Sick? Future Rides? & Raveonettes

My body is not right. Not 100%. More like working at 70%. Not ballz out sick, but something is not right. Little bit of of cough and a nice case of "let's get to know the BIG men's room stall a little better". Did know there's a crack in the floor about 2" from where the rusted right hand wall bolt is? True. Also, There's a chance of rain through Saturday, and Macy's is having a Sale. At least that's what the paper tells me, and Jesus, I read enough of it today!

brennan (sorry for that, B-Man came in to say goodnight and wanted to type his name. Now back to the blog...

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Anyway, work wasn't that busy so I had plenty of time to sit around and wonder if I'm sick or not. That of course made the day just FLY by! I did have time to spend on the PA-DCNR web site putting together a sweet ass training ride. Sort of goes down like this for you peeps in the know:

Park at Linn Run - Climb Linn Run Road - Right on to Quarry Trail - Marshal Fields - SR 4005 down to Edie Rd. - Right on Beam Run down to Warming Hut - Summit to Spruce Run - Right on Laurel Summit Road - Left on Alberts down to Locust Trail - Silver Mine, Wolf Rocks, Fish Run, and Bomb down Linn Run Road to the finish. Feel free to make suggestions if you know some forest roads I may have missed.

I've done a variation of this before. Not sure what the mileage on this one would be. I may have to consult Master Tom, since he is very wise in the ways of Laurel Mountain. I think this would be a great training ride because it combines a good bit of climbing, with some road, forest roads, double track and rocky single track. You could add more rocky single track on for sure, but as a training ride for events like the Wilderness 101, I think this will be cool. I'd like to take more advantage of the trails and forest roads that the mountain has to offer this year. I HOPE! Time is always a real nut crusher.

Last week SoloGoat mentioned that Speed Goat Bill (Seven Springs Pit Neighbor and he of 1st lap crash broken femur/Mamasita infamy) is working up the idea of a big ass race up around the Goat in the future. That would be freaking cool! Good luck Bill! I'd like to see this happen.

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As I sat looking at maps, thinking about racing and cruising the web I got more anxious to a least get on the trainer tonight, sick or no sick. So even though part of me wanted to fall asleep at the wheel on the way home, I got on the trainer and did some Zone 1/2 spinning for an hour. Felt good to get some high cadence work in and sweat out some of whatever evil is lurking in my bod. I felt the best I felt all day during/after that spin. Plus, I wanted to rock iPodious with a new mix.

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WARNING:
From this point on I will ramble on about music
and nothing to do with bike racing.

I have to admit, I have a total freaking rock star crush on Sharin Foo from The Raveonettes right now. Not so much the looks (not that I don't dig), just her voice! Whether on it's own or when it's combined with Sune Rose Wagner's. It just does something for me. It's like she's the older, wiser, arty, clove cigarette smoking, worldly, college age, arty chick that you with would go all "Mrs. Robinson" on your fat, nerdy, future hipster, afraid of real girls, high school aged self. Maybe I've said too much? Cough, cough, ahem....

The Raveonettes have become one of faves in the past few years. Walls of J&MC inspired feed back and distortion, mixed with high speed rockabilly/surf/spy music and BIG helpings of girl/guy harmonies. Even when they slow it down and get all 60's girl group on your ass, there's usually an aura of spookiness or B-Movie drama to it (sex, drugs, and suicide). So they are forgiven.

One of my fave songs of the new CD is "Aly Walk With Me" . At about 3 minutes in, this song has so much feedback/distortion that it melts me like chocolate in the sun. I could listen to that for hours! Makes Wifey want to kill herself (or me), but GOD DAMN! I LOVE IT! (issues). Their first CD/EP "Whip It On" is an 8 song/21 minute freak out. If I'm driving and a song like "Beat City" comes on I can go from 15 to 105 in a school zone in the blink of an eye! Like the kids say "I want to die in beat city, go, go, go!"...

Thanks for letting me blather on about non bike stuff again.

I need sleep. Later.

GO! GO! GO!