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Vacation ended Sunday night

But I still feel like I need one.

This will be the most random photo dump post I have done in months. Try to figure out what’s going on in my head.

My Mom was in town, it’s been two years. We traveled around and did the tourist crap also hung around our house with her. The week was so stressful , for so many reasons, I told my wife I need a few days in the woods with no one but our little family around. Now the challenge is to make it happen before summer is over.

We saw this sweet car. The guy wants $1200. Seems like a deal.

I raced a bunch, even rode MTB one night after two consecutive days of racing. My reward? well a top 5 one day and a beer the next.

First beer since I was in LA with Tony.

It felt great to be in the woods. Although, all this road riding has made my handlebar height seem too high. Going to have to get a steep drop stem, or flip a pair of riser bars. Yes! A new trend I can start. Upside down riser bars. For the ultimate flat backed mountain biker.

Got to ride the new WTB Weirwolfs. yes they are fast and corner like Mark himself. I am considering challenging his title.

In flight

Dad, what time will you be home? Wake me up, I am not asleep when it’s dark anyway. We can ride bikes and hunt Weirwolfs, real ones.

My 4 year old daughter’s question one night before I left for the track.

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hats are ordered

Bottles are packed

Training is progressing. Watch out Mara, she’s coming for ya.

Imagine noticing this before a mutli hour ride?

I still rode and all was well. new tires have been installed, although they were my own personal NOS. Michelin Pro2 Race. I like the 3 better in the rain, and it rains oh so much.

Tonight is track night. Now riding with the big boys means I have to work hard and recover harder. Let’s shake things up a bit. See you there.

July 15th, 2010 | Tags: beer-bikes-pedal-cabs, weirwolf-wtb-review | Category: Bikes | Leave a comment

Embrocate and overheat

Atleast during warmer months.

I raced a while back. It was hot and humid and I popped at the end. I was shaking and could barely pedal. This never happens to me.

After speaking with my fitness guru and a tad of research to enforce his comments it looks like I overheated. Over dressed and drilling hard for the last 11 miles.

When it’s humid you do not cool as well from sweating. Your sweat does not evaporate well and your body works harder to try to cool down.

What made things worse for me was sunscreen. Sunscreen holds moisture to your body like hand lotion. Not good if you want to cool off. My guru forwarded this article that backs up what he was saying. I found similar articles with an easy Yahoo search.

What’s more important to you? Over heating or burning from the sun? Mabe you don’t burn and sunscreen doesn’t matter. Then the answer is easy.

You may argue the loss of cooling from sunscreen is negligible. Maybe it is but I need all the help I can. Especially here in the hot humid summer. Not as hot and humid as Bill’s neck of the woods, but enough to add to the pain.

Ask yourself this: Is it worth rubbing fancy body butter on your legs before a race to be more core? I’m not bashing embro. I make my own and love it for the winter. Because it does: warm my legs and offer a barrier to water.

But it seems silly to cover the hardest working part of you body with a lotion or rub that will hold in the heat and rob your body of energy. heat is energy, don’t forget it.

Save the embro for the summer. I don’t care how good it smells or how cool you feel rubbing it on. Trust me, I too will miss the smell of it in the peleton, but the benefits far outway the odor of liniment.