Ride on fools
Although most of the other people in the blog world are getting sparse with their words it doesn’t seem like that has slowed their riding. All this talk about base miles and cross season is making us slackers look bad. I don’t bother with extra miles this time of year. Cold and dark doesn’t do it for me. Cross racing? Driving hours in a car to pay $25 for 45 minutes of pain? Can’t do it. What can I do? How ’bout try to hold steady with my seven pound weight gain? There’s a lofty goal. I usually push ten to fifteen through the entire off-season. Yesterday was “birthday day” (all you can eat cookies) at the firm I deliver for topped of with “meatloaf night” at the hacienda. Not exactly a recipe for weight loss, huh? I heard cigarettes will help keep the weight gain down….
I say put the pounds on, get to like 300 then take up smoking. You could be the first World Champ to weigh 300 and smoke coming across the finish line. Think how much master you’d be on the descents.
yeah smoking that sounds like a training plan?
How about just suffering in the cold like the rest of us? Or mabe get a trainer and catch upon the soaps?
Maybe the write-up of you in the new Bike will get you motivated again. Or maybe not!
Anyway, congrats on the article, and again on your Trans-Rockies ride.
Los
Uhhhh…what are base miles? Is that like freebase? That’ll keep the weight off, no doubt.
Also, I’m thinking about abandoning my blog. Instead, I’ll just comment here everyday. What do you think?
BTW, nice write up in Bike.
Elk,
Funny thing is I was thinking the same damn thing this morning when I commented on your blog.
We can’t both quit, maybe we should consolidate?
OK, but just for the off-season. I propose we start a blog about smoking cigarettes.
hehe… I agree with the smoking thing. Get your body so full of crap that when you start biking again you’ll feel like a million bucks! As for now, sit back and watch the tube dude!
“Driving hours in a car to pay $25 for 45 minutes of pain”
–> I’ll agree with that. I train CX and mtb this time of year as the trails are coming to a close (closed Nov 30th as put forth by the smart empire that manages them… you should see the empire we have managing our small 300m hill up here. Craziness! They get close to 1Billion a year to manage this area. Meanwhile, most of our top roadies and mtbrs are living in the sh#tter. I diagress… ).
I have yet to do a CX race. I just don’t agree with going around and around in circles. A good race should have miles and miles of track that never traverses. Heck, we don’t live on a small island. If Hawaii iron-man races can do it, why can’t we?
Damn strange.
Anyhow, I got in 20,000km of riding this year and still tick’n. My riding never stops. We shovel out 15km worth of trail in the winter and I ride into work in all weather (except freezing rain). Damn fun it is. Especially when the road crud gets rock hard. man, can you bomb off that stuff! Fun as hell.
I have a question though: where are some of the best places south-east of the states to bike?
” You could be the first World Champ to weigh 300 and smoke coming across the finish line.”
–> who is that guy from iceland that use to win a lot of mtb races though?
JAC,
Southeast of the states, or in the southeast states? Pisgah, Pisgah, Pisgah.
How about local?
http://www.bikepasa.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2079
I hear yea…
but
cross is a blast
a real blast
and I suck at it
you should give it a shot
you do not need to go to a race to get a taste of the cross style fun
that said
my legs are tired
my belly is already fat
showing on the face
and not just the winter beard
the chipmonk cheeks are back