Keeping up

not so well, at least with blogging.

Summer if we can call it that yet has been busy. I have taken on a entire new lab that has me being tugged and pulled in different directions apearnetly there is not enough of me to go around, who'd thought? It is keeping me overly busy at work, managing my lab and starting one up from scratch. At some point they should start to pay me for all the extra time I am spending doing this but not yet.

The back is so so, I road into work Mon-Wed with one detour to Seward but by today it was clear that was enough. Bummer. I am slated to have surgery the begining of August. Please please please let that help!

The cabin ROCKS! We now have a hot tub. Therapy for the back, really. Looking forward to 9 days in Mazama to play, relax and spend time with my beautiful girls.

I miss all the racing although I had a great time supporting my team in Methow.

OK I have now kept up a bit more, not too exciting but there it is.

Cheers.

Tail Winds

Some days when I am on my bike it seems that all the stars are aligned. Yesterday was one of those days or so I thought. I hopped on my bike to head home after work and it was as if I was flying. My legs went around effortlessly, my lungs and heart seemed to be humming along in perfect sync. I floated by others as if they were hardly moving. It was blissful. I though "I am getting so much stronger, I can start racing now!" Then I turned North and headed ever so slightly uphill. I slowed and my legs began to burn a little and my back began to ache. I shifted down, a guy with very hairy legs, in his aero bars, loaded down with panniers passed me. Maybe I am not ready to race or maybe I can race if there are tail winds, only down hills and I have the perfect wheel to tuck behind. But, where then would the challenge come from? How would that make me stronger or better? It wouldn't. *sigh* It does hurt to get better, it takes getting beat to want to improve. At least for me, even if what is beating me are my own expectations.

As for yesterday, I will take it. That few moments of sweet harmonious riding and feeling good about what I was doing is enough to know where I want to be next time there is no tail wind and I am truly climbing. I will do it with confidence, strength and endurance, I'll get there just you wait.

Bike to Work Day!

1st, what about Bike Home from Work Day?? I didn't have time to stop and get any goodies this morning I was late. I was however ecstatic that I was actually biking! Unfortuantely, my hiatus from the bike had other complications, like my locker in the HSB that I have had for 5+ years. Appearently since I haven't been in there as often I missed the note saying that on May 9th Building Management (BM) was doing "spring cleaning" meaning "remove your lock and belongings or we will cut off your lock and through out your sh*t!"
Alas, Wednesday I biked in and found my lock gone and all my shower supplies including towel, hairdryer, good shampoo, deoderant etc. gone! Called BM to see if they still had my stuff - No they trew it out, this coming from the UW who is all about reduce, reuse, recycle! So I re-purchased or brought in all new stuff and picked out a new locker since as it turns out most >50% of the lockers have had locks on and not been open since as long ago as 1996! Spring Cleaning may have been in order so others could stash their stuff too. As consolation I biked in today in just my kit, sun on my arms and legs that is worth something, never mind the entire bathroom worth of supplies on my back. :)