Done and Done.

So, I finished the ride last week in four hours(my personal goal) and I wore spandex…head to toe.  The ride went really well.  I was overly reserved in the beginning, not knowing how much energy I should save for the end.  Looking back I could of been a bit more aggressive overall, but its better to be safe than sorry.  I look forward to another one soon and I’m currently planning my ride from Columbia to Charleston for sometime in early November.

Kristin and I just booked our flights to visit the amazing couple that is Jen and Jeremiah in Aspen…yep Aspen.  We can’t wait.  I get two whole days of west coast snowboarding which is something I’ve longed for since the 10th grade.  I never thought it would happen, much less happen with friends who are locals.  I don’t think December can come soon enough.

Music Note: Becks new song Orphans is amazing.  Paper Route blows my mind.

Book Note: Great Expectations is an enthralling yet uneasy read.  I got a hard back copy of my favorite novel “East of Eden” for 5 bucks at an outlet store.

Movie Note: “East of Eden” the movie with James Dean was a massive buzz-kill.  Do not watch.  How can you leave out Lee?

Life Note: My wife rules.

Just a Little…

Today is the eve of my first race/ride.  So if everything goes well I will be hang tight(tuff) on the turns and passing people left and right sort of like these guys…I really am nervous.  Its a 63 mile ride and its a very relaxed atmosphere I just can’t help but be a bit nervous.  I’ve been training pretty regularly for it, so it should be fine…we will see.

As you know I love riding my bike, but you can imagine the riding itself puts pressure on certain areas that no one would want excessive pressure.  This is where my dilemma comes in ….

Bike Shorts.  These guys provide much needed protection, but in turn your wearing spandex.  Here’s how it breaks down…Say I’m going to be clever and wear these underneath my normal shorts, well all the bikers that see me would laugh at my immaturity and insecurity towards my cycling life.  ”He’s not man enough to wear spandex yet….newbie.”  Thats probably along the lines of what they would be thinking.  OK, so say I do “man-up” and just rock the spandex.  Well then everyone thinks, “Man that guy has no self respect to go around in spandex.”  Or something like that.  So here I sit…screwed if I do and screwed if I don’t.

Other than the ride and my “Spandex Dilemma”, things are great.  My SAT scores that I thought would take 5 to 9 weeks actually got here within a week and in turn I got to send of all my school stuff.  Kristin and I finally got our new computer, a brand new i-mac.  I feel like we’ve stepped into a whole new realm of technology with all the goodness that is Apple before us.  Here’s the obligatory “I got a new mac with a camera on it” picture.

Baumer has officially announced our break-up and we gave our van and tailor back to the label.  Its strange but good to see things ending in a tangible way.  We are just excited to see what He has next for us.