crashed.

My mac recently crashed, not the happiest camper about that fact. been to the doctor twice now. we shall see is limes disease is swimming in my blood streem. im staying optimisitc. marko has been moving his stuff in the last couple of days. the cats dont know what is going on. sold my bridgestone track bike. sad to see her go. sold nitto jaguar stem and seat post. road bike still 1/3 the way there. missing groupo. sp and saddle. thats it really but i have a feeling its going to take awhile.

some killer biking this past weekend with jesse, marko and rachael at the single speed state champs in WI.

bike kill. bike love.

lalala.

started summer classes yesterday. going to be a huge cleaning day. need to get a good exercise in also, hopefully. yoga and bike ride tomorrow. longer one. once i sell my bike i am going to get a burley nomad, with the rack. gonna be rad. marko just got hooked up with a bob. lucky son of a. haha. where did the first part of summer go? still wanting to get a kayak we shall see.

new adventures.

going kayaking! its been around 8 years since i did, in cozumel.

wino.

pedal rotation in full throttle today. total of seven hours + wine tasting making it a grand total of 8 hours. damn. you should see the tan lines. RIDICULOUS. got lost a number of times. (look at the welcome to sign...opps) other then that really enjoyed myself. took the 520 out. nice and hilly. brought three bottles of wine home to seal the deal. exhausted. but smiling. legs are getting stronger as i dont struggle on the hills much.

the pictures kind of sum up my day, sometimes words just arent needed. you know the feeling.













i think i will be making this trip a regualr time! but maybe not getting lost in there multiple times.

to the vino.

biking to the vineyard. cant think of much more that i want to do in one day. bike, taste wine, buy wine. bike. sunshine. touring bike. arkel panniers. roses maybe, flowers. so excited!

goodies.

thrashed.

my legs hate me right now. especially my hamstrings. good ride though. a beautiful day.

where the bike love is.

been trying to ride more & more. main goal for the summer is to get in really good shape. mtbing racing is for fun if good results come a plus. got the bkb kits early due to family hook up. sexy as hell. i got a jacket which is going to keep me real toasty in the winter. the bibs are fucking sweet. nice chamois! full sip long and short jerseys. vest is sick. i dont think i could be happier, unless i bought more. ha. $$. gonna meet some people for a nice long steady ride. spinning. get the endurance up. i havent used my CAR in about three or four weeks now. it feels great. i am thinking about selling it. i dont need that. and then getting a burly nomad and a co motion. ha. and saving money. we'll see if that happens. i hope so.


thanks to jesse for organizing the kits so quickly since i have been ready since last year! ha.

i love this thing called biking!!

off to do some yoga poses so my back doesnt tighten up again.

even if you dont.

went for a long hilly ride yesterday. 9-3. about six hours and 80 miles. got out near blue mounds and black earth and did a little loop in iowa county. since i am in an indeed s-l-o-w process of building up my steel roadie. my friend was nice enough to offer titanium over my converted cross aluminum bike. only unfortunate thing was, 1- new saddle, 2- saddle was too far back on the rails so i got a wicked hamstring work out. which ended up thrashing my back. making stops every 30 minutes to crack all of my vertebras and pulling out the helpful yoga poses when applicable (last hour &1/2). back still is a bit tight today but my legs feel great. eating like a horse. went for a long walk cause i became bored and new it would be good to loosen my legs a bit today. ran into a friend at a small farmers market. ate some goodies. i tried my hand at making some strawberry jam. we'll see. ha.

have off in the morning tomorrow so hopefully get some ride in. nothing too intense, just good for the legs and getting my bootay in better shape. for me and hopefully the start of the season, for me at least.

annoyances: dog upstairs.
life saver: crocs.


thinking about planning a backpacking trip soon.

the weekends keep getting better.

headed up to wausau yesterday with the focus full of bike love. boys went and pre rode the course. amanda and i walked around and soon became the food of many mosquitos. headed back to the car. boys came back saying it was going to be a tough course. dinner, hotel, mini wine bottles consumed the rest of the night. morning comes nerves flowed through all of us like surges from electricity. amanda and i became and nervous as the guys were. got a good hand off section. were pretty prepared for the weather. not totally though. sundays have become a notorious rain day. boys go. jesses leading the pack strong and quick as amanda hands a water bottle and almost gets taken down by the guys behind jesse. fuck. wheres mark? he passes and normally doesnt take anything the first lap. i still had something in my hand. he passes... points to his knee and i thought he pointed to his water bottles, or there the lack of water bottles. i almost shit my pants. then i catch him on the other side that swoops through. later amanda tells me that he had blood coming down his knee. sweet. marko always tends to thrash his body. i am just happy i didnt see the spill. keeps going he starts catching other guys. both guys are just hammering. jesse comes through on the third laps and looks like he is in pain. marko comes buy takes water. due to the slippery conditions i almost bit hard but caught myself with my knee. nice. last lap comes and bmatter is in the lead hammering and spinning his shit. were looking for jesse. i see the 29er jersey but the pink helmet. MARKO! hell yeah. he is in second. i was so stoked i was shaking. and so nervous too. damn.

marko take second my 53seconds behind matter. beautiful. a fun wet cold day turned out glorious. jesse made it through bonking pretty much the last lap but still pulled out a finish of 7th. not bad considering a single speed rider pulled everyone the first three laps. hell yeah!

both guys killed it. the bkb way. and 29er skillz.