double

Double ear infection, great fun

not even dreaming about them

Man, should I not be dreaming about saving money and buying new bike stuff for next year. I have seen a ton of new cool stuff in all kinds of colors and materials. Oddly I am not at all, nothing is really busted up after doing 4 races this year and beside a brand new crappy x9 front derailleur that need changing out I am pretty much set. I did spoil myself this year with two new bikes so maybe that’s what is going on. I am totally focused right now on loosing weight and putting muscle back on. The last two years have been complete shit summers as far as riding goes. In 08 I tore my right quad at the first race and this year the broken toe/foot screwed me all year plus the steroids added 20 pounds but it did finally fix the foot. Well here’s to 2010 being a great year

watching them go by and by

So I spent a bunch of time in the treestand this weekend and there is nothing like pure silence sitting up 20 feet in a tree. You see and hear everything from small bugs to deer and stupid conversations from hikers. Well on Saturday it was quite for many hours because the connector trail was still closed. However on Sunday, not long after sunrise the bikes started rolling through pretty steady and I began to wonder why I too was not rolling along on a perfect fall day. I stayed out until about 10:00 am when I seen Ronsta roll by and could stay any longer. I went home and picked up Josh and head out for a good hike and to move my stand to a NW wind location. On the hike we found a few black orange bellied snakes, rare in wisconsin I guess. Great weekend.

grasshopper and mr gecco

So there is no need to chopping up the knees. There is plenty of scaring on the acl and mcl but that should be ok. It appears to be from a lack of riding and being overzealous this spring on the upper leg work outs. Appears the quads are pulling the knee caps up and out. Making the knee caps look grasshopper eyes I guess. Mr doc wrote me a prescription to ride my bike as of as I can and calf exercise and some PT to show me said exercises.

it slices it dices

Well I finally did it. I should have done it years ago. I will let you all know when the knife hits the knee. Not really sure they use a knife anymore.

had a great 30 but not 40

Ok here is my quick fat tire recap, slept in then hit up Norske Nook for breakfast and then headed back for a nap and then headed to the line 8:30 ish. Lined up in the back with Bubba, UncleJim, Doctor Dave and some others. That was a rough one, the 4 wheeler this year kept the speed down and we hit rosies field 40 wide and 4 mph. I took it up a notch and started making up ground and made it to OO in good time and had a good ride to Fire Tower. The hike up fire tower killed me. Halfway up my foot was on fire two times after I literally pulled over and removed my shoe and sock to stretch out my foot. At one stop a group of pirates made me drink some rum. After the race I found some ice bags for the foot and was just glad the dust bowl was over. Went back and showered off the pounds of dirt. Cant wait till next year.

12 days and counting

Well the 40 is but a few days away. In hopes of keeping the foot felling ok I am skipping geneva as much fun as it alwsys is I cant take a sore wheel to a 40 mile race. I am taking the Niner out tommorow for the Ronsta ride and lapham peak. More post to come, facebook is getting short on stuff I guess, its like a new bike