Old, Fat, Slow, and Out of Shape

• Rest, rest, and more rest

  It turns out that sometimes you just have to. I took some time to analyze my stellar SDSR weekend and actually do some minor research on cycling. Up till now, I practiced the Eddy Mercx school of training: "Ride lots." ... with "lots" being a realtive term. I suppose it [...]
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  Posted: March 26, 2007, 10:25pm EDT
  

• The great big SDSR Turd

  Well, that sure was craptastic.
  
  I was looking forward to San Dimas. I had it targeted on my calendar. I thought I had prepared well for it. Usually, I can climb. I sucked.
  
  Let's start with the time trial. The week before, my team went up for a' [...]
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  Posted: March 19, 2007, 9:57pm EDT
  

• Sometimes the stars don't align

  My employer has now blocked blogger.com, which makes my posting a much more difficult thing. When I was bored at work, it was easy to post. When I get home, the last thing I want to do is stare at a computer screen some more. Anyhow, Sunday was crit day.
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  Posted: March 05, 2007, 11:56pm EST
  

• Fast!

  Yeah, it's been a while. Between work and life, the old, fat, and slow blog has taken back stage. Such is life.
  
  Anyhow, today was the Long Beach Circuit Race, which finished prior to the real pro's racing the last stage of the Tour of California. In my [...]
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  Posted: February 26, 2007, 12:51am EST
  

• Just cause I haven't in a while

  I haven't posted a ride from my trusty Garmin in a while, so here's today's ride. Wasn't wearing the HR strap, so that data is missing. Enjoy. [...]
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  Posted: February 10, 2007, 6:56pm EST
  

• Anna Nicole

  So, Anna Nicole Smith died. Honestly, I don't know why I'm even posting about it. I don't know why anyone even cares. I guess it's a commentary on our society that it's a big deal when someone like this (insert your own opinion) dies.
  
  What did she do' [...]
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  Posted: February 09, 2007, 1:06am EST
  

• "Wanna do it? Good luck, man."

  

  I don't think I'd mess with Laraque. Check out how he invites the fight... about 45 seconds into the vid.

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  Posted: February 04, 2007, 11:42pm EST
  

• Woo hoo!

  Finally, after 9 years of getting fat... a result! Rolled home with a nice 3rd place finish yesterday.
  
  After starting the race riding slower than I can ever remember racing (nobody wanted to work in the brutal wind), I finally found myself in a five man break that [...]
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  Posted: February 04, 2007, 2:25pm EST
  

• Two down, many to go

  Goddamn Americans. Don't get me wrong here - I'm no commie/terrorist/pinko/whatever. I love America, was born here, live here, and until recently had never left the friendly shores of the red, white, and blue. I'm referring strictly to American Crit Trash (ACT).
  
  If America weren't such a cycling ignorant [...]
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  Posted: January 29, 2007, 9:55pm EST
  

• Pain

  Well, I had to take today off to recover from my first cycling "injury" in 10 years. I put injury in quotes because it's really more of an annoyance than anything else. I got a bit of tendonitis on the inside of my left ankle. I first noticed it Saturday' [...]
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  Posted: January 24, 2007, 12:49am EST
  

• Cold! and windy!

  Dammit. Allow me to bitch and whine for a bit. Now, not only is it cold, but it's windy too. It was 36 when I left my house for Como this morning. By the time we hit the descent on Dump, it had to be blowing at leas 25 mph.' [...]
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  Posted: January 21, 2007, 8:46pm EST
  

• We'll miss ya, BP

  Having grown up in a family that loved racing of any kind, there was always plenty of NASCAR on the tube each Sunday. Today, NASCAR lost one of its heroes. Benny Parsons was a great driver, a tremendous announcer, and most importantly, by all accounts an even better human [...]
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  Posted: January 16, 2007, 6:59pm EST
  

• Back! And cold!

  Ahh... back to reality! After a week in Mexico and a week in the mountains, it's time to return to real life. I'm not looking forward to work, but I am looking forward to a real bike again. Vacations are cool, but hotel stationary trainers are not.
  
  Anyhow, [...]
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  Posted: January 14, 2007, 9:50am EST
  

• Simi Ride

  Went out and did the Simi ride this weekend. First off, gotta thank the wife for the hall pass to spend the day driving up there and riding. Good chance to tese the legs against the local big boys. It was also fun to get out and do a [...]
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  Posted: December 27, 2006, 12:56am EST
  

• An open letter to T.O.

  Dear Terrell,
  
  Please catch the ball. In the words of your publicist, you have 25 million reasons to.
  
  Sincererly,
  Cowboy fans [...]
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  Posted: December 26, 2006, 11:13pm EST
  

• Race weight

  Well, let me spell it out to you in table format for easy reading:
  
  WeightUphill speed
  December 1997135fast
  December 2005155N/A
  December 2006135almost as fast
  
  As you can plainly see, the weight is now what it should be at... the fitness isn't there yet, but I'm feeling kinda [...]
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  Posted: December 21, 2006, 11:59pm EST
  

• Yesterday's video I spoke of

  

  Here's the Wellens video... Watch about one minute in. In the words of Jim Ross, "OH MY GOD!! Is that Bart Wellens' music?!?!?"

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  Posted: December 21, 2006, 11:56pm EST
  

• Torn

  Well, it looks like Astana will be getting a license, while Genevieve says she's never racing again. The question is do we really care anymore? In fact, the first three stories in today's update on CN were somehow related to doping. I'm beginning to think I enjoyed following pro' [...]
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  Posted: December 19, 2006, 11:12pm EST
  

• Mad Skills

  I'm no mountain biker... but I know mad skills when I see them.
  
  
  Thanks to Doucheblog Cycling for this find. ' [...]
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  Posted: December 17, 2006, 9:39pm EST
  

• Rest days

  During phase one of my racing career when I was younger and I had few responsibilities and few bills, I loved rest days. I'd sleep till I woke up (read: no damn alarm). Then, I'd wake up and have a nice sized breakfast (read: 2 bowls of Oh's! or Frosted' [...]
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  Posted: December 11, 2006, 9:02pm EST
  

• Christmas came early!

  Thanks to the wifey, I got me a new toy. I couldn't convince her to spring for a PowerTap, so this was the next best thing. Plus, I love that it tells me how many feet I climb on a ride. Here is my first ride with it.' [...]
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  Posted: December 10, 2006, 11:10pm EST
  

• Hill Repeats

  Well, I'll be damned.
  
  It's been a good ten years since I did any sort of hill repeats. Let me tell you - in ten year's time nothing has changed. Hill repeats still suck. They hurt. They last longer than they should. They are not fun. They make you' [...]
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  Posted: December 05, 2006, 12:28am EST
  

• Damn

  [www.cyclingnews.com]
  
  Be sure to kiss your loved ones before your next ride or race. [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2006, 7:17pm EST
  

• Tinkov

  I don't know what to think of this dude, except that he has giant gonads. His marketing strategy is either insanely brilliant or insanely stupid. Either way, it's insane. By signing riders such as Danilo Hondo and Tyler Hamilton, he certainly has generated buzz and interest in his team, and [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2006, 6:03pm EST
  

• Closet Romosexual

  It's been a tough ten years for us Cowboy fans since Aikman retired. We've had to deal with coke head Quincy, old man Vinny, Baseball Drew, and couple other guys worse that these three (including Drew "Throw it to the Defense" Bledsoe). Finally, we have a QB that makes good [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2006, 6:50pm EST