Too much sitting is bad for your health

One of the hardest things I do all day is sit at this computer. I feel better after a 6 hour mountain bike ride than I do after sitting in this chair all day. It's not that it's a crappy chair. This is a Emes chair that cost a pretty penny man!

The problem is the act of just sitting KILLS me!

All the while I'm thinking of all the other things I would rather do than sit.

Let's face it, I'm made to be in motion. Those are just the genetic cards I was dealt. So let's not fight biology here folks...throw away those damn computer chairs and get moving.

Come on...who's with me?

I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any more!!! (uhhh, that's from the movie Network in case you didn't know)

Old Knees suck

Well put in a short 2 hour ride that was just easy endurance riding. Everything was as expected until a slight ache showed up in my left knee. I've had problems with my knees for just about as long as I can remember and sometimes they're fine and sometimes they're not!

Today it was NOT! So I'll be icing, stretching and taking pain meds to try and keep it in check so it wont mess up my upcoming 18 hr MTB race!

Let's keep those fingers crossed...make a sacrifice to the trail gods, and throw some salt over your shoulder, just for a little luck!

On the Road again

This season has been somewhat of a slow start but at least it's finally getting of the ground and on the road again.

Last year's season was cut way too short by and injury triggered by a grueling race at the Wilderness 101. Although I didn't finish the race it is one that someday I will have to face again just to say I completed it. It's the only race I ever had to DNF from...so I have some payback to deliver.

But I digress....this season is going GREAT!

I already have one race under my belt that went as well as can be expected with the training I had completed leading into it. If it wasn't for the crazy mechanical problems faced during the race I would have finished much higher but it was a great race non the less!

Next race is the Scouts Honor 18 hrs on the Farm MTB race in Goochland VA. Great course, tough race, and bound to be a great time once again!!

Cold hurts!

Cold sucks...PERIOD!

I know there are those folks who live in the north and love the snow bunny games but really, you can have it. 

Best snow activities I had were in Hawaii on the Big Island. In the winter sometimes it would snow at the top of the Mauna Kea volcano. You can head to the top and do whatever..build a snowman...snowboard....ski...whatever!! Then, the best part, you can head down to the beach and be in the surf by dinner...HOW AWESOME IS THAT!!!

So how can I even get motivated about training in the winter when I don't have lounging on the beach afterwards to look forward to? Tell me...how?

Well for now I'll have to throw on the layers, break off the snotcicles, and just picture myself lounging on the beach...

Excuses, excuses!

At least I didn't have to look too far for an excuse not to ride today huh? I know, I know I have a trainer I could throw my bike on but what fun is that!!!

Maybe tomorrow...or Saturday, but I heard Sunday it was going to be a little warmer!

Is that a shinny trail I see behind me..."What a slug"!!

What can you do with a lazy dog?

I tell you what, I just haven't been jacked up about working out these days. I'm not sure if it's the cold, the holiday's coming up, old age or if I'm just plain lazy ! 

I could have done about 2 hrs on the trails to day but blamed my not riding on the rain...well the sprinkle. I'll gladly take any excuse these days to bag a workout...other than my Tae Kwon Do class that is. I'm still feeling my dirt munch from Saturday...neck all twisted up and shit and I'm still going to class!

Nothing a handful of vitamin "I" can't fix right? (Thats ibuprofen for those not in the know)

So I'm just wondering what it's going to take to get my ass back in gear and be a little more consistent with my training? I sure as hell don't want to realize I needed more training when I get out in the fucking wilderness at Cohutta. That's a long way back to the start if you loose it out there.

Well we'll see how things progress over the holliday...maybe I'll have to make a new year's resolution of something...anything!!

It's funny until someone gets hurt, then it's hilarious!!

After a pretty long hiatus from some serious training, I've finally dusted off my bikes and started to get some consistent riding under my belt. Since there's only four and a half months until the Cohutta 100 race, I better get my ass in gear....right?

I hooked up with Tony on Saturday for a few hours of snot rocket riding. It had been a few days so I was glad to get out there and just tick over the pedals for a while.  I hate riding in the cold, (oh the memories of 18hrs on the farm and the feeble attempt to keep my feet warm with duct tape...brrrr), but I figured we would warm up pretty quick...and we did.

Everything was feeling and going great until I pulled a stupid move and tried to wheelie on the double track and promptly threw myself to the ground. Ooooh that's going to leave a mark~!~

Although the soreness in my arm and wrist have subsided somewhat the bruise on my gluteus maximus has grown and darkened in a Rorschachian type pattern. 

"So what do you see...a butterfly...or a bird...No wait, it looks like the Crab Nebula!!!"  Is that Uranus over there?

Well I'll lick my wounds a another day...head to the Chiropractor and get straightened out, and then get back on the Snot Rocket and ride! 

....and no more stupid pet trick...just keep it on the trail!!!