Soundz Like Training Long Time
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Tuesday, May 26
I like how Norm separates his posts into sections - helps me keep my eyes focused and skip over things when I'm in a hurry. So I am imitating.
Allaire (Beginner) Ride
Made it down to Allaire by 4:30 and joined Dustin and Mark on a pre-ride. 5 minutes into the ride, Mark's seatpost broke. So he rode without one rest of the way. Somewhere along the way, Brian joined our group and we did a loop around Allaire. Brian was on a 69er and can huck that thing pretty good. One thing I noticed was that these guys ride a lot more aggresive than I do. They go crazy fast into & out of turns & downhills and not brake at everything like I do. I need to get more confident and learn to handle my bike better. I need to do this to get to the next level.
Got back to lot and joined the beginner ride. 5 minutes into the ride, coach calls me and says he's pulling into the lot. So I bagged the beginner ride and went back to the lot. We rode Tiger Woods where he flatted, went into a nose wheelie, then ate it hard. Such things can happen when you let your tubeless fluid dry up for 10 years. Stuck a tube in there using our quick-release as make-shift tire levers. Coach yelled at me for not having a multi-tool. We hit Tiger Woods twice and I was surprised that I could easily make every climb, which was not the case 2 months ago. So something good is happening.
We didn't do the podium thing (other than coach taking my photo), but is there a point on getting on a podium w/o podium girls?
Put in some good mileage .. GPS is all wacky: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/34597680
Nutrition
I highly suggest you don't follow my nutrition patterns. I will eat anything and everything at any time. I can't gain weight for some reason, which should not be an excuse for not eating right. I should weight myself, but the batteries in my scale are dead. I may have to change my habits at some point, but it is what it is for now.
Breakfast: Quiznos Italian Sub, pink lemonade. 2PM
Lunch: Burger King Original Chicken Sandwich, french fries, orange soda. 8:30PM
Dinner: Kimbop (Korean rice cake thing wrapped in seaweed) 12:00AM
As you can see I wake up late. I don't always wake up this late. I was so tired last night, I went to bed right after dinner. My schedule tends to be erratic. I work from home on my own schedule, so I can afford to do this to a certain extent.
Arrogance Thing
Seems that I made a minor stir with my comments about arrogance. Looking back at what I wrote, it would probably not sit too well with me either if someone new came by and indirectly called me arrogant. Arrogance was too strong of a word to use and saying the bit about "good and wonderfully fast" was probably out of line, but here is where I was coming from. I feel that everyone has a desire to be heard, looked favorablely upon, and show off our accomplishments. Maybe that is not the main reason for having your own thread, but I think some of that is there as is human nature. I don't neccessarily think there is anything wrong with this, but one can be construed as arrogant if there is no vibe of humbleness in there somewhere - something I think everyone who is writing does anyway.
Picture of the Day
Kind of podium shot .. This defines arrogance:
I like how Norm separates his posts into sections - helps me keep my eyes focused and skip over things when I'm in a hurry. So I am imitating.
Allaire (Beginner) Ride
Made it down to Allaire by 4:30 and joined Dustin and Mark on a pre-ride. 5 minutes into the ride, Mark's seatpost broke. So he rode without one rest of the way. Somewhere along the way, Brian joined our group and we did a loop around Allaire. Brian was on a 69er and can huck that thing pretty good. One thing I noticed was that these guys ride a lot more aggresive than I do. They go crazy fast into & out of turns & downhills and not brake at everything like I do. I need to get more confident and learn to handle my bike better. I need to do this to get to the next level.
Got back to lot and joined the beginner ride. 5 minutes into the ride, coach calls me and says he's pulling into the lot. So I bagged the beginner ride and went back to the lot. We rode Tiger Woods where he flatted, went into a nose wheelie, then ate it hard. Such things can happen when you let your tubeless fluid dry up for 10 years. Stuck a tube in there using our quick-release as make-shift tire levers. Coach yelled at me for not having a multi-tool. We hit Tiger Woods twice and I was surprised that I could easily make every climb, which was not the case 2 months ago. So something good is happening.
We didn't do the podium thing (other than coach taking my photo), but is there a point on getting on a podium w/o podium girls?
Put in some good mileage .. GPS is all wacky: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/34597680
Nutrition
I highly suggest you don't follow my nutrition patterns. I will eat anything and everything at any time. I can't gain weight for some reason, which should not be an excuse for not eating right. I should weight myself, but the batteries in my scale are dead. I may have to change my habits at some point, but it is what it is for now.
Breakfast: Quiznos Italian Sub, pink lemonade. 2PM
Lunch: Burger King Original Chicken Sandwich, french fries, orange soda. 8:30PM
Dinner: Kimbop (Korean rice cake thing wrapped in seaweed) 12:00AM
As you can see I wake up late. I don't always wake up this late. I was so tired last night, I went to bed right after dinner. My schedule tends to be erratic. I work from home on my own schedule, so I can afford to do this to a certain extent.
Arrogance Thing
Seems that I made a minor stir with my comments about arrogance. Looking back at what I wrote, it would probably not sit too well with me either if someone new came by and indirectly called me arrogant. Arrogance was too strong of a word to use and saying the bit about "good and wonderfully fast" was probably out of line, but here is where I was coming from. I feel that everyone has a desire to be heard, looked favorablely upon, and show off our accomplishments. Maybe that is not the main reason for having your own thread, but I think some of that is there as is human nature. I don't neccessarily think there is anything wrong with this, but one can be construed as arrogant if there is no vibe of humbleness in there somewhere - something I think everyone who is writing does anyway.
Picture of the Day
Kind of podium shot .. This defines arrogance:
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Ok, I thought post #1 was ok, you know, nothing amazing but good enough. This, however, is a direction I really enjoy. This is well written, and I enjoy well written.
However, the props at my format does not take away from calling me a fat arrogant self-absorbed douche bag. Or whatever it was you said.
Is Coach that guy who wears plaid on bike rides?
However, the props at my format does not take away from calling me a fat arrogant self-absorbed douche bag. Or whatever it was you said.
Is Coach that guy who wears plaid on bike rides?
As you well know, you eat like shit. Lay off the fast food yo!
Yogurt, oatmeal, chicken, etc..... this kind of diet will go a long way to improving your riding. I'm sure I'm not giving you any ground breaking tips, but it is pretty important. More important than fancy brakes or tires... 😀
Yogurt, oatmeal, chicken, etc..... this kind of diet will go a long way to improving your riding. I'm sure I'm not giving you any ground breaking tips, but it is pretty important. More important than fancy brakes or tires... 😀
dont go back and overthink what you write...think long thing wrong.
you are putting yourself out-there for others to read/judge/mock/admire...
you only need 2 rules.
be real
be interesting
reading over your first 2 posts you seem to be following these two rules without even trying.
Wednesday, May 27
Ringwood Beginner Ride
Now I know why I like to ride in the morning. Traffic sucks any other time. In the morning, if I leave before 6am, there's absolute no cars on the road and I can get to Allamuchy in 50 minutes. Cost of gas is another story.
Met some new people at the Ringwood Beginner ride. Jeff Mergs from Jorba, his friend Jake, trail stewart Tom, then Joe showed up with his friend Bonnie. The pace was somewhat painful, but when you're at Ringwood, there's no way around climbing so it was a bit of a workout. Plus, it was like 1000 degress out. We stuck to the fireroads for the most part. I usually try to avoid rocks on fireroads, but this time I ran over every rock in front of me to keep things interesting. Took a bunch of photos like I usually do at these things.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/34696317
Bike Stuff
Got the 26er Stumpjumper ready for sale. Gotta take some photos of it. There is already couple of interested buyers, so I may not even have to post it.
So the plan is to have 2 29ers, 1 for racing and 1 for messing around. I'm thinking I want to have a aluminum bike ready for LM. As much as I love riding steel bikes, I feel like I'm at a disadvantage. The guy who came in 5 seconds in front of me at Tymor was riding a Superfly. The new wheels that came in will definitely help. I'm pretty sure I got the frame picked out. 1 bike will be suspension 1x9 and the other will be SS. But I'll swap the gears & forks b/w the 2 bikes depending on what race is coming or my mood. I like to work on my bikes, so it's no big deal. I think I have most of the parts except for some little stuff.
The Mary frame & fork will go on sale as soon as I get a suitable steel or carbon fork. I also have to get the '92 Mongoose ready for sale.
Nutrition
Did better then yesterday:
Breakfast: egg/cheese/onion muffin, home fries
Lunch: rice with mixed vegetables, chicken & potatoes with tasty sauce, pickled radish kimchee style, 1 shrimp
Dinner: mixed salad, hot dog, bibimbap
I've also been munching on peanuts all day. I just eat whatever's in front of me. Except for creamy stuff. I can't stand the consistency. Except for ice cream. But I can't eat ice cream if it's melted too much. Mom just brought me a banana, so now I'm eating that. Btw, I can only eat bananas when they're ripe. After they get mushy .. yea it's the consistency thing.
Photo of the Day
My lunch:
Ringwood Beginner Ride
Now I know why I like to ride in the morning. Traffic sucks any other time. In the morning, if I leave before 6am, there's absolute no cars on the road and I can get to Allamuchy in 50 minutes. Cost of gas is another story.
Met some new people at the Ringwood Beginner ride. Jeff Mergs from Jorba, his friend Jake, trail stewart Tom, then Joe showed up with his friend Bonnie. The pace was somewhat painful, but when you're at Ringwood, there's no way around climbing so it was a bit of a workout. Plus, it was like 1000 degress out. We stuck to the fireroads for the most part. I usually try to avoid rocks on fireroads, but this time I ran over every rock in front of me to keep things interesting. Took a bunch of photos like I usually do at these things.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/34696317
Bike Stuff
Got the 26er Stumpjumper ready for sale. Gotta take some photos of it. There is already couple of interested buyers, so I may not even have to post it.
So the plan is to have 2 29ers, 1 for racing and 1 for messing around. I'm thinking I want to have a aluminum bike ready for LM. As much as I love riding steel bikes, I feel like I'm at a disadvantage. The guy who came in 5 seconds in front of me at Tymor was riding a Superfly. The new wheels that came in will definitely help. I'm pretty sure I got the frame picked out. 1 bike will be suspension 1x9 and the other will be SS. But I'll swap the gears & forks b/w the 2 bikes depending on what race is coming or my mood. I like to work on my bikes, so it's no big deal. I think I have most of the parts except for some little stuff.
The Mary frame & fork will go on sale as soon as I get a suitable steel or carbon fork. I also have to get the '92 Mongoose ready for sale.
Nutrition
Did better then yesterday:
Breakfast: egg/cheese/onion muffin, home fries
Lunch: rice with mixed vegetables, chicken & potatoes with tasty sauce, pickled radish kimchee style, 1 shrimp
Dinner: mixed salad, hot dog, bibimbap
I've also been munching on peanuts all day. I just eat whatever's in front of me. Except for creamy stuff. I can't stand the consistency. Except for ice cream. But I can't eat ice cream if it's melted too much. Mom just brought me a banana, so now I'm eating that. Btw, I can only eat bananas when they're ripe. After they get mushy .. yea it's the consistency thing.
Photo of the Day
My lunch:
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You are good to go now, the blogger on the site has just blessed you.
RNG1
Well-Known Member
I have to stick up for soundz here.Yes it is clear in the pic there is one shrimp. And he is happy to have his one shrimp. He never said " yeah well I had all this food but all I had was this one shrimp so it was a real bummer". THere are people in this world who have 0 shrimp. If a man can be happy in this world with 1 shrimp why does he need to have more? That is the problem in this world today people like you need to just have more and more. Maybe the quality of this particular shrimp is beyond anything you or I have ever tasted and he can savor this more than any other pile of shrimp you have ever binged on and only needs one to be satisfied and appreciate its pure relishment of taste. More is not always more.
So please tell me more about this wonderful single shrimp that we see and the story behind it and thus be a vehicle for some enlightenment.
brilliant shrimp post RNG.
another nice thing about riding in the morning - lower temps when its going to be 1000 degrees out.
here's a little thing i heard that helped me when i was thinking about improving my bike handling skills: "ride it like you hate it". when you start to get sketched that's when you pin it. speed is your friend.
great thread so far. keep it up!
another nice thing about riding in the morning - lower temps when its going to be 1000 degrees out.
here's a little thing i heard that helped me when i was thinking about improving my bike handling skills: "ride it like you hate it". when you start to get sketched that's when you pin it. speed is your friend.
great thread so far. keep it up!
Speed is your friend but also maskz a lack of skillz also. Sure, blasting though a rock garden at high speedz takez skillz and you need those skillz. But you also need to learn to ride through the stuff slow. Trialz will teach you this. Try to get through some tough sectionz with only a short run-up, or no run up at all. All the sudden, stuff you get ride through will speed becomes a huge challenge.
ChrisG
Unapologetic Lifer for Rock and Roll
very truez - (iz neverz haz triedz trialz - but can imaginez). the sourlandz has many spotz that requirez slow ridingz speedz, and lotz of balanze to pick youz wayz threwz.
that's probably why i like the SL so much, you gotta work through the lines there versus just blast over them.
You lizten to this kid talkz aboutz his bikz and you can tell he's not a 1 zhrimp kinda guy. For chrizt zake, he eatz Taco Bell and Zubway. Pluz, he'z racing, zo itz hardly zmelling the rozez actionz going onz.
The real answer is: this is what my mom gave me. I wanted more shrimp.
The real answer is: this is what my mom gave me. I wanted more shrimp.
tomv42
New Member
Good thread, it is amazing the importance of nutrtion, but I wish people would stop talking about shrimp, its making me hungry for shrimp, more than just one. I was at the doctor's office yesterday and before I got a shot, they asked if I was allergic to shrimp. I was excited that my health plan was covering shrimp at the doctor's office, turned out it was just for the iodine scrub, but I really want shrimp now.
