Monday Down Low

A much needed rest today. Man my body was fried yesterday. I was in bed by 9 p.m. last night and slept hard like rock. Good stuff. Felt sort of energized today and embraced the rest day with both cheeks in an office chair for 8 hours of suckness. But gotz to pay the entry fees, right? ;)

Still kicking around the idea of Iron Cross as my final race of the year. Of course I'm kicking around the idea of not doing any racing the rest of the year too. I've been saying for years I wanted to do the Iron Cross race, but I'm kinda into mapping out some long rides on the mountain right now and I'm sort of unmotivated to dish out cash for entry fees and travel/hotels. If it was close enough to drive to the day of, I would do it for sure. Who knows?

Black Bear Trail 8.13.08

I don't do CX. I dig it, I respect it, and even like watching it. I just don't do it. Mostly because there aren't that many races nearby that I'm aware of and I don't own a CX bike. Plus I can't imagine even being competitive at cross country racing let alone the freaking bleed out your eyes pace that the CX guys throw down. My helmet is off to the folk's who can red line it for an hour. Good luck to those of you who are about to get your season on the way. For good reading on our skinny knobbied brothers and sisters, check out cxmagazine.com and for some inspiration check out www.crosstube.net. Nice amount of links to UCI XC races too (which is how I found it).

Speaking of UCI XC races...
And NOW speaking of every one's favorite Polish XC chicky..

Maja took home a win in the UCI XC final in Schladming, Austria. Woot! Woot! You can read about how it unfolded on CyclingNews.com. Why am I always hungry for a big bowl of Hulusky and a good pilsner when I give the Maja update?

OK, time for some reading and some sleep.

Ooops, speaking of reading, the news of David Foster Wallace killing himself made me a bit sad today. I spent about an entire summer a few years ago reading Infinite Jest. In my mind it was a masterpiece. It was the sort of book that I had me thinking about it even when I wasn't reading it. I hope he now finds some peace, and that his family can recover from their loss.

Later.