Yesterday's Training

Ugh, I really blew that. lol

I met my new teammates at our sponsoring bike shop, Grand Performance. The bad luck started immediately, as it usually does for me. My PT died during a ride last Sunday, so I went into the bike shop where the gentleman replaced the battery. The computer worked, but it still didnt read data from the hub and cadence sensor. "Shit!" I'm thinking. I need a record of what I do for personal motivation. Oh well, we start off on the ride and there are like 9 ladies and 2 gents. I thought things were going well, but after climbing up a slight grade on the Smith High Bridge and gettting caught at 2 traffic lights, I knew I had to go my own pace. I was ok with that. It was advertised as No Drop, but not labeled as recovery so, I asked someone to ride up to the group and tell them I was going to go solo.

My training guides all say that especially for Base Training you often have to go yoru own pace. You never know when others are in their season. Some people may have just finished racing, some may have had a few weeks for a break, others like me, my have raced January to April, stopped and only rode a few times a week till July and then quit altogether because they were still unemployed, poor as sh*t, depressed and thus demotivated thinking their future was gone.

It's funny now, but it wasnt so damn funny at the time.

I found some great roads in West St. Paul. Nice and wide, the weather was cold, but sunny and clear. So all in all I had a really great ride though and I am glad to have warmed up (lol) with the team. :) I will be trying to hang with them again. I wont give up, however, I still need to focus on my aerobic base. I have 10 kilos (yes 10 now everyone knows) to drop by April. I wish to God that Gardie lived here so I could enlist his help again. :(

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Today I plan on taking the Gateway State Trail as far as I can East. I think it goes to the river separating Wisconsin and Minnesota. It's 6am and 46 degrees F outside now, so the temps may be nice!

Omg science...

Today's Training

Today began the first day of real training for the 2010 season. I discovered the Gateway Trail, which has an entrance near my place, and rode along it for a while. I caught up to regular roads that were a part of the only route I now since I've been here. The weather said 45 degrees F, but half way through the ride it seemed to drop 10 degrees. Maybe it was wind.

Anyway, I say someone spray painted the word "BEAST" on the trail and I've decided that that word will mark the tone for this coming season.

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Aaaw!! Rammstein have the flu! :( :(

http://www.thegauntlet.com/interview/307/559/Rammstein.html

No one is immune! Here's an interview Christophe the drummer did last night before they performed in Barcelona, Spain.

HAPPY FRIDAY THE 13TH WORLD!!!!

Yay! A night of Jason Voorhees movies, how fun. I am planning on watching Part 1, 2, 3 and then 6 which is my favorite. :)

Yes i'm on Facebook. Thx for the nice compliment! I am not that great, not like Major Taylor at least. : )

Sup?

So the job is fine, so far. I'm pretty content which is cool.

I got into a passionate conversation with a videogame friend of mine about how I believe some people (me) are meant to be alone/single (no negative connotation associated with the word "alone') and some people are meant to couple up. He believes that a guy knows what's best for me and that's why many guys have tried to pin me down and get into relationships with/marry me. I say that's bullshit. I know what makes me happy. I've lived 30 yrs. so I think I've got it figured out.

I have been grilled by my friend at work too. He is like a smart, sensible brother. He's really great. He (like my videogame friend) doesnt want me to give up, but wants me to find someone because there is someone for me. I say "Puh-shaw!" But then I stop and think, hard. I try to find someone I would actually consider marrying. I decided that I'd marry the lead guitarrist of Rammstein, Richard. Because I'd like to get to know the man behind his lyrics (in his solo project Emigrate) and because I am sure he'd leave me the fuck alone. He'd be too busy being too damn fine and writing music to bother me with things like "quality time" and such nonsense!(Did I mention the part about being too damn fine? Oh yeah, I did.)

Anywho...

I am happy as heck in my new apartment. I come home to NO ONE. It's great! I can cook what I want, walk around half-naked, pee with the door open, it's AWESOME! I also get to game, write, think, draw, day dream WITHOUT interruption. You see where I am going with this?

I am also having a creative itch. I am wondering how it will manifest itself. I'm excited to start a new writing project or drawing. I have been hankering to head over to the Mpls. Institite of Art to sketch. I could see that Louvre exhibit!

and,

I wish I was going to see Rammstein on Tour. :( :( :( I just want to die I am so depressed about not going!!! But, someday, right? (image from www.Rammimages.com)I love Rammstein so much that it makes me physically sick. lol

2nd day in a row i wanted to buy chew for a nicotine fix, trying not to smoke. I fought the urge & won...this time.

AAAAAAAH!

I need a new job.

Anyway, more importantly...

I am in my new place, although it is bare bare and bare. Just me, 4 bikes, 4 suitcases, a blanket, a stuffed mouse and me. lol Seriously though, that's it.

I need a plan to get going. I want to start my 2010 season NOW. Officially! I think I will sit down with my Cyclist Training Bible and map stuff out. I can't afford Vision Quest right now, not just yet. So I have to self coach some Pre training adn Base training. My new team seems to be nice. I wish I could find time to ride with them. Things have been so hectic lately. At least I rode Sunday when it was nice! Things could be worse! :)


And Rammstein has a new album that I am fieeeeeeeending for!!!!!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAHH!

I'm so poor that i bought a $1.50 box of pop tarts to live off of for the next 2 days...

I'm so poor that i bought a $1.50 box of pop tarts to live off of for the next 2 days...

In my new apt. as of yesterday. Slept on a hard floor. Ow! Goin 4 a ride.

Yay snow!

Today it is snowing! It is so pretty I love it. Not enough to really accumulate yet, and it's not cold, so it's okay. The sky is all white and the trees are sprinkled with white. Blah blah blah...omg, sounded like poetry. :P

I have officially joined the Saint Paul Bicycle Racing Club and their active race team called Bianchi Grand Performance. So, I guess I have to change my license soon :( Oh I am so sad to say goddbye for REAL to Ski Utah. But, I guess I am no longer a Utahn let alone a racing cycling for that team. Ho hum. :(

Anyway! I am excited though! New exciting adventures in my journey through the Minnesota Cycling Scene. Fun!

Omg! My first time watching the cleveland show and i am rotfl!!!

Omg...i swear that i'm having breakfast across from the actress who played the teacher in Child's Play 2!!!

Update

THE GYM
I hit the gym last Friday for an hour in the AM and then went 2 times this week for ~30-40min. OMG! I LOVE lunges across the b-ball court. They hurt, but my ass will thank me when it fits back into the size 8 jeans. :)

WORK
Work has been good and busy. So many dead mice, dissection, body pieces flying everywhere, etc. all in the name of cancer research. Pediatric Cancer research. I see the way the Bone Marrow transplanted mice look when undergoing rejection and it literally TERRIFIES ME to think that the HUMANS that undergo this rejection look the same. It is really really sad and scary. No joke. I hope what I am doing makes a difference.