had an eye exam and they talked me into doing this instead of dilating my pupils for examination - the old fashioned way. someday i hope not have a time series of inner eyeball pictures with which i can assess my deteriorating vision. really looking forward to that.
been riding a bunch - mostly on the road. get this, i cleaned up my road bike and put a new chain and cassette and (gasp) h-bar cork on. like the first maintenance i've done to that thing in about 3 years. i even put a blasted computer on it so now i can flog myself by trying to keep my average speed up. why do i do such things? what makes me want to count numbers? i did hit 64.9 mph on the way down the backside of rist canyon the other day though, which makes me smirk a bit. with a helmet on of course. but tuesday i went 60 on the same descent without it. thats proof that helmets make you faster, right? or at least willing to take a bit more risk ... hmmm, interesting.
thinking about the fc50 coming up in a few weeks. i'd like to make the podium in ss this year. almost got there last time around. i have a storied history with that race (altitude sickness the first year, a tree fell on me the second year - i ain't lyin') and then a couple of solid finishes the last couple years. i can't believe i've lived in the horsetooth nebula for a little over 4 years now. wowie zowie.
laramie enduro is also on the horizon. i like that one too. some folks from lincoln should come out for it. you always have fun even if they do have rest stops ....
i hate to say it becaue i'll get shit for it if i don't show ... but some of you may see me in the next time zone over in a week or so. haven't been to the corn state since winter, wanna see my momma and grandpa, and there's a race going on up at swanson ... all of that might create an irresistable magnetic force that pulls me eastward for a couple days. no promises though.
this is a random shakespeare insult generator i've been having fun with lately.
later. sooner.
5 comments:
Dave,
I'm glad you've made it back to the blogging world. So you went DOWN the backside of Rist? That would be like getting shot out of a cannon and might even be scary.
One word: CYCLOCROSS
80 mile fixie platte river ashland greenwood waverly deitrich ride today. wow. mg and jp and mw.
so damm funny at one point with what we were talking about i had to pull over to cry it out with my head on my handlebars. laughing to hard to ride. shit. whatever it was, was funny as hell.
oh yeah. i had a eye appt recently too and use a similar machine my picture didn't come out nearly as clean as yours. i had lashes and shit in the way. beats having your eyes dialated tho.
SDA, man, can't wait to get to a race with you at swanson, (if you make it back.)
been missin your posts.
have a great one.
as you can see, we check your blog every day to see if your actually gonna type something.
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