wowatosa

So first thing after a 4 am fiber throw we hit Webb's on state st in the village. I ended up getting kicked out by the counter help. I really didn't do anything wrong.

There was a wacko asking us about or thoughts on following the pro life agenda. After about 2 minutes I had enough of her ranting with the guy with 8 teeth and a flannel. I asked her how many kids she had. She replied they were blessed with one wonderful daughter so far. Then I asked if it was her choice to take birth control pills or use a condom to prevent more children up to this point. She said nothing for about 10 seconds she just stared at me so I asked her again. What was her preferred choice to prevent life from happening? Well her head spend around like six times and she started screaming something about her money situation and housing and some other crap in tongues. Turns out her friends worked there and they ask me to leave or they were calling the cops. We left and went to Denny's on north ave for some eggs and corn beef and hash.

As we were leaving there I seen the funniest shit pile car in a long time. I took a pic but can't get my phone to send it in a email. Someone took bubba's old van and removed the front clip and created a trailer out of it. On the back there were the chrome Lady's but they were very plump Lady's.

Came home rode 10 miles just to keep things loose.

extended weakend

Man its good to be back at work to relax after a long weekend. What I really need is to have two assistance at home just like here at work. That’s not going to happen any time soon so I can quit dreaming now.

Well it was a good weekend with the extra day tagged on. Thanks to everyone that gave there lives to let us live free.

Well Friday I snuck out to the Kettles and crashed hard as hell on the connector in the section of Horse rider’s camp. Got a pinch flat in some rocks and went over the bars in the next corner and flew into some trees. I figured that the right legs was doing great, I might as well smash the left hip on someone. It really sucks trying to change out a tube and swat at the mosquitoes and try to squat without major pain in the hip. Got back home for dinner and checked the bike out for the 6 hour the next day. That is Karma kicking in for getting in a friday afternoon ride.

Woke up at 4 am Saturday and the hip did not like me at all. I got up and took some real pain killers and went back to bed. Woke up again around 9:00 and the hip was still sore. Got up, ate and unloaded the truck. The New Fane race was a no go since the steps were more than enough to make it hurt. Took it easy rest of the day with some house cleaning and killed a few weeds with some spray.

Sunday morning the hip was feeling better so I jumped on the bike and made it about 2 miles before I turned around and headed back. Spend a bunch of time outside with the family. Later in the day I took a couple of hours and opened up the camper and got it ready for Wausau this weekend. Then later I worked up the energy to cut the grass in the front. Then we grilled out some fresh sweet corn and chicken. Took some more painkillers and went to bed early.

Monday I woke up early and made it about 10 miles before I turned for home. Then I took the dog for a walk and started some yard work. Then we had friends over early in the afternoon and spent the rest of the day on the patio with plenty of food and adult beverages, blended and bottled.

1st win of the year - early

Yep I had my 1st age group win of the year at Geneva. I am going to chock about 80% of it up to luck. Lucky after the first lap I hit the slower riders in the open sections and could motor past them and keep a high pace in the big ring in the singletrack. I was lucky to have the 50 -54 winner in front of me for the first two laps to focus and chase. Thank you Ron K. I did make a huge mistake on lap 2 and tried to stay with him on the broken rake climb and it sent the leg into spasms. I coasted through the next section and went down to the granny for the start of lap three. I will confess I have not spent that much time in granny for that long in years. Then on lap 3 I was felling good about a 2nd or 3rd place finish. Then as I turned into the flat to stairway I took all 5 shoots of hammergel and some water. At the hill climb into the rock garden I seen Jeff 15 feet ahead I started thinking about how long to be his shadow and were to attck him. Bad luck happened as he dropped down into the wash out after the rock garden it looked like he locked up the rear tire and he was going down. He said he was ok as I went but his jersey was tore up. I seen a glimpse of Bubba so I dropped the hammer and made it hurt. I was also lucky that Bubba was running Ringle scewers and I had Salsa's. Props to Bubba for passing a whole lot of riders to get back on the boxes. Man watch out in 2 weeks at Warsaw the fat guys will be flying out there.

cole cleans and his buddy

Swingin a ho-----e

Yep another trip out to Muir for some great trail making. We did a few reroutes that were long overdue. We did a bunch of puddle filling and a few total puddle reroute and one last benching. Then we went into the squirrel loop and got to rip out more mats. We open all the reroutes right as we finished them.

Then we ended the day eating some grub at the general store.

Lots of local riders out on the trails today. Even some loon with drop bars on a mtb trail. It was disturbing having hikers thanking us for building really nice trails.

Since the mtb girl said some about the mutt here is a few updated pics

Well it moms day today I got to go make a souffle for the moms that are going to be over shortly.

but late than never

125 miles in three days I think the body is starting to recognize this riding thing again.

test test 1, 2 almost 3

The first real test of the sore leg came at the end of the 2nd lap at Iola. During the first two laps I never thought more about a smooth pedal stroke so much in my life just to try to stay with the group I latched onto. Then it happened, I came into the rooted Pine tunnel and got the tires cross rooted and I ratchet pedaled for some quick power and the leg did not respond very well to that. So starting the last lap I seen Bubba was about 30 seconds in front of me at the top of the start climb. After that I did a lot of hill walking and watching folks ride by. Somehow it really didn’t bother me. Knowing how the leg had been responding the past two weeks on the trainer, I was damn happy to just be doing lap 3. I think I will stick to short rides and lots of “the stick” on the leg to get ready for Grand Geneva.

Other thoughts from Iola
The deer carcass before the Tree stand single-track was not very pleasant smelling
I really missed the Muddy Cups smoothies all winter
I am still burping the garlic from the bread
There is soil in the woods of Iola that can suck your soul right out of you.
A lot of sport riders suck at riding single-track.
And lastly I seen a lot of broken chains, they don’t last forever people.

behind again

Well after reading Jays blog I just remembered my bike shoes still resemble piles of mud after rockhut. I better make a note to get them cleaned tonight and on the boot dryer so I have them for the weekend.

Well last night I spent 30 minutes on the trainer again and the leg is still resisting any hard efforts. The bruising is almost all gone and I have gone through a second jar of tiger balm. This all makes me think that Iola will be a real slow ride just so I make enough races for the series. We will be missing a few races this year so I better get it in while I can.

Can't wait for GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOO