. But, they couldn't take me home so they dropped me off at the station, where I called a cab and thankfully found enough cash to pay the $40 to get home. In two seconds flat, things in my life got even more complicated than normal.
Zim immediately went on suicide watch when she found out - its well known that I love my car and that, given the year that I've had, I'm probably not far from the edge. She brought clementines (random, but appreciated!) and team stuff to my house, took me to go see my car and took me to get a rental car. Thank you, Zim - I can't tell you how much you mean to me and how lucky I am to call you "friend".
Highlights from the city lot, where my car was towed: Not Imprizonated.
* which one doesn't belong: 1997 Caravan, 2004 BMW, 2000 Focus ?
* The guy trying to get all of the service women's phone numbers. loudly.
* Salt'n Pepa blaring from the little chevy we piled into for access to the lot
* we document everything - if you're hospitalized, injured or imprizonated. (that last one is a Zim-ism)
* The guy in the car, upon seeing my car, going on and on about how they're going to total it, that they total everything etc etc etc, as I tried my best to hold back tears and/or expletives.
* True to form, Zim had my back. From her car. With the windows rolled up. Around the block.
The pic above is from the lot ... my poor little car looks so sad.
Highlights from the rental car incident: "What are they going to do with all those shoes?"
* Rental coverage is not automatically in your insurance policy. Check it now - I found out the hard way. They did offer to add it for future use. I almost threw the phone.
* The whole car rental industry is a scam. $175 for 3 days. Yes, the rate is $30/day, but then you add the fees, charges, surcharges etc etc etc.
* Zim, making polite conversation, mentions DHL going out of business. The kind lady at the desk expresses dismay - to the point where I was impressed with her feelings for DHL. Then she said "what are they going to do with all the shoes"? Zim continues on with the story of DHL as I realized the counter-lady was thinking DSW. It was like watching a conversation in bizzaro-world. They never realized they weren't on the same page.
Mitch and Zim convinced me to go ahead with the planned trip to RTR (another post, I'm sure) and I'm glad I did. It was nice to get away and forget about all the BS that awaited me between work, family, car stuff etc. My SRM did start crapping out while we were in W Va - and now my phone is locking up. Seriously ? I digress.
Chicken and Goat have generously allowed me to borrow the Elephant for the week. Below is the Elephant's first trip to Fells Point.
I have big things planned for the Elephant - not the least of which is a car-wash ! Thank you, Chicken and Goat, thank you so much for your help and friendship. You guys rock.
This morning I got a call from the shop where the BMW is currently residing - so far it looks like they're going to repair the damage (fingers crossed) and NOT total it. I'm 5 payments away from paying it off, and, if I haven't mentioned it, I love my car.
I'm soooo over 2008. Only a few more days and maybe we can start fresh. Here's hoping.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
GamJams Reviews: Trainers and Rollers - E-Motion
Anyone who knows me knows how much I love my E-Motion rollers. I have been coveting these rollers for over a year, since Pete Cannell told me that I could actually get decent sprint workout on them. I rode them once and completed the 2-hour Have Mercy spinervals video in full, complete with sprints and spin drills. I was a believer.
I was formerly a fan of my Kreitlers - they were solid as a rock and the customer service I received from the company was above and beyond the call of duty. My Kreitlers helped me muddle through the lower categories as I began this strange journey in cycling. They were a huge factor in me getting through the winters without being literally bored to death from hours on the trainer. I am a firm believer that they were invaluable as a training tool. BUT, I couldn't do fast spin drills and I could not stand up/sprint for any amount of time. So, it was inevitable that I'd eventually get my fix.
I bit the bullet a few months ago - which says a lot since we were still in good weather when I got them. I ordered them directly through the website, even though I might have gotten them for a few bucks cheaper through ebay or something. I just figured that the extra $$ for some peace of mind and a warranty was well worth it.
$795+shipping and about a week and a half gets them delivered to your doorstep, all assembled and ready to rock. I just played with the resistance setting and hopped on. They were super-awesome-cool from the get ... smooth and totally comfortable. It took one or two roller workouts for me to work up the nerve to stand up and give it a whirl. I wasn't very confident at first but within a few minutes I was rocking some decent sprint drills. I can stay on the rollers for 2 hours or so, where my Kreitlers made my shoulders stiff after about an hour. At the risk of TMI - E-motion rollers, much like my new TT fit courtesy of Josh at CycleLife, is much more amenable to my girly-bits (that's a Mel-ism ... give credit where credit is due). I'm sure boys will find the E-motion rollers to be more comfy as well.
The one downside to the E-motion rollers is lack of portability. I miss being able to take my Kreitlers to a race, to a friends house for an indoor training party, or just to fold them up so my living room doesn't look like a bike-rat lives here. E-Motion rollers do not fold and are just a bit too tall to really fit under, say, a couch or other piece of furniture to be out of sight when you're pretending to be a normal person who lives a normal life in a normal house without bike BS as far as the eye can see.
If you can stomach the $$ (come on, we spend way more than that for way less useful bike BS), take a whirl on the E-motions ... be prepared to fall in love ... At least as much as you can fall in love with indoor training equipment.
I was formerly a fan of my Kreitlers - they were solid as a rock and the customer service I received from the company was above and beyond the call of duty. My Kreitlers helped me muddle through the lower categories as I began this strange journey in cycling. They were a huge factor in me getting through the winters without being literally bored to death from hours on the trainer. I am a firm believer that they were invaluable as a training tool. BUT, I couldn't do fast spin drills and I could not stand up/sprint for any amount of time. So, it was inevitable that I'd eventually get my fix.
I bit the bullet a few months ago - which says a lot since we were still in good weather when I got them. I ordered them directly through the website, even though I might have gotten them for a few bucks cheaper through ebay or something. I just figured that the extra $$ for some peace of mind and a warranty was well worth it.
$795+shipping and about a week and a half gets them delivered to your doorstep, all assembled and ready to rock. I just played with the resistance setting and hopped on. They were super-awesome-cool from the get ... smooth and totally comfortable. It took one or two roller workouts for me to work up the nerve to stand up and give it a whirl. I wasn't very confident at first but within a few minutes I was rocking some decent sprint drills. I can stay on the rollers for 2 hours or so, where my Kreitlers made my shoulders stiff after about an hour. At the risk of TMI - E-motion rollers, much like my new TT fit courtesy of Josh at CycleLife, is much more amenable to my girly-bits (that's a Mel-ism ... give credit where credit is due). I'm sure boys will find the E-motion rollers to be more comfy as well.
The one downside to the E-motion rollers is lack of portability. I miss being able to take my Kreitlers to a race, to a friends house for an indoor training party, or just to fold them up so my living room doesn't look like a bike-rat lives here. E-Motion rollers do not fold and are just a bit too tall to really fit under, say, a couch or other piece of furniture to be out of sight when you're pretending to be a normal person who lives a normal life in a normal house without bike BS as far as the eye can see.
If you can stomach the $$ (come on, we spend way more than that for way less useful bike BS), take a whirl on the E-motions ... be prepared to fall in love ... At least as much as you can fall in love with indoor training equipment.
Monday, December 8, 2008
Things I had forgotten about winter riding
The farmer's almanac calls for a colder than normal winter this year. If the last couple of weeks have been any indication, methinks it might be correct. I missed out on the great freeze that happened while I was in Florida .... I got a call from a friend saying she brushed snow off of her car so I took this pic to sympathize from afar.
Anyhoo - this past weekend I had the pleasure of remembering cold-weather riding. The CycleLife girls met up for a team ride Saturday morning in Rock Creek Park. On my drive down to Casa de Zim, the outside temperature was 19 degrees. I mentally ran down the list of Michelin-man supplies - you know, the layers and layers that make us identifiable only by the bikes we ride and the ponytail/pig tails that trail us. Its a hot look. So, without further adieu, here's my list of things I had forgotten about winter riding:
1. My head grows in the winter. No, I don't get all pompous or anything, it grows because of the layer of insulation necessary when the temps drop below 30 degrees. You know, those skull caps that, for women, become insulating hair nets. Sweet. The problem is the headache I get about mid-ride when I remember that I forgot that my helmet doesn't fit over a winter hat.
2. Vaseline is my friend. Get your mind out of the gutter !! A little Vaseline on my face prevents me from looking like a 90-year-old woman at the end of a cold, windy ride - it prevents windburn and makes a nice little insulating layer. It also allows your tears to slip off your face virtually unnoticed - which brings me to #3.
3. You cry for no apparent reason. No, not really, they're tears from the cold and wind. Most of the time. Another great side effect is at the end of a ride your eyes look like you've been drinking for four days and are currently riding a drug-induced high.
4. Winter gloves should always have that soft material on the outside. Lets face it - we all become mucus machines when the temps drop. The plus side is that when you have some Vaseline on your face, the residual snot that you didnt wipe with your soft-sided glove mostly slides right off.
These have the best name ever - patented "Snotnose" thumbwipes. Super.
5. After about an hour or so in super cold weather, rides get really quiet. At first I thought it was because everyone was in the zone ... but no, we're all suffering from frozen lips. You know what I'm talking about - when you can't form full words because you can't move your lips. This must be divine intervention, because it's usually this point in the ride that I wonder (silently, since I can't move my lips) what the hell is wrong with us that we regard this as "fun".
6. Drinking cold water in cold weather sucks. However, since you've been eating salt (along with whatever else is leftover on the road) and the wind is kicking your arse, you must remember to drink. Teammate Mitch was amused and intrigued when she realized I had hot coffee in one of my waterbottles. Hey, I gotta do what works.
7. Speaking of coffee - it is a beautiful thing to end a ride at CycleLife with teammates, where we can enjoy some pipin' hot lattes, relax and revel in the adventure of it all.
Pic courtesy of teammates Chicken and Goat ... a better post-ride recap is at Chicken's blog.
Bundle up and get out there ... you don't want people to think a bunch of girls are tougher than you, do you ?
Anyhoo - this past weekend I had the pleasure of remembering cold-weather riding. The CycleLife girls met up for a team ride Saturday morning in Rock Creek Park. On my drive down to Casa de Zim, the outside temperature was 19 degrees. I mentally ran down the list of Michelin-man supplies - you know, the layers and layers that make us identifiable only by the bikes we ride and the ponytail/pig tails that trail us. Its a hot look. So, without further adieu, here's my list of things I had forgotten about winter riding:
1. My head grows in the winter. No, I don't get all pompous or anything, it grows because of the layer of insulation necessary when the temps drop below 30 degrees. You know, those skull caps that, for women, become insulating hair nets. Sweet. The problem is the headache I get about mid-ride when I remember that I forgot that my helmet doesn't fit over a winter hat.
2. Vaseline is my friend. Get your mind out of the gutter !! A little Vaseline on my face prevents me from looking like a 90-year-old woman at the end of a cold, windy ride - it prevents windburn and makes a nice little insulating layer. It also allows your tears to slip off your face virtually unnoticed - which brings me to #3.
3. You cry for no apparent reason. No, not really, they're tears from the cold and wind. Most of the time. Another great side effect is at the end of a ride your eyes look like you've been drinking for four days and are currently riding a drug-induced high.
4. Winter gloves should always have that soft material on the outside. Lets face it - we all become mucus machines when the temps drop. The plus side is that when you have some Vaseline on your face, the residual snot that you didnt wipe with your soft-sided glove mostly slides right off.
These have the best name ever - patented "Snotnose" thumbwipes. Super.
5. After about an hour or so in super cold weather, rides get really quiet. At first I thought it was because everyone was in the zone ... but no, we're all suffering from frozen lips. You know what I'm talking about - when you can't form full words because you can't move your lips. This must be divine intervention, because it's usually this point in the ride that I wonder (silently, since I can't move my lips) what the hell is wrong with us that we regard this as "fun".
6. Drinking cold water in cold weather sucks. However, since you've been eating salt (along with whatever else is leftover on the road) and the wind is kicking your arse, you must remember to drink. Teammate Mitch was amused and intrigued when she realized I had hot coffee in one of my waterbottles. Hey, I gotta do what works.
7. Speaking of coffee - it is a beautiful thing to end a ride at CycleLife with teammates, where we can enjoy some pipin' hot lattes, relax and revel in the adventure of it all.
Pic courtesy of teammates Chicken and Goat ... a better post-ride recap is at Chicken's blog.Bundle up and get out there ... you don't want people to think a bunch of girls are tougher than you, do you ?
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