Fuzzy Seats, Taints & Pro Bonks

As (sorta) planned, I did about 1:45 or so on the rail trail tonight. That's about like riding the trainer for 1:45 and only slightly more interesting. Actually it wasn't bad. The plan was just to do some steady tempo that really can't be had on a road bike in my area due to the amount of hills. The rail trail is a great place to just bare down and pedal as hard, or as casual as you want for however long you want.

So I rolled the Mamasita on the Hell Trail and pretty much turned the pedals non-stop for 1:45. I of course had to omit the 5 minutes I spent helping out a couple with a flat tire and no pump. I had hoped for 2 hours tonight, but it was a friggin' bitch getting to Boston tonight due to traffic and a high number of morons on the road. So I cut it short so I could get home to see the B-Man for a bit and grill some chicken.

It was kinda neat to see some of the folks on the trail. You see it all! Folks with the bar ends turned up, recumbent bikes, vintage mountain bike complete with old yellow Judy's, bmx-ers, obese guys on their 8 year old kid's Huffy, a dude stopped on the side of the trail "firing one up" (I kid you not). etc., etc.

My fave person of the night was a woman I saw when I was just starting. She looked to be about 65-ish or older, and was riding what looked to be a 3-speed with a big giant fuzzy seat. She was just finishing her ride, and was jotting some notes down in what looked to be log book of sorts. Who know's what she was jotting down? As I pedaled out of the parking lot looking like an over-dressed in lycra for the rail trail clad bike geek, she looked up, smiled and told me to have a good ride. Thanks fuzzy seat lady. I did.

I did have thoughts today of hitting Boyce instead of the R.T., so on my lunch hour I shot over to the park and check out trail conditions. I picked one of the usually dryer trails to take a walk down, but only got about 20' before the Vans started sinking in the mud. So I opted just to stick with my plan. It may have dried more by the evening, but I was sporting the Cross Marks and didn't really feel like testing their abilities in the mud tonight. Oh well, cheeks were in the saddle, I burned some calories and the legs got a work out. Rest day tomorrow and then some extended hours on the Dos Niner come Sssssaturday.

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I stole this link from Dave and Lynda's blog- www.dz-nuts.com. You must check it out. D.Z. has started up a little Taint saving business and is now pimping his own chamois cream. I couldn't tell you if the cream is any good, but I MUST HAVE ONE OF THESE SHIRTS! And of course I'll have to get Wifey one of THESE! ;)

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Check this vid from YouBoob®
of Julien Absalon at this year's World Championship...

Goes to show that even the #1 rider in the world can spend a race in the Suck-O-Sphere™ . Sadly if you put a Bikeman.com jersey and about an extra 70 pounds on him, you would get a good visualization of ME at a couple of my races this year! Good times. good times.

Later.