2 out of three aint bad

No death, No jail, but I did manage a physical injury. I was running through camp on Friday night and I found where someone had placed the cast-iron fire ring with my shins. Major damage to the right shin. Pretty effin sweet. Should have gone in for stitches, but in the wild west fashion and manliness of the bachelor party weekend, I opted for the cleaning with liquor and bandages. Looks like this weekends endurance tri-camp in River Falls may be in jeopardy. I'll post some pics later, swamped at work now so you'll have to wait.

Last Nights Recovery Ride

A HR of 170 can be considered recovery right? Last night I met up with some guys for a 2 or so hour ride. Wednesday I had a pretty serious brick, and before the ride I went to the Y for my swim workout. Two hours easy with a group sounded like a great evening. Well the boys had another plan for the night. After we caught back up to their wheels after they passed the doghouse, I realized I was going to have to make a decision soon. The pace was a little faster than I was looking for. After riding below the airport, the hill out of the park up to the airport shelled me off the back. There was a re-group for a fraction of a second at the light, and then I think I heard Josh peel out as we headed toward the cemetery/lightrail. I looked at my HR monitor and immediately told Drew to go on without me and I eased off. I caught up with the crew at the next light and told them I was gonna bail. I didn’t want to hold them up if they wanted a hammer session. I turned around and enjoyed the recovery pace I was looking for.

A bachelor party weekend lies ahead. I’m flying out to Columbus tonight, and then we are driving to WV for some whitewater rafting. I think there is a chance that we’ll get kicked out of the campgrounds. G gave me three rules that I needed to follow 1) Don’t die, 2) No physical injuries and 3) No jail. I hope to follow #1 for sure, the others…..well.

Paris - Roubaix and IM Arizona

So following others lead I’ll post my predictions for Paris – Roubaix on Sunday

1st – Vladimir Gusev
2nd – Fabian Cancellera
3rd – Leif Hoste
4th – Alessandro Ballan

Boonen will be somewhere in the top 10, though the way he looked on the last climb in the Tour of Flanders, I don’t think his form is where it needs to be. I’m never good at picking winners though. Whether its basketball, football, cycling, whatever I suck so you can pretty much count on those picks being off the mark.

My coach is racing IM Arizona this weekend. I plan on watching him on the web, but I think I'll only be able to follow for a little while as I plan on riding with Grumpy/LGR and watching P-R with the group. I had a workout with John on Tuesday and asked him how he felt. He thought the second half of the marathon was his biggest worry. If you are interested he is bib #13 and is racing in the pro division. Overall it looks like a big weekend of race viewing. That is after a short trip to Des Moines for a wedding tonight.

Sweet Deal....Or Not

So yesterday I was getting ready for a swim workout and needed a bit of food so I went to the GNC in the Skyway to see if they had any gels. I thought it was my lucky day as they were getting rid of the Powergels that were set to expire in June. The regular price was 1.29, but they were marked down to 0.32. There were 10 left so I bought them all. The flavor was strawberry-banana so I figured they would work fine. Besides how often can you get gels for that cheap? So as I was getting ready to jump in the pool I squeezed a packet into my mouth and almost went through the full gag reflex thing. Turns out they taste like a mix between ‘Tussin and Vicks 44D. Sweet only 9 more to go!

Seriously

Fucking Snow.

Hello Mother Nature.......Its April 3rd!

Morning Crack

So John on KEXP is a really funny guy. I pretty much listen to his show every morning. When he’s out sick or on vacation and I tune in to hear someone filling in for him it’s a pretty big disappointment. He plays a great mix of music, and has great commentary. For example, the following commentary made me laugh out loud.

A listener wrote in to him saying they needed some song suggestions from the 1987 era. The listener suggested all music from that era was crap. So John put together a set of good music from that time period, and also made fun of some not so good music. During some commentary he made reference to Guns and Roses and he was like…”didn’t that album come out around ’87? Wasn’t it great to listen to that album while you were trying to replace your blood with alcohol?”

Funny Stuff I tell ya, you should give him a listen. It also reminded me of one of the better Modest Mouse lines “I drink away the part of the day that I cannot sleep away.” So while we are on music here’s a new recommendation:

Artist: Tokyo Police Club
Album: A Lesson in Crime

The tracks Citizens of Tomorrow and Nature of the Experiment pretty much kick my face in.

Wet and Windy

This weekend pretty much sucked for being outside. I was going to go out for a ride on Saturday morning but woke up to rain and cold so I bagged it. I went to the Y and swam then came home and rode on the trainer. Before the game we went to REI to register for the wedding. It’s a cool place to register, but everything that’s on our list is way too expensive for anyone to actually get us. I guess you could call it our own little wish list. The other places we are going to register are going to be way less fun for me (Crate and Barrel, Bed Bath and Beyond, and Target) so REI was basically my registry.

After REI we watched the Buckeyes advance to the championship game against Florida. I just hope it doesn’t end up like our last two meeting with them, the 26 point loss in BBall and the complete embarrassment by the football team. I also would like to see us win due to the fact that I can’t stand Joachim Noah. I mean really man, do you have to get so jacked up after every single play. The guy is a jackass, and he can’t dance.

Sunday I managed to get out for around 35 miles on the bike. It was cold and rainy (actually it only rained for like 20 minutes) and my first road ride in MN for the season. I was amazed how good the road bike felt. It is way more agile than the Cervelo. Riding it made me want to upgrade to a better road bike. That’ll have to wait for a while though. In the afternoon we went grocery shopping and then I had an hour run to get in. I opted for the treadmill at the Y rather than getting out in the elements again. After dinner we got our wedding website up and running. I’ll post a link as soon as the important people (mother and future mother in-law) proof it.