Good Times!!!

1st day on the bike

Outside on the bike for the first time since I tore my ACL. Essentially my first day of 2010 on a bicycle outside. It was AWESOME. Pretty sad initially. The first 30 minutes were spent freaking out, hoping I wouldn't crash or fall or something ridiculous. After that though, I got into a groove. I feel that my fitness is actually pretty good. I have been riding 20 - 30 minutes a day on an exercise bike for the last 5 weeks. And at high cadences no less. Rode for 2 hours. I'll get there. My right leg looks about 2/3 the size of my left leg. Take it easy.

WAH! WAH! WAH!

Plushenko seems to be a sore loser and somewhat a bit of a cry baby.

Indians are taking over.

Yesterday got the okay from the surgeon to ride outside. 4 weeks out from my ACL reconstruction and he says your good to go. Surgeon says I'm good to good to mountain bike also as long as I can clean what I ride.

This all made my day. What better way to celebrate than with the new Ranger IPA from New Belgium. Good tasting solid IPA. Anyway, I am a little leary about jumping on to the bike right now. I think I will continue my mind numbing trainer sessions for another week or two, before I take it outside.

Belgian waffles trumped by Pilsner Urquel

Stybar wins the 2010 Cyclocross World Championships.
Zdenek Stybar raced a mistake free race, putting the hammer down and soloed to victory in Tabor at the UCI world championships today.
Congrats to the US team in both mens and womens, who raced very strong.

Goodnight Tonight.

It was fun last night, watching Conan O'Brien on his last "Tonight" show performance. I am quite sad to see him go. Look forward to seeing his antics in the future. I kind of got upset with NBC executives, their fault that this was so dramatic. Poor programming descisions. Conan's speech took all that frustration away and made me think that the world is what you make it.
Conan stated, "I hate cynicism, it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Good luck Conan, we will miss you.

PS and La Bamba too.

White Rim in a day; Do over

Looking forward to completing WRIAD this year. First attempt was aborted due to heavy rains the day/night before. We rode anyway, with the intention of just riding and getting to know the lay of the land. Mineral bottom road was a mess, covered in 6 inches of red mud.We rode for 6 hours. Headed down Schaeffer switchbacks and out past the Lathrop Canyon trail on the way back we took this trail down to the colorado river.

It was awesome and made me thirsty for the rest of the trail. Hopefully, my knee improves steadily and I can attempt later this year.
Walt