Thursday, June 22, 2006

rekindling the flame

Took the cross bike out last night. It's been a while since we've spent some quality time together, so at first things felt a little awkward. But after a few minor adjustments and a few miles, it was as if we'd never been apart. Yup, she still hurts me sometimes. Yup, I don't always treat with as much respect as I should. She can be finicky sometimes. Oh well, that's why I love her. We've got a date coming up, so I need to brush up on a few of my skills. You know, riding her good and hard, smooth mounting, finessing the curves, and knowing just the right moment to slow it down.

Last night was the summer solstice, the day of the year when the sun is up the longest. Dawson and I had planned to ride out to Whiteside Hill and pop a few cold ones as the sun went down. It was kind of hazy, so there wasn't much direct sunlight. Also, since the sun is at its most northward point, sunset was more over Wood River than Granite City. This meant that the sun was partially blocked by the trees. I hadn't given that much thought until the last minute. It was still good though. There's a small graveyard up there too, dating from the mid 1800's. They've got a beautiful resting spot.

I had to teach some orienteering skills to Gibbs & Co the other night so that they might not get too lost in their adventure race on Saturday. I think they'll be alright; it seems like the promoters are making the orienteering part of the course pretty easy anyway. If I can muster up the motivation, I'll probably ride my bike out to Highland on Saturday to watch them for a bit.

Gonna do the Calhoun ride on Sunday. It'll be fun. I might not do so hot on the steep stuff, but I'll be sure to get a good workout in. I wouldn't mind racing, but right now I'd rather save my money for real things. Of course you have to pay to play, and you can't win if you don't try, but I'm just not feeling it right now. I'm all about the hard training though. Hopefully I'll find a nice garden hose on one of my rides and be able to wash this sand out of my pussy and really want to race hard soon.

After while, pedophiles.

1 Comments:

Blogger Brian said...

That was just the longest day, I hear the latest sunset is next week. Gear up mofo!

9:25 PM  

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