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4 Days in a row

OK I will admit it, I've been to lazy to post for the last 2 months.

Too many other things going on to bother posting on the blog. I did ride 4 days in a row over the weekend on the trainer. Friday 1:10, Saturday 40, Sunday 1:10, Monday 35.

Mayor Bob on Snow

I went Deer hunting over the weekend, unfortunately I did not get any. While eating dinner Saturday night the local Mayor shared some of his wisdom with us.

"Sex is a lot like snow. You never know when you are going to get it, how much you'll get, and how long it will last."

Mayor Bob then added..

"And I have been praying for a blizzard since July!"

Turkey Trot

I have not posted anything about he races since I am so pissed at the weather pussies in Cleveland. So it was cold, snowy and windy, what better weather can you ask for.

The assholes at www.hermescleveland.com canceled the race.

Did a easy five mile run on Saturday.

Sunday

I was planning on doing a short run last night. Coach called me during the day to see if I wanted to ride, I did not have the time then. What he did do was plant the seed in my brain to ride, since it was going to be the last nice day until June. Sunny and 50 degrees hard to pass up a ride when the weather is so nice (at least for November).

I rode the snowville loop that I rode in the summer before work. I did not feel like I was going that fast in the beginning of the ride. Half way up snowville how I felt was another story, I felt slow as molasses. Once at the top of snowville there was still six miles left to ride. After I got home a saw what time it was I was shocked to see how fast I rode. I had no intentions of riding fast, just getting home before dark. Even though I have not been on the bike in a month my time was close to the fastest I have ridden the loop about 1:05.


I may have time to get a short run done on Tuesday evening. Thursday is the Turkey Trot, looking forward to the beer after the race more than the race itself.

Trail run

Not sure of the distance that we ran on Saturday morning, best guess is between 6-7 miles. Did part of the same loop as last week with a few modifications on the route. Total time was 1:04.


Did some work on the www.trailhead4x4.com website last night. I may try to get a short run in this afternoon.

Tuesday Run

Wow, 68 degrees in November 16 what more could you ask for weather wise. Run wise, I could hoped for stronger lungs and legs.

Did the 5 mile Brecksville run with my coach, felt OK. I will try to get a run in on Thursday.

Trail Run

Did a 6 mile trail run on the Buckeye Trail on Saturday.

Raked leaves for 4 hours in the afternoon, I figured that would be a good upper body workout.

Morning Run

Ran 4 miles in about 30 minutes.

Wrote myself in as a Candidate for city council today in the election.

Ride/ Run tonight

Not sure what I am going to do tonight. It will either be a ride or a run about an hour long.

Tuesday Run

Did a run with my coach last night. for more details on the run read his comments for 11/1 on his blog.

http://roguemechanic.typepad.com/ten/


It will be near 70 on thurday, rare for cleveland in november, I will try to get a nite ride in after work.

I am back

I will start to post again. I have just been lame and lazy.


Have been doing some trail running lately. Did a 1 hour run on Thursday and 56 minutes on Saturday.


Cheers

Fish Story

I would consider myself far from being a die-hard fisherman. Although, over the years I have done my fair share of fishing. Usually the day starts out promising, planning to spend a relaxing day on the lake hoping to land the big one. More often than not by lunch time I’ve had more bug bites than fish bites. Even with the lack of activity from the fish everyone usually keeps rather busy, it seems someone gets snagged up on a log or in the weeds about every five minutes. Rarely do I get completely “skunked” (no fish at all), normally its one or two keepers along with several that get thrown back in the lake. However, as the old saying goes “A bad day of fishing is better than a good day at work.”

Luckily, every dog has his day, and my day came in July 1995. I was on another great fishing trip to Canada with my father and friend Marcus. The three of us traveled about 250 miles North of Sault Saint Marie to catch a train to take us deeper into the Canadian wilderness. Most of our time was spent fishing for Northern Pike (Esox Lucieus); the rest of the time Marcus and I were donating our money to my father at the poker table.
The amount of fish we were able to catch that week was rather astounding. Throwing back 24” Northern Pike that week was a common experience since all three of us were able to catch so many, it was more a of a “catching” trip than a fishing trip. During the third day of the trip while fishing a hot weed bed, I got my redemption for 26 years of bad fishing. While trolling the edge of the weed bed it seemed that I was snagged on a log. To my astonishment it was no log but a rather large Northern Pike. After about ten minutes of fighting I was able to land the fish in the boat. The fish measured 36” which was the largest one I have ever caught, I could not have been happier. I was wrong, no more than 15 minutes after landing that whopper in almost the same spot another big Northern Pike could not refuse my lure. This time the fish that I caught was even larger, a 39” monster.

In the ten years since that luck day the biggest Northern Pike that I have been able to land was 34”. This July I will once again troll the cool waters of Northern Canada hoping to land another monster. Most likely I will never be able to beat that great day of fishing again, but one can only hope.

Snow Chance of Riding Today

There is snow chance I will ride today. After three weeks of beautiful spring weather old man winter is coming back to visit Ohio. The Cleveland weather God is calling for 6-12" of snow. Which is fine with me since I have to watch the kids all weekend and my shoulder is still a little sore.

After my crash two weeks ago I realized how old my Giro helmet is. I bought the Exodus in 1997, I definitely think its time to get a new helmet. The Giro that I have now has held up through many crashes and has no cracks. I have been eyeing up the Giro E2, not a fan of the looks of the Zen.

I was going to do Bike New York next week, however I am unable to travel next week. I think I may just ride at West Branch or Vulture Knob.

What do you call a cyclist who doesn't wear a helmet? An organ donor.
--David Perry

Slacker

I have been quite the slacker as of late. I did do a trail run on Tuesday after work, not long. Ran about 2 miles then felt a little pain in my left shoulder. Still sore from the crash on the SJ first ride. I may try to run again on Thursday. I was thinking about trying to ride on Saturday, but now its going to snow.

First Ride

Had plenty of fun on the Spokejunkies first ride last Saturday. The only downfall (no pun intended) was my crash about 7.25 miles into the 16 mile ride. Started going downhill hooked my right arm on a tree branch flipped over and went down rather hard. The worst part of the crash was that no one witnessed it. My left shoulder was still hurting on Sunday night. I thought I might have had a torn rotator cuff, went and got a evaluation on Monday, its not torn.

I may try to get a run in this evening after work. Thursday may get a short road ride in.

Impressive Sight

I saw 785,000 cases of beer in one giant cooler. Thats 1,766,250 gallons of beer.

First ride in 2 days.

FREE AT LAST, FREE AT LAST!

Get this the man wanted me to work another week. Ha! The Man never did me any favors, why should I do him one.



"To the bastards talking down to me, I aint your whipping boy.."

Third Eye Blind

Today's Ride

Same as Wednesday except add 1 more kid (50 pounds) and 1 minute.