Still sideways

Thanks to the snow that is falling sideways, the canyon to my home is closed.

This gives me time to post some Redlands pictures and to give more Redlands interesting facts.

Interesting fact #1- Redlands was fun. The racing was hard, my team was fantastic; both staff and riders, and we got good results (that always makes things more fun doesn't it?).

I-F- #2- our team was spread out among four host houses. I managed to eat food and lounge around at each house (same goes for The Mom and Dad).I-F- #3- Thanks to the shot of Patron I had Saturday night (it, um, clears the chest), I won on Sunday! Now my teammate, Kori, and I are winning both the overall and the sprinter jerseys of the Women's Prestige Series (that's cool! I told you this team was the bomb).I-F- #4- I get to be home for three weeks before the next race in Silver City New Mexico; The Tour of the Gila.

Sideways

Is this an April Fool's day joke?

March here in Colorado was awesome! Sunny, nice weather. Redlands California, was sunny, nice, warm weather.

April 1st in Colorado? Snowing...sideways.

I already put away my winter riding gear. Plus, I now have a light cycling tan from Redlands. I am not ready to ride in the winter anymore. Heck man!!

If you are interested in a Redlands update, (this time not just about poo-ing) stay tuned!! I have some great pictures I will post in the coming days (that way you keep coming and looking at the blog). In the meantime, check out teamtype1.org and click on blog. It's awesome (link at right).

Update...Twitter style

So as to not get busted again (by more people than The Mom) I have decided that today's post will be Twitter style; whether you wanted to know or not.

-Woke up (kind of early today)
-Lay in bed for awhile
-Go poo (not in the bed. I got up and walked to the bathroom)
-Put on chamois and other riding stuff
-Ride my road bicycle on various roads around my host house.
-Eat a banana and drink Gatorade
-Call Josh (he didn't answer, so I left a message)
-Go poo (not in my chamois. I changed into "normal clothes" first. Oh! I did not poo in those clothes either, I walked to the bathroom)
-Drink tea, drink espresso, eat grapefruit, drink more espresso
-Make then eat breakfast (my actual breakfast food is a secret....)
-Talk to Josh on the phone
-Go poo (yep again)
-Walk down and chill with Host Grandma and Host Grandpa
-Make espresso and put it into the Mugmus (for later consumption)
-Brush teeth then try to poo again (not as successful)
-Talked to Josh again (I like him)
-Put chamois back on, pack back-pack with race "stuff" and ride to Prologue start.
-Take TT bike to the "testers" to make sure it passes the rules.
Are you bored yet?
-Drink espresso
-Ride trainer
-Visit the port-o-potty (no poo anymore)
-Change into skin suit
-Drink more espresso
-Ride trainer
-Eat a goo
-Visit the port-o-potty
-Ride trainer
-RACE (I got fourth! I am quite happy with 4th. Amber passed me, as was to be expected. She's fast.)
-Ride back to the start, change out of skin suit and back into chamois.
-Call Josh
-Call James (awesome coach man)
-Call The Mom
-Eat a banana and some "secret recovery bread" (gluten free...as that is what I am now. Soy free too.)
-Ride back to my host house with Veronica. See The Mom and The Dad on the way and chat for a bit.
-Call Josh (I told you I liked him)
-Shower, make lunch, and get picked up to head to the other girl's host house for Internet, rubs and hanging out.
-Eat lunch (leftover dinner from last night. It was yummy)
-Internet time (check e-mail, various websites and UPDATE BLOG).

Busted!...again

Almost two years ago, I created this blog for The Mom and The Sister. Recently, The Mom busted me. "You haven't updated your blog in a long time. You should update it".

"Mom! You know what I have been doing. I've just been at home AND I talk to you every day".

BUSTED!

Well, now I have something interesting to write about. I am at green Redlands. Yes, after living in Colorado for so long it is easy to forget that places actually turn green AND have fruit growing on their trees. Yum...

Race day #1 is tomorrow. Awesome Team Type 1 is ready to go to "infinity and beyond!" (our kits look like Buzz Light Year).

There now...Mom, is this an ok update? Not funny enough? Need more information? Oh wait a minute, I just talked to you on the phone telling you I was updating my blog AND I will see you in an hour. So, I guess this will be ok.

If you want more info check out TeamType1.com blog. It is FULL of interesting info. Not as much BS as I write here.

:)

Magic Place

There is a magic place around Colorado. Over the years, I have not had a chance to discover this special place. I've been too busy, traveling too much, or too absorbed in whatever I had been up to. But this winter and early spring, I have had a chance to find and enjoy this magic place. This magic place is called "home", and it's really wonderful.

This "home" place has cool things to do:
-ski (nordic and alpine)
-ride bikes (road, cross, mtn, singlespeed and geared)
-other (pilates, work at SG and ski coaching)
-race (nordic, bikes)
-eat at yummy places
-fun coffee shops to visit

This "home" place has cool people to do the cool things with:
-Friends
-Family
-Josh
-random fun people

Mostly, this "home" place makes me happy. Yes, I started to panic when it seemed everyone was racing or doing things I am usually doing this time of year but then I realized at this magic place called "home" I can do all those things too...AND be happy while doing it. So come late August or September when everyone is tired and burned out, I will be fresh and happy due to being home so much.

It's easy to lose the love of the sport when you have to do it all the time, and you are away from your loved ones, but when you get to step away a bit, you realize how awesome cycling and bike racing is. I'm excited to race, but mostly, I am happy to be home and get fired up.

O.U.C.H.

an O.U.C.H- an outrageous, utterly-complete hurt.

That pretty much sums up Nordic Racing. And due to my tendency toward masochism, I did two Nordic races this past week. The second race, at Devil's Thumb, just about killed me.

However, due to that pain, riding in the wind today felt like no big problem. It wasn't that bad (it sucked for sure, but I am still alive). It really is true what "they" say- "If it doesn't kill you, it will make you better." (I hope so, because I have another race on Wednesday).

45 days...

Some people (me) like to think that every time you eat something new, try something new or experience something new, you add 45 days to your life. It's like when you are born you are only going to live a few years unless you add time to your life by doing new things and being open minded (I admit, sometimes I have a hard time with the latter part).

Thanks to bike racing and a new team, I added a solid couple more months to my life this past week.

First, are new teammates. Two of which (Morgan and Monique) are living and racing their bikes with Type 1 diabetes.
Second- Aebleskivers (a circular pancake like Danish treat).

Third-great new rides in California. Here is the back side of Figueroa. Later is the entrance to Wonderland ranch.

The secret- drum roll please....The wind tunnel in Ft. Collins.

Is this the fast position??