Tuesday, October 31, 2006

HALLOWEEN



Boulder race went okay. I got another bad start i don't know what my deal is but i can't seem to get a good 1st lap to save my life. I worked my way back up to the 3rd group and royally lost the race for 6th ending up last in my group for 9th. Snyder and I had a killer breakfast sunday morning @ north boulder cafe and a great burrito @ illegal pete’s after the race. Got back into Durango right around midnight.

Monday was spent gluing tire to my new topolino wheels and much need work on my race bikes. My computer also crashed for the 1st time since I got it yesterday. I was a little worried about falling asleep without watching a Seinfeld.

Today I went for a mtb ride with Mcduff in the morning and then followed it up with a cross ride with adigga in the afternoon. Adigga and I worked on the Durango Sports Club cross course for the race coming up next weekend presented by Richard Timmons. It should be a good course the lap right now is about 4 and half hopefully we can pull 30 more seconds out of somewhere.

I think area 51 mite end up going out tonight will see...

Notice the mustache

Sunday, October 29, 2006

BEN's Boulder Millionaire Pad

A lot has went on since the bear run. I did a long road ride with Mcduff thursday. My soccer millionaire won our first indoor game against TOKO JOE relatives 6-2. I think the average height of the opposing team couldn't be over cinco. I got the ball rolling with the first goal of the night. Friday night I skipped out on the big party going on Durango. I know I' am a loser.

Updated from Adiggia and My trip to Boulder for the UCI Race.

9a.m. Snyder and I departed for Boulder
9:10 Pulled Over
9:11 Cop laughs @ us due to my mustache and snyder pirates of caribbean look he has going. We also had all of our paper work out the window.
9:15 Drive away with a written warning.
9:45 Arrive @ RGP's 2 presented by TOKO JOE
10:00 A taste of heaven flame grilled breakfast wraps.
10:15 Another taste of heaven
10:50 Rolled 18 wheeler on Wolf Creek
12:45 Snow on the road
3 arrive boulder after numerous piss breaks every hour on the hour.
4 leave to ride course
4:15 flatted
4:30 barrow a wheel from shriver
4:45 flat again.

This race will be won today by the person who can keep air in tires. Hopefully all the racers before us pick up all the goat heads. look for pics of RGP's 2 next update

Thursday, October 26, 2006

Video

Snyder has gotten me addicted to youtube check out this sweet Dirt Jumping clip. They are going so big!!!

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Night Run



Snyder and I went for a night bear run in the pouring rain. We were doing our mark the shark interval running up and hucking off mountains of dirt.

Congrats to Guptill on Colavita.

Shriver downgraded to U-23 for the boulder G.P. hes trying to get a national jersey 10 years late.

Yesterday I came across a herd of 1000 sheep on the dirt roads by the airport. I also double flatted and of course it was 10 K from home. I'm in the middle of a flatting streak. I always end up having a week when I can't seem to keep air in my tires to save my life. Normally I will even put on new tire and that day I will still end up flatting.

Worked on the dirt jumps also yesterday but couldn't hit them up because Noah or Max flatted my bmx bike when chops had it. Hopefully t-row I can hit them up in the afternoon.

I think I'm finally shaving the Beard tonight. It has been 4 weeks believe it or not. Maybe I'll go with a mustash for a couple of days if you got it flaunt it.

Sunday, October 22, 2006

Ramada PHI Airport Bar

Got into PHI @ 12 Friday night. Shriver was cracking on arrival. He was freaking out how his bike wasn't going to show up. We went to an airport hotel Friday night because Damoo missed his flight out of DEN and didn't get the rig in BOS until 8 Friday night. In the morning Damoo picked us up and we where off to the course. Shriver had the quote of the weekend regarding collegiate natz. We where talking about the FLC guys and shriver said " I don't know how the FLC guys will be riding they are in school." I respond " no shit shriver its Collegiate everyone is in school". Congrats FLC on another MTB championship.

The race in Granogue didn't go as planned. I ended up 20th after getting caught in a crash at the start. Some yahoo went over the bars after grabbing to much brake going into the first turn. I was DFL and passed as many guys as possible got as high as 16th and then gave up on the last lap. Mcduff ended up 5th and shriver was 13th. Last night we went out to eat with my parents Mcduff, shriver, and Kurt are host house for the weekend. Thanks to Kurt for putting all of us up.

Sunday morning we woke up and went for a spin. Damoo was putting down some mean power putting shriver in the hurt locker. We arrived at the race after back seat driver Mcduff saved our lives. The course was okay today but I'm a big fan of the Granogue course setup by Tom M. Today i got off the line without any mishaps. I was moving up through the field with Mcduff for a while. I ended up in a battle with the Italian who got the best of me with a lap to go and ended up 9th. Mcduff 4th

Shrivers fat ass broke a seat post and then cracked and DNF.

Now we are drinking some vino @ the Bar. Minus shriver he is trying to figure out how he can race next week I mean he is in school....

Mcduff is dealing with EBAYERS complainning about co-sponsors on jerseys..

Later TDUB

Monday, October 16, 2006

Area 51

The Shriver Cross went off basically without me. I was feeling the latenight babysitting. The course was good and it was actually raining. I layed it down twice I just didn't bring my game. I was in the chase group with Shriver and T-Brown trying to catch the real one. I eventually got dropped and proceeded to crash and ended up 6th. I tryed to help Adigga catch Grant but i just didn't have anything to give. I layed around the rest of the day and went out to dinner with Meg and Snyder at GasPassers it was nice to have some good mexican food. Sunday we did another effort in the park and I felt alot more like myself. Meg came to pick up Adigga and I so Winston decided to piss on Snyders Bed. Little Fucker. We went to Julia B-day party at the ice skating rink Adigga was out there doing 720 and showing up meggy d. Adigga and I got Julia $30 of candy from the local candy store have fun with Juila Jen. Today i had another soccer game 1-1 tie playoffs start on thursday.

Suffering

Friday, October 13, 2006

Chris & Jens House

Well I have had a fun filled couple of day. Thursday was a hard day on the body. It started off with some Shuttle Cock (Badminton class). I was on fire for the 1st 3 games then I feel apart. I even let gym class superstar Noah Singer get the best of me. I followed up with Cross work out 45 min race sim in park by myself. I was finally working on my bunny hopping and was actually getting over the barriers during the effort. Until the 40 min mark when i got cocky and hit them at full speed and couldn't get over the second barrier. I figured I hadn't beat my body up enough yet so I played a game of soccer with Chops, Schmitey, Noah and rest of the Cyclist trying to play soccer team. We ended up 2-2 tie. Are recorded is 1-1-1 we have to step it up for a better seed going into the playoffs. We had the lead with 5 min left but couldn't hold it.

Today I had to go into work and train Chops on the amazing ways of RGPS. After Work Adigga, Cracked, Bartman,Grant and I up to work on the Shiver Cross for tomorrow. Adigga Shiver and I continue on to meet up with Richard Simmions to try to set up a course @ the durango sports club. The venue doesn't have much to work with a lot of single track but we made due with what we had and I think we made a good course. It will be raced on the day after the state championships are held at the fort. It will be a very demanding course and will be a good prep for the TAC USGP.

After the ride Adigga and I drove over to babysit chris and jens kids the owners of RGPS. This is my 1st weekend home for a couple of weeks and I'm babysitting. Jen supplied us with a good amount of wine to hold us over well taking care of Julia 6 and Hannah 10. Julia has been entertaining us all night. What goes on in 6 yrs old head!!!

Have to go to sleep soon shriver cross t-row..

I'll leave you with a pic of Adigga Riding Julia Horse

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

D-town


Made it back to D-town on tuesday morning and went to work at RGP's. Went on the tuesday night Mcduff, Kuhl, and Hayes all made it out. I was looking to just for an easy 3 hr ride but Mcduff talked me into going on the ride. Time always goes by alot quicker with a group of people. The ride was hard as always especially after the past weekend. Our new roommate Richard Timmons actually folded my laundry over the weekend couldn't believe it. Today went for an easy ride in the valley and took a nap for the first time since school started. For the last month and half me and adigga have been working the rush at RGP every week day. We just finally cut down the hours starting this week. Tonight I put the finial touch on my home cross bike so I can do the Shriver cross this weekend. It will be my 1st cross race with a double ever. (39/53) Adigga rebuilt a pair of crankbrothers. Looking foward to a weekend at home recovering tomorrow is another hard day in the park. Also in blog news Colt think Mcduff and I flip his dad off but after talking with Mcduff and Adigga I think it was actually Adigga flicking him off due to the fact that Mcduff and Adigga had the same cars this weekend and Mcduff said he didn't flip off anyone and Adigga said he fliping off a couple of slow drivers.
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Also on Wed if you are in D-town and you want to go do a cross work out it seems as if there is a ride going on every hour at the local park. Everyone is on there own program.

Monday, October 09, 2006

1st entry Gloucester Weekend

The weekend didn't exactly go as I had planned. On saturday I couldn't go hard at all and I ended up fighting for 20th. Saturday night me and Mcduff went out to dinner with are parents at Baja Fresh because by the time we all where ready to eat Mcduff and I just want to get quick food and we don't have Baja Fresh in D-town. Sunday the race went worse I kind of cooked myself trying to hang onto to Criag and Mcduff as long as I could. Then I proceed to hang tough right around 20 through 25 until I flatted on the last lap right when I passed the pit so I nursed my rear wheel around the course trying not to wreak the wheel. Mcduff and I loaded the trailer with all of our shit for Tom's UCI race in two weeks in D.E. Last Night got to hang out with Juniors and listen to toast (summerhill) talk about high school life all night the kid shut up for a min. This morning we had to depart @ 5:45 a.m. for the airport. Got to love the early morning flights. Arrived at the airport and saw Mcduff, Wicks, and half the people who where at the GP this weekend where all on the 8 a.m. flight to DIA. Once we arrived in DIA it turned into the D-town crew kicking it in the terminal. Snyder missied his flight out of BOS and had to go through D.C. but arrived only an hour after the 8 a.m. direct out of BOS. The durango flight today was all messed up due to the weather. Mcduff and Snyder got out on the 2:30 me and shriver where on the 4:10 but once it got delayed until 6 and alot of people where getting there seats taken away so at 3 shriver and I gave up our seats for a free ticket and a hotel for the night. We fly out tomorrow morning at 8:30 am. We got to eat @ flying J on united it is basically a truck stop.... Shriver was pretty good today he never really cracked that bad 6 hours in the airport will crack anyone. I'll leave you with a pic from the flying J dinner.

Shriver and I out for Nice Steak Dinner