People buy wierd stuff!!

So on Sunday I decided to sell all my old cycling clothes on eBay. I am getting a bunch of new clothes from the team soon and I needed some cash to buy the new IU clothing which should be here next week. I was looking over how my eBay stuff was doing today and was curios what kind of people would by a used skin suit. Well I found out the hard way. So I look at the highest bigger on my Pony Shop Cross skin suit.

I looked at his most recently won auctions and came across something I had never seen before or heard of. "Men’s Black Latex Tank Top, Size XS, Never Worn, High Quality" You know what that is? Let me show you.

There are some strange people out there for sure. I am scared to know how my skin suit is going to get used. I'm sure not for cycling. Any besides all this gross stuff, things are going well. I'm starting to get in a good schedule at school. Riding a bunch as always. Very brisk today so I think I will be doing my work out on the training this evening. We are hopefully getting our kits and bikes soon but you never know. That kind of stuff always takes forever. I just ordered some new race wheels which I am excited about. 2 sets of Reynolds. That’s all for me. Cheers.

The Art of Bonking!

Yesterday I bonked the worst time ever in my life. My stupidity lead to a horrible end of a 3 hour rider yesterday. After a night of drinking intil 4am and not eating to much in the morning (due to the hangover) Isaac and I went out for a 2 hour tempo ride. Everything was going great until the last 30min of the tempo portion of the ride. Our bodies started shutting down. It was a funny sight to see. For the last 45min of our ride I averaged a whopping 99 watts. I was shivering like mad. It was horrible.

You would think I would be smarter than that, but sometimes you make stupid mistakes. It is cold and nasty today so I am going to head to the gym and spin the legs out on the trainer. I spent this morning posting all my old cycling clothing on ebay. Hopefully I can get some cash from all that stuff and get some Sram red for my race bike. Will See. Leave you guys with a couple pics of my old bikes.

I hate School.................

I haven't posted in awhile due to my ridiculous schedule. I am taking 4 science classes which I am not thrilled about and I have 8am classes 4 days a week. Wednesday is my day to sleep in. I get a whopping one extra hour of sleep. Also not happy about having 3 classes on Friday either. Enough about college.

Training camp is over and done with. It was a blast, we did not get in the hours we wanted due to the wintery conditions. I am back on the bike training for good now. I did my LT test on Wednesday and was pretty pleased. My LT was very similar to my LT in June of last summer, which I am thrilled about because I have taken a lot of time off and have not done any intensity. Got a big weekend of riding ahead of me which should be a good break from school. I have almost finalized my racing schedule which starts at the end of February with some collegiate stuff. My roommates and I have decided we are going to try to head down the the dirty South and hit up Athens in April. We are not sure also about getting into Tour of Penn, but we are going to still try. Season is going to long and hard once again. Racing February through December. More and bigger races to come this season. I'm very excited. Leave you guys with a picture of our new bikes.

Training Camp Winding up

Haven't posted in the past few days unfortunately. We have all been busy doing training camp stuff. On Wednesday we decided due to the frigid temperatures that it would be worth while to go play some bball and do an hour cyclcross ride. I think I am still sore from the bball though. I would have to say that it must have been a funny sight seeing 5 skinny ass, shaved legged, high sock wearing punks attempting to play a game of pick up basketball.

Yesterday was another cold one so we waited until noon so the temperature would rise a little. We got bundled up and headed out for 2 hours. Many of the roads were still covered snow which made the ride interesting. Pam and I went and saw "I am Legend" last night. I was blown away. It was one of the best movies I have ever seen. Later that night we posted up on the couch and watched "Knocked Up" while drinking Guinness.

Woke this morning early so we could get in a hearty breakfast at Village Deli. Today's plan was 5 hours and it was surely accomplished. Total ride time was 5:20 and 85 miles. It was very windy and quite hilly. Tonight should be nice and relaxing. Tomorrow is our last day of camp and we plan on putting in around 6 hours. Forecast calls for 40 and rain, so we will see.

Snow Day

Woke up on the first of the year to a winter wonderland. My head was still fuzzy from all the PBR and whiskey. Last night was a blast, not one of the most wild New Years I have ever had, but it was still a blast. I was defiantly lame and hit the hay soon after midnight. We spent the morning sleeping in and drinking coffee. It was relaxing after a brutal 5 hour ride and drunken evening.

Today we decided not to hit the roads because of the snowy conditions. We decided it would be worthwhile to spin the legs out so we ventured out into the blizzard on cross/mountain bikes. It was a blast, I slammed the seat on my mountain bike and busted out some trials moves. I haven't done that stuff in years. It felt good to hop up some stairs and pull off some wicked skids in the snow.

After messing around on the bike I thought it would be fun to step it up and bust out some dough nuts in the new car. WOW! was that a blast. Could be one of my favorite things to do in the winter. Pam made us a wicked good pasta dinner which really hit the spot. Plan on watching a movie and talking racing schedules tonight. I am hoping for better weather tomorrow. I'm out.

Last Day of 2007

I'm finally back at my house after being out on the bike for 6.5 hours and ride time just over 5. I am completely exhausted. I was in the pain cave for the last 45min of the ride. It was a wonderful day today. The temp was just around 42 and sunny. We once again had 8 riders which made the time fly by much quicker. We decided to go for the hilly route today. I imagine we climbed well over 1000 feet today when all said and done.

Started the morning off with a delicious coffee and muffin. Breakfast was soon followed by many snacks throughout the ride such as cliff bars, granola bars, peanut butter crackers etc. Todays ride was a blast but I am going to be feeling it later tonight and tomorrow.

It is time to shower and get ready for the evening. We have a long night ahead of us. Starting soon with margaritas at the local Mexican restaurant then followed my large amounts of beer and over alcoholic beverages. I really hope I survive tonight. Last year I spent the end of the evening hugging the toilet. Thats all for now I need to go roll out my legs and get a good stretch in before we head out.

Hope everyone has a Happy and Safe New Years!

Training Camp Day 1

I'm finally back down in Bloomington after a long restful winter break/time off. I got back yesterday afternoon. I enjoyed my journey down here because I got to drive me new wagon. I ended up getting a 2006 Subaru Legacy wagon. I love it!! I want to drive everywhere. Not as fast as my WRX but it gets much better gas mileage and has a ton of room. It was good to see my roomies and Chris/Kim yesterday. Its been a little while.

Woke up this morning after a uneasy sleep. I think it was due to my excitement for training camp. It has had been 2 weeks since I have been on the bike. We got to sleep in a little bit this morning and started the ride at the local coffee shop. I decided to go for the breakfast Burrito instead of the coffee this morning. We had a good size group of 8. We ventured west out of Bloomington. Tom took us on a sweet 4 hour ride. The speed was a little to fast for my liking, but I kept riding anyway. Seemed to get dropped on every climb. Weather was not to bad today, somewhere around 38 and cloudy. The ride is over and we are all relaxing around our house. I think we are going to take it easy tonight because we have a 5 hour ride ahead of us tomorrow and a night of hard boozing. Thats all for today, but check back for daily updates from our Bloomington training camp. I will leave with some pictures of the new Sram Red. Man I love that stuff. Im really impressed in how light and how well it works.