Friday, December 29, 2006

Slacker!

I snuck out of work yesterday afternoon for a ride. The weather was excellent, with some sun and temps in the 40's. The route was mostly road with a bit of trail thrown in, and I was out for about three hours.

I tweaked my back again, in the same way that I did before Iceman. At least this time I knew what to expect, and was able to ease off my pedal stroke when I felt the 'slipping/tearing' feeling start. It's a bit sore today, but not too bad. I'm trying to decide if I should see a doctor about this; maybe some kind of physical therapist? What do you think, Danielle?

More riding might be on tap for this afternoon. (The office is mostly empty, and I do have a bit of vacation saved up...) If the sun comes out, I don't know if I'll be able to resist. Some family and friends activity to round out the holiday weekend, but there should be time for some riding as well, although no formal ride is planned. (Marty, I deleted your message and phone number by accident; sorry for not returning the call!)

Bought a set of used Jones H-Bars this week for the 2nd bike. Also got to hold one of the new White Brother's carbon rigid forks at the shop...very nice! A small pile of parts is forming in anticipation of the NNB (Next New Bike), details should be available some time after the first of the year.

Check out the schedule for 2007 over on the right hand side of the page. I'd like to add one more 24-hour race. Any suggestions that fit in the schedule and don't involve a multi-day drive would be welcome!

3 comments:

PaddyH said...

you could drive here in June for a little ride...

Joe Partridge said...

Man, don't tempt me. It conflicts with the Lumberjack 100, which is a pretty big race to some of the sponsors. Still, I won't rule it out at this stage of season planning...

Danielle Musto said...

Joe..Go see Jason Ross. Seriously, he's been helping everyone that I send to him.

You could come and do the 24 hours of summer solstice with me. It's one week after Lumberjack which is a little iffy, but it's close and I heard that the course is a lot of fun.