foosbah

back to blogging. i have no idea why this wasn't letting me post stuff from before, so i gave up on it. who would have thought that taunting your computer with lude insults actually works - and i am back to writing.

took an 8 day trip down to norfolk for christmas and the week ensuing, then i drove up to philly on friday for new years with erin. we spontaneously went out to manayunk around 8:30pm new years eve, no traffic, no cover, $2 drink specials. best new years to date if you ask me. earlier that day we went out for the greasiest and most delicious cheese steak, the original pat's cheese steak. it was such a refreshing feeling to spend time with my family and erin, a nice respite from the rat race in my cube.

after maxing out for the past month at 7 hours of riding a week (its challenging when you wake up to go to work at 6:30am and get back from work at 6pm), it was fantastic to get 15 hours in the week i was home. and the days are finally starting to get longer, which means that soon i will be able to ride outside after work. woohoo! in the meantime, i will dilligently continue with my rediculously high cadence drills on the stationary bike at the gym after work. at least, during the week. this weekend i am stoked to go on a group ride with my Net App-Viner presented by Kinetic-Koffee Cycling Team buddies. mostly made up of strong cat 3s (for now), we are all hoping to make some huge strides this spring and summer. the goal is to get cat 2 by the end of the year. the means to that end will involve lots of races, lots of training, and some serious placings. a little teamwork, a little luck, and a lotta courage are all i need.

a few races in lancaster, a few rockin rr's in pittsburgh, ohio, and va, maybe one in kentucky, and ballin a couple ms150's should get me in good shape for the tour de toona in july.

my computer isnt cooperating very well, probably because i am downloading a bunch of video podcasts for the vid ipod. i will take that as my sign to split.

using that quick goat thinking...