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Have Some Coke and A Smile and Shut the F@#! UP

Boonen Gets to Race? I have always enjoyed watching him race, and now that he has rock star status he is even cooler. I mean he get to have a coke habit and still race. The Emag was hard to wake for but I made it, and was able to turn the cranks over. Friday, only 8 hours of work between me and the weekend. Go Fast.

Ordinary

Dirt with the kid this morning what more needs to be said.. A great morning trails were sweet and the bike rode well. I had the energy of 10 men and could have ridden all day if it was not for work. Sophia was riding well for someone who was so hurt that she could not race on sunday. Morning is going to come way to early and that Emag train is going to be moving fast. I hope that the 44x17 can keep up... Only time will tell.. The forth is coming and I wish nothing but good luck for all those doing the firecracker 50. One hell of a hard race and one hell of a great time. Now go to sleep and go ride in the morning ..... Wait one more beer needs to be drank....

Done

TNWC ride tonight,,, Good hard work with only one day in between racing and today. All day sun until it was time to ride, then 59 degrees and sprinkles on the last day of june. Cold then warm and so forth. Fast pace and lots of wind, the Hessian was killing the pace up front like the energizer bunny. Going up to Trempealeau tomorrow to see the Garro's who are in town visiting family, nice to get to see them as we don't make it to Flagstaff as much as we would like. Great photos from sunday taken by Dana,, she does great work. Time for a recovery beer or two.... sleep and do it all over again.

Domo Mt Kato

Mankato,,,,,,,, Great day for a bike race. Weather was perfect and the trail system there is top notch. After the call ups and pre race jitters gooo was ringing through the air. Hit the hill up front and ready for the work that was a head. By the end of the first climb I was sitting in the top 10 and working on recovery watching Heath take a massive pull on the front end of the group. Fast Fast start.... As lap one sorted it self out I found my comfort zone. Mad at my self for not being able to close down some gapes but happy to keep the ones that I had. Middle of lap to and in to three Heath and I worked together pulling and grinding up some of the climbs and blazing down the steep and buttery descents. I missed the wheel that I wanted to hold on to and put my head down and plugged away. The lap traffic came sooner than I wanted and they had to be passed before the tricky down hills. Lap 4 after getting passed by the same two guys that passed me in Duluth after I crashed, I had to push it hard to stay in contact. One last good push and I caught em at the bottom of the stair case. Across the line in 2nd again in age group and 12th overall. Felt great wish the legs could have gone a little quicker but happy with the way things shook up. Consistency come to mind when I look at the last 4 races. Bummed that Sophia could not make it because of her hurt arm, but she should be back for the next one in Red Wing.. Ahhh Dirt racing so much fun.. Now I want more Dirt...

Walk the Margin

Great group this morning..... At 5:30 it was 64 degrees and almost felt chilly great start to the day. Now time to think about sunday,,, the Spot is cleaned and ready is the driver? I know what to do just need to execute..

Grumply

One of those nights where people just were not happy. I am not going to name names but the grumpy bug was out, and biting. Wednesday night has been a good night lately for the kid and I and we have not been out on the road for a real long time. So we headed out up north to ride around in the coulee's and enjoy a nice late afternoon sun. Great ride for me and the other one did ok for no effort. looked great in here new road shoes from Willy. Dirt for me tomorrow one last single track day to get tuned up before sunday. Sleepy time comes.... Ride fast and Dream Hard..