A Ride In The Womb

It rained most of the day today, but cleared out by the afternoon. By 5 PM it was great. Just in time to get on the Campeon for a little under 2 hours and 30 miles of road riding in womb-like humidity. I'll take it for sure. Legs are coming back around and last week's resting is starting to pay off.

I'm in my third day of clean(er) eating. I'm watching the portion sizes of my weaknesses like pasta, beer (none), cheese, and cereals, and I'm eating more veggies, and more lean protein. I'm feeling reel good about it and give mucho credit to the Incinerator®. I'm totally diggin' the grilling lifestyle. So much easier to cook up quality lean meats with the grill. I can't wait to try out some tuna steaks soon.

Picked up the Dos Niner today. All spanky new and good to go. Thanks again to Salsa for replacing the frame under warranty and to Master Tom for taking the time to tear one Dos down and build another one up. Now I'm itching to ride it. Might have to get it up on the mountain this weekend for some recon. I'm also kicking around the idea of doing the WVMBA race this Sunday. Seems like a good length (one 18 mile loop) and it's for a good cause. Lot's of family "juggling" and "hoop jumping" may have to happen in order for me to do it, so I'm in no way 100%. More like 35%. It also depends how much I ride Saturday. Since I don't really race XC I have no expectations other than to ride 18 miles of new trail and see what happens. I see no reason to not ride Saturday. We shall see.

Did you see this finish from the
2008 Marathon World Championships?? Holy crap!

OR...

You can read a bit more about it from the two side HERE or HERE. To me it looked clean and that Sauser had done nothing but stand his ground. Seemed like Paulissen took the inside and then swerved back to avoid fans leaning over the barriers (the bald guy!). The UCI thought differently and gave the win to Paulissen. Oh well, shows what I know.

Time for bed. Hope to get some tempo work on the Mamasita tomorrow. Might hit the Hell Trail.

Later.