A Swell Blog

Movin'

2011-03-13T11:27:00.002-05:00

Yo. After 5 years in Minneapolis, (i cant believe it)We are round headed north, Anoka bound. Donimator Country. Janelle and I bought my Grandma's house. It pretty a swizz double bungalow rambler. We're renting out one side and setting up shop in the other. So it's good bye greenway and lakes, hello county roads and the river. We are actually pretty excited. I am officially a townie. It's helping grandma out cause that racket of a nursing home is 7K a month, so the house money is good for her. Anoka is good for flat roads and cross wind. In 4 years I am racing masters so I guess I should start training for that. I'm hoping to have a get together in the summer sometime. So if you have nothing to do on a whenever it will be, feel free to stop by for some food and drinks. I'll have pics soon. Congrats to Gregg and Patty on gettin' on GearGrinder!

Mildred Minier.......

2010-11-20T16:53:00.004-06:00

We bought a dog today. Milli is an American Eskimo/ Chihuahua. Pretty great. 4mo. old and 8 pounds of 53x11.

Dear Uptown Hipsters

2010-11-16T09:05:00.001-06:00

this is the most accurate depiction of how I feel about hipsters....

End of and Era

2010-09-24T05:48:00.003-05:00

yo, it has been way to long. Well, racing is over for me. At least till I'm a masters' racer, 4 yrs to go. Thanks to Matt, Grandstay,and my teammates. I will miss it. I'll still be at some cross races and road races next summer. I just heard there are not hand ups in cross this year. WTF is that about? Anyway, I'll see ya on the road.
Later

yeah right, no way...

2010-08-24T08:15:00.000-05:00

Summer

2010-05-27T10:27:00.002-05:00

It's gonna be a great summer. Alex landed a whicked backroll on the boat, Janelle couldn't be better, Bike racin' is good, and I have a new competition for the fall.
Lovin life yo. Enjoy this little number ....

Spring! Sing!

2010-03-09T13:14:00.008-06:00

Yo. Well it looks like spring is finally here. About time. Training has started to pick up and the last couple weeks have been good. Super secret training is in full swing. Karaoke has also been in full swing. Sunday Funday's have been fun but make the week a little hard to get back into it. I think a rest week might be in order. Anyway, here are some action shots of Janelle, Franklin, Burky, Shady and Gizzmo. Life is great:)

Gettin' Warmer

2010-02-01T06:36:00.003-06:00

Yo. Well it looks like it will get a little warmer towards the end of this week so maybe a another weekend ride is on tap. Last weekend I rode with The Kruse missile Skibbalicous and Brandon. Skibby and I fell a couple times and and now my hip is sore. Uuuuhhfff, I am starting to feel a little old. Last night I went and saw Avitar with Janelle. It was a great movie. iMax an 3d glasses were pretty wild. Before the movie we went to Big Bowl. The place has great recovery food and home made ginger ale. Another great weekend!!! I'll get some picks up soon too. I know words are boring without pictures after a few posts.
Later

The happs'

2010-01-25T12:37:00.002-06:00

Yo. Well the nice bike is here and I have been riding it quite a bit on the trainer. It feels a little different than last year's bike, its good so far. I do hate the trainer. Last weekend Janelle and I went up to Staples to visit some of her friends. It was a great time. Small town America at it's finest. We saw her friend's new baby, and met the family. Great times. Later we went to twisted sister's and were the only people singin' Karaoke. Pretty fun. We saw quite a few cougars and a pretty good number of people stuck in an era or two ago. Fun. Finished out the weekend with a sunday fun day at my place with my crew. Good times had by all. Sing star is getting pretty serious lately. I hope to get the bowling rollin' soon too. Hopefully on Friday. Al right, till next time.
Later

Hot and Cold

2010-01-04T15:16:00.003-06:00

Yo,

Yo. Wow it has been a long while since I have updated so I guess it's time. With the death of Bikethrow, it's twitter only for me. I still haven't caved on facebook. Twitter is it. Anyway, the Holidays were great. Spent lots of great times with friends and family and Janelle especially :) Anyway, training has officially started and it's been al right. Actually I've lifted weights for a couple months so that's pretty good. It's pretty cold out so it's the trainer for me right now. I see that JimmerC is ridin' outside which sounds about right. Anyway, Janelle is training for a half marathon in July and I've been running a bit too. What a great goal! Funny how now I feel good running and not last fall when it mattered. 2010 is gonna be a great year, I can just tell!!!
Al right back to work. Uhhhgggggg!

Simply the best

2009-12-11T11:58:00.004-06:00

I Fall In Love Too Easily
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Frank Sinatra's Birthday is tomorrow. Enjoy and remember....

Asain New haircut

2009-12-02T06:23:00.002-06:00

Better than the guido version

New Gig

2009-11-11T16:34:00.002-06:00

Yo. well it's been forever since I blogged so here ya go. I got 'a new job as a PT in a Anytime Fitness gym. It's great cause guy like this actually workout here:

Only a couple left

2009-08-06T07:41:00.002-05:00

Yo. WTF the happened to summer? There's only a few remaining races left this summer. It sure went fast. I think square lake, the track and state road, are the only races left. This weekend is KC which I am amped for, but bummed to because they took out the best stage due to road const. Oh well. In a week I am coming back to Mantana for Pete Fords wedding. That sure be fun and it'll be nice to see all the peeps out there.
Anyway, breaks' over so back at it. Anyway, I found a Midnight Evils CD in my room that I lost in 2001, Nice...

Bored

2009-07-17T12:50:00.003-05:00

Yo. Well the job search is starting to officially suck. At least youtube is alway good for wasting time. Anyway, we are starting to ride better as a team and that is a good feeling. Hopkins was really close. Probably the best crit we have raced this season. Dano is starting to get some form and we are all glad for that. Anyway, this weekend is the tour of Granite Country, so that will be a good race. He is a short little Bio of the most influential guy you prob never heard of. Al right then, Pete, Jens, Donimator, and anyone else who is healing get better quick!

THe happs'

2009-07-01T09:00:00.002-05:00

Yo. Well the last month has been a real buzz saw. Lots 'a work, and not soo much bike racing. NVGP proved to be a fun one. We rode pretty well as a team. I thought Hanna was pretty funny when he told me that 51% of the invite only 'pro'race was armatures. Every one has their on little story from that race. Mine was a half hour solo chase after flatting. That was painful. Last weekend was a fun one. The state crit was a different venue and the course was just great. Windy as wack, just like last year forced a split. Dougo, Jens, Hackworthy, and me. We lapped the field and watched each other pretty good. GP got us again and Dave had a great win. We still won because Dave is from WI. So grandstay swept the podium which we usually don't do unless it's a time trial. Anyway, this weekend is Northfield and I don't think many people are going. So we will see how it goes. Al right back to the grind, landscaping today...uuuggghhhh.

Hotter 'n Wack

2009-06-22T18:04:00.001-05:00

Yo. Today was hot as wack at work. It reminded me of this song...

Good one

2009-06-03T07:51:00.002-05:00

Yo, Last night was great both racing and drinking. I will be happy when the old course will be ready at the fairgrounds though. It felt like we just raced up and down the 180. Oh well. A big thanks to the Dan Cleary for the grad party and all who came! Great times. I like that bar. Here is a game I would like to try:

Twitter killed blogging

2009-05-29T09:24:00.002-05:00

Yo, twitter has killed blogging quite noticeably. I think it's just because it's like a mini blog, which btw still kicks facebook's ass!!! Anyway, Racing has been al right. Pretty hot and cold. Iowa was ok. Dan and I did the old man race on sunday and blew our bodies up. Micah rode well and got 19th at Snake! Anyway, I deserved a good ass kicking to get some fitness rollin'. Tomorrow should be fun and have plenty of action so I'm looking forward to that.
That's all I got.

Graduating wasn't as cool as racing.

2009-05-12T14:12:00.004-05:00

Yo, Well last weekend I graduated college. Pretty amazing. I was squirming in my chair knowing there was a bike race going on. I'm glad I'm done but what a waste of a fuckin' day. Commencement is soo lamo. I only did it for my Mom and Grandma. I got a ride in on Saturday, but I flatted two times. Ahhhhhh. I'm excited for OPUS but not for the back to back time trial weekend. At least Saturday at the cool bar.
Ok, back to diggin'

Crank this shit to 11!

2009-05-01T13:29:00.004-05:00

Nothin' like a good rock song...

I had this in my head on the #tuff ride last night...good for power

Alomost Done

2009-04-29T07:10:00.002-05:00

Yo, Well racing is in full swing now. Five races done so far and I think everyone is starting to come around. Ken Woods went pretty well. Grandstay rode like a different team, keeping the pace steady all day. It was pretty fun. It felt much easier to race this way. OPUS last night didn't go as well as we had hoped. We just had trouble gettin' the train rollin' Oh well, that's why it's called bike practice. Anyway, I'm almost done with school. One week from today, I'm done. Then it's back to pounding nails. This weekend should be good for racin'. NVGP qualifier #1 on Saturday, and Lacrosse crit on Sunday. I'm not sure if I'll be able to do both. Playin' it by ear I guess. Anyway, first period bell just rang so it's off to class.
Later

Re-session

2009-04-15T09:52:00.002-05:00

Yo. Well OPUS was frickin' hard last night. I don't remember it being that hard last year. Which basically means that, I am not fit yet, or people a hungry this year. Wholly frick pile. Saturday might suck if It was as hard as last night. Ahh, I guess I gotta ride a little more. Good thing Jensie, Micah, Pance, Matt, and Dougo were better than Dano and I. We had a good laugh about how we both aren't quite there yet. However, Dano did get some points. So pretty good, pretty good to him. Anyway, I have to sit in a room and watch kids take their MCA test (new Iowa Basic test) Wow, it's only 9:59, I've only been here 2.5 hrs. Today is gonna suck.
See ya at Durand

Another week in the books

2009-04-10T07:39:00.002-05:00

Yo,
Well, to day is a staff development day so no kids, just boring ass paper work and entering grades...ish. Last night was a great tuff ride. Lots 'a peeps. Ran in to Dougo and Dano, which was pretty much great. OPUS starts next week and that will be fun to try out the leadout for the first time this Year. I think we all have pretty good fitness for this time of year, so I am excited to see how we stack up. This weekend will be nice so I hope we can get a couple good efforts in. Al right, time for meetings.
Later

March...damn it

2009-03-30T18:18:00.002-05:00

...Red sky in morning, sailor take warning...
Fuck! here comes the snow....;(
At least we have team camp this weekend!!!

Back to ish!!!

2009-03-24T11:31:00.002-05:00

Yo. After last week/weekend we all have been spoiled with swizzy weather. Last weekend we got some great secret training in! This weekend is gonna suck. Back to the winter bike...what a drag dude. Everything is kinda ish this week. Today I went to the store because I woke up and forgot I had to get milk. So I go to the store to get milk, bread and coffee. Well, I grabbed french vanilla, not french roast. When I smelled it in the french press I knew I had grabbed the wrong coffee. So no I have to drink it for a week. AHHHH. Plus, I'm back on the trainer due to the weather. Williams loves this weather and is going for a drizzle ride to day. The last time I was on a drizz ride was with him like 5 years a go. Anyway, I'm done cryin' for now. I wish there was a tough ride tonight.
Later

The Nice bike, and facebook.

2009-03-20T07:26:00.006-05:00

Yo.
Last night I rode the nice bike out side for the first time. It went pretty well. I didn't have to adjust anything, which surprised me a little bit. It rides pretty well, although there is a big difference riding a bike without an integrated seatpost. I forgot how much those seatposts flex when you climb. However, it's also more forgiving on rough stuff. Give and take I guess. Hopefully, it won't rain after school today so I can ride it again. In other news, my good buddy Matt Handrick joined facebook...WTF just happened!!! If there was one kid who hated facebook as much as me it was Matt. Anyway, it's a sad day in my world. At least to day is Fitness friday, so the kids can do whatever they want in gym. I'm not a huge basketball fan(which is what 99% of them want to do), but I do like the look on some kids' faces when I make the occasional 3 pointer. Hopefully last hour will want to play floorhockey. Next week we start a swimming unit and the winer'swill be out is full force, so I guess I should enjoy today.
Later

Almost Spring!!!

2009-03-10T14:45:00.005-05:00

Yo,

Well, it's doing this out side:

which sucks but at least its not stickin' too bad. Last weekend I actually was quite productive. Got a good hammer fest in on Saturday, worked on Sunday, and got some homework done. Last week my DVD player died:(. AS a result I am back to a VCR.
The best part about my VCR is that its a TV TOO!!!

Anyway, I think I'm gonna shave my legs soon. I wonder what the hood kids are gonna say when they see 'em. This week I started at Arlington. I walked into a floor hockey unit too!!! It's pretty funny cause most of these kids have never played so they get pretty pissed when I school 'em. It's hard for me to tone it down cause I'm competitive. Tomorrow I think I'll play goalie. Anyway, Steph has been out of town a little bit so the hound and I have been Hangin' out. His favorite things include: sleeping, eatting, and running up to stangers for attention. What a great hound!
Later

Ish watt

2009-02-17T07:22:00.002-06:00

Yo.
We pushed the ish watt a bit on Saturday. First time of the year really. It went ok.
Great to see everybody too. So far I think we will be pretty good. I got dropped two times, but not too bad. I liked seeing everyone's winter bikes. I think next time I'm gonna have a winter bike gallery. Dan was on old faithful, as was I. Dougo busted out the rocky mountain. Williams was on the Bianchi and Schlick was on the Poprad with Dave on an old trek. I miss the days when we did rides like this every weekend. We all grows up, we all grows up. Well, that's about it for this week, I'll work on some winter bike pictures for next time. Oh yeah, I broke my fender just as we finished up the ride, DAMN IT!!!!
Later

Gettin' by

2009-02-09T06:27:00.005-06:00

Yo,

Well a lot has happened since the last update. The Sable finally died...This has sucked. I have to sit through rush hour on my way to student teaching. Swizzy. I bought a bunch of stuff I shouldn't have, but I didn't know the sable was going to die. Oh well. Training has been not good. I told Matt I wasn't gonna be fast till July though. The last couple weekends I was able to get out and get some base in, during the week however, homework has been kicking my ass. It's time for an end of an era too.
This year I didn't get Northwave shoes.
I got my first pair in 96 when I was on the Schwinn Homegrown team. With the exception of one year on shimano's I've always had Northwave's.
I got some Lake CX 400's.

Mainly because the come in wide.

I got slab feet. So far so good. I also did the heat molding, wow! I really like 'em so far. Al right, time to go to school! More Floor hockey!!!

New year

2009-01-10T10:13:00.004-06:00

Yo. Well I don't know how you felt about 2008, but I say good riddance.
2009 will be better. Anyway, I start student teaching Monday in St. Paul. I can't believe I'm done in may!!! Took long enough. Right now I got the plague. Alex got it first and then me. I hope I didn't pass it on to anyone else. Glad it was this week instead of next week. Training has sucked cause it snows 4 times a week. Oh well we will be faster in July and August, which by the way is going to be a busy month. Anyway, that's about all I got, time for another nap.
This is the grossest pop I have ever tasted! I tried it at work a while ago, ish.

New favorite site!

2008-12-05T17:08:00.001-06:00

This just made my day!!! Check it out

December

2008-12-03T21:08:00.003-06:00

Yo. Well December has arrived. It's pretty much cold too. I've been pedaling a bit more these days, trying to anyways. It's weird when racing raps up and there isn't much competition in the air. I haven't gone bowling in a long time so that's why I got the itch prob. Anyway, Tiedeman! I don't have the same email,so you gotta post on your blog so I can give you my email. I'd love ta chat if you got a free 20min. Anyway, not much else is new. I only have 16 weeks left of school
if that's believable. I'm all grows up now. Al right, Tiedeman i hope to hear from ya!
Later

You tube

2008-11-27T20:35:00.003-06:00

Yo. The turkey ride didn't start out that well for me. I flatted on the way to the depot and I was pretty pissed. Anyway, I went home changed bikes and headed back out. Ran into Timmer and Cain at the dog park, then the Turkey ride crew. Pretty fun, some parts anyhow.
To make me feel a little better, I read the failblog for a while and watched this a couple times:

I know how this guy feels

2008-11-11T20:48:00.002-06:00

This was me at work today...
Thanks for the pic Williams

Fenders' back

2008-11-07T14:20:00.002-06:00

Yo. Well I put the fender back on the winter bike...FUCK! I hate fender season. Oh well, that's the way it goes. Nice weather huh? Thanks for the people who commented on the last swell blog post. This weekend I'm gonna go for a ride to make sure the fender works so if anyone wants to rock from uptown area around 9 I'm up for a slow one. Anyway, not much exciting is going on. The ICE special agent gets into town tonight so I gotta hurry up and finish some stuff. I haven't seen him since last winter so it will be nice to see him. Anyway, later.

WTF else is new?

2008-10-28T18:57:00.002-05:00

I got 11th, Again!!! one of these years I'll break the top ten...Running race are hard. Happy B-day to patty cakes. I should have drank a little more at his party the night before the race to ensure a top ten at the grey Ghost. There's always next year I guess. Now I am officially to for the year.

Hospital

2008-10-09T14:57:00.002-05:00

YO. Ya know it's funny how many people don't like hospitals. You definitely could put me in the category too. Today I was in one with my sister again. For as smart as doctors and nurses have to be, some are pretty fuckin' clueless when it comes to the basics. Today I worked till 10, and the went to the hospital from 10:30-2:45. The couldn't do the surgery because her blood was too thin. Something that could have been avoided if they would have given her a simple test. So she has to come back Monday...Figures
Later

Rough Patch

2008-09-29T09:21:00.004-05:00

Yo, Well I hit a bit of a rough patch in the Swell life.
Sometimes trying yr best just isn't good enough. Murphy's Law and
good old Benny Franklin's Death and Taxes idea, seemingly apply to my life a lot
lately.

I dumped almost 300 buck in to the winter bike, so that's what
I'm on right now.

Finally,Ten Speed on the winter bike!!!

Training for running is going ok. I think I'll do my first race
in a week or so. I'm prob gonna be around 18 minutes, so I know I got work to do before the Grey Ghost! Other than that, not much is going on just survivin'
Later

Humbled

2008-09-10T07:37:00.003-05:00

Yo. Sorry it's been a long time since I last updated. The road season has officially ended for me. I guess it was an ok year. Last year was a little better, but as I get older that seems to be the trend. I did the Chir Kerr road race (a WIsport race) a couple weeks back and it was just as sketchy was I imagined. No center line rule , tandems legal, and lets not forget helmets with rear view mirrors. Matt Williams won and I couldn't have been happier with the outcome. Him, Jimmy, and I against the tandems and aero bar people. Pretty great. The week before, Micah and I did the last Blackdog. We both met our goal of breaking 15 min. He got 14:58 and I got 14:50. I was really happy about that since I suck a time trialing, comparatively to other 1,2's. Anyway, last weekend I did the two man TT state race with Dan Casper. Fuckin' Humbling experience. We started out pretty good and kept it rolling around 29-30 the whole way out. I kept looking at my computer for time. About 8 min in I was getting pretty uncomfortable. I couldn't pull through as much and started to suffer just sitting on Dan's wheel. Pretty soon I cried uncle and it was damage control for the last 5K.
I felt bad and Dan was really cool about it slowing down for me. The last 2K were mentally the same as NVGP, drill it and hope like hell the finish is around the corner.
At the end of the day we were 3rd. 30 seconds off Gordy, and Lance Niles. If we practice and my ass doesn't come unhinged, next year I think we got a shot. Anyway, my lil' sis had a blot clot in her arm and had to have surgery to fix it yesterday. I'm happy to say she's fine and on the mend. With some swizzy pain meds to boot. Al right, that's all I got.
Later

Get Ready!

2008-08-21T18:09:00.002-05:00

Yo. September 12, "If your gonna scream, scream with meeee, moments like this never laaaaaast......."
The Misfits are coming to Myth Night club. I saw them at 1st ave in 1997. I think
it's gonna be a good show so I'll try to make it. Bike racing has been going al right certainly not great. Did Tour of KC and Crit Nationals. Not much to say. I crashed, got caught behind crashes, and felt ok. This weekend is the state road race champs. Hopefully, we will win. We just have to be in the moves and ride a little smarter than we have been. Should be fun. Al right, back to it.

This is why I feel slow lately....

2008-08-13T14:39:00.008-05:00

This is getting in the way of bike ridin'a lot lately....

The best part is i gotta clean this fuckin' mess before i go home today. Poor me.

That just happened

2008-07-28T13:58:00.002-05:00

Yo. Well bike racing can aggravate a person some times. Sunday was one of those times. Two against six is pretty good odds, the kind you bet the house on. Good thing we didn't bet on Sunday. Pete Hanna and Pelis beat our team. What a difference a year makes. Oh well. State Road is our last chances to get another state tittle.(Ian won the Sate ITT) I really hope we can do it.

Micah and I are going to tour of KC. He is on track to get a top five at cliff drive and I'm gonna help with that. Last year I got 10th in the overland park crit and I'd like to better that result this year. After KC and Downers, I'll hopefully be in a little better shape for State road. Anyway, I'm thinking about Dakota tech tues, and Black Dog Wed, this week since I'm taking the weekend off. We'll see.

Everyone rode pretty good at the State crit, those guys were just better than us that day. Al right I guess that's it for now. Tonight, I'm hanging out with Jenn and catching up. She was in Sin City for a wedding and took some cool pics I yet to see.
Later

Is it me, or do hangovers get worse with age?

2008-07-24T19:07:00.003-05:00

Yo. Well we pulled it off last weekend. We won the overall at the tour of granite country. It started off pretty rough actually. Rain and wind were the name of the game in the ITT. Dougo won of course with Ian and Casper not far behind. I didn't feel good at all at the start. However, Micah was my 30 man and a great rabbit. I got 7th. The circuit race was really cool and micah got away with Dale and they stayed away. Micah got 2nd and a bunch of time bonuses and put him into 4th overall at the end of the day. This picture pretty sums up what we did on the road race stage.

We pulled all day. It was fun to work together a little better than we have been earlier in the year. We're still pretty rough around the edges, but are figuring it out a little more each time. The last time up the hill,the chasing and attacking all day caught up with the legs. I saw Paul Harrison fly by me making the final cut and I couldn't shut down the gap. I blew sky high, and then coasted in with Casper. We chatted about tactics and agreed it was a good cool down. I was really glad to see Paul make it up there, he just upgraded and is fit right now. Keep it up. Anyway, Doug won and Ian was up there too. Pretty cool. Next month is pretty full. State crit, tour of Kansas City, Crit Nats', State Road Race, and finally Gateway cup in STL.
Later

Racin'

2008-07-16T21:16:00.002-05:00

Yo. It's been a little bit since I've updated so here is a run-down on the happs. Northfield we tried a different tactic...race scrappy. Danno got 6th, I got 8th, and Ian got 10th. Three guys in the top ten is pretty good. St. Cloud we were outnumbered pretty bad. I bridged up to a couple moves, but nothing stuck. I also crashed in a corn field, that was neat. Williams attacked on the last climb and split the field which was swizzy. However, the non-assertive copper didn't stop a Hell's Angels' rally so we got caught. Patty won the sprint. I got 4th. Hopkins was good. Micah got in a move and Stuck it. He got third. Good job yo! Last night I did Dakota tech. What a fuckin' mess. I got 8th. The last couple 1,2,3 races, I was noticing there are a lot of hitch hikers. Some guys just won't pull. I'm mean not even roll through. Just follow wheels you dumbasses! It really isn't that hard. I dont know how some of these guys ride during the week. The must sit by the window, spot a biker, run out side, jump on there wheel and just sit there. So, since everybody is taking about categories, I propose new categories Cat 1,3 and cat2,4,5. Here is why: All the guys that just upgraded have wind allergies apparently, so riding with 4,5's should be a more fitting pace with less wind. Cat 3's want to be cat 2's. Lately, I've seen them be way more aggressive the the newly upgraded 2's. Now, before I get a shit load of pissy cry babies commenting on how tough they are, I realize that there are SOME guys out there who aren't afraid of working or at least follow wheels and rolling through. So if you are one of those guys, keep up the good work. If not, stay in the back and don't sprint at the end for 18th place.
later

Can i get a 'DO OVER' on that?

2008-06-30T08:07:00.003-05:00

Yo. Well last night i was thinking how much we fucked up that crit. Bummer. Sometimes no matter how hard you try, things just don't work out. The first few lines of suicidal tendencies', "institutionalized" song pretty much sums up the st. cloud crit. Thanks for cheering and thanks to hollywood for the play by play on the PA.
Friday, I'm bringing my 'A' game.
Later

Luck ran out....

2008-06-20T09:52:00.002-05:00

Yo. Well, cause i didn't get hurt at NVPG, i cut the shit out of my leg at the last state fair crit. My chainring punctured my big ass artery right by my ankle. Uuuhff. Lotsa blood. Thanks for helping me Micah and Casper! Mike Weoll Crashed warming up a couple minutes later. WTF? Anyway the race didn't go so hot. A good group got away and I was in the second chase group in front of the main bunch. We got close a couple times but just couldn't shut 'er down. Oh well. After the race Weoll came over and we finished one of those growlers' he won in a ninja prime. It was good. Anyway, I was thinking something has been missing from the old blogger lately......YOUTUBE. Dougo tell me how much I love it and....I do. here are two great ones. Both of which ARE movies, so Dan won't be pissed.
Later

NVGP hates on the locals

2008-06-16T08:00:00.002-05:00

Yo. Thank you to ALL who made the big race happen. It was hard but lots of fun and wouldn't have been the same without everyone helping and cheering the locals on. Thank you thank you thank you. Dan Cleary bought a beer for me after the race too. Thanks Ok, WTF is with the NVGP hatin' on us. Ian and Doiger got bottles pulled back from them when the came through the "neutral" feed zone at Mankato. HHHmmmm. Ok. Yesterday I turned myself inside out to finish the damn stage and get on the overall results. I made it 32 min of a 60 min race. The race bible stated, riders have to complete 25% of the race to be on the overall results. Thanks Dave, you know I have a calculator that I don't use and apparently, long division and percentages are difficult for you , so let me know how I can get it to you. The best part is the lady who pulled us , Jordan (ISCORP), and I, asked me for my number....well, it's on my bike, and two places on my jersey. I'm sure it sounds like I'm just cryin, however it would be nice to be on the results if you finish a race a tough race like that. But no, I'm on the riders dropping out list. Oh well, that's life when haters put on races. If not being scored wasn't enough, before the race I locked my damn keys in the car and had to use a coat hanger to break in. Dan and Doug were pretty impressed I unlocked it and I'm sure thought I learned it in crime school. Anyway, thanks again to every body who was there at the races cheering on the locals. Thanks to Tim and Andy for bike throw too, better coverage than cyclingnews.com I think.
Later

409 was cooler when it was a Beach Boy's song

2008-06-09T15:07:00.005-05:00

Yo, well only two days left to the big race, . I opted not to do the state ITT on Sunday Ian won and Casper got 3rd. Awesome job team. Saturday and Sunday I got two solid secret training rides in. Hills and flats. Anyway, it finally happened...4 buck gas. Bummer..... Oh well.... It's still cheap comparatively to other countries. Al right, I'll try to get an update after the first couple stages. Oh yeah, Thanks Super Rookie. Glad to hear you don't think I'm that mean....cause I'm really not.
Later

The big race

2008-06-06T07:27:00.004-05:00

Yo. Well we got into Nature Valley. We only got 4 spots though.
Should be pretty cool. This week has been a little harder
than normal because of work but I got out a couple times
and raced on tuesday. State TT is this weekend and I'm not
sure what to do about that. Al right till next time
Later

PS I hate pop music, but Weezer is al right here's there new one.
Plus, Dano won't be pissed cause it's not just the song.
There are also a lot of funny cameo's, I'm not talkin' about
the pad in your short either :)
(music video included)

Wack

2008-05-29T13:19:00.002-05:00

Last weekend was pretty fun...for some of us. Brian crashed and ended up in the ICU at Burlington. Hope he gets better soon. The snake went ok. I dropped my chain and Dale Sedgwick pushed me up on the 4th lap or so, thanks yo. On the lap before that Dan dropped his chain. Dougo had allergies. I finished 33rd, 3 spots worse than last year. Oh well. Melon city was pretty boring. I was in a couple breaks and none stayed away. I got in the money that day so that was nice. The quad was really fun. Micah joined us and it was goo to see him. Warming up, I had the typical shotgun blast flat. I rolled back to the truck and got another wheel. The race was really fun. Half way in the race a pretty good group got away, including E-rock who one the race. It took a while to bridge but I got there. After half a lap we got caught. In the last 5 laps, I tried to stay up front and get in the money again, but in the end I was 3 spots out, 28th. Oh well, my goal was to be up front and able to go with some moves, I was so that my me feel better. No super duper yet, but will be ready for nature valley speed pretty quick. Minnesota teams or riders won every race last weekend. Must be a good place :) Good job to Ian and Charlie for winning up in Duluth. Anyway, here is some random goodness from the trip.
-Proud
-Shotguns and some type of flower
-max
-Why are you so angry?
-And finally, when shit goes bad, blame it on the rods
Later

My poor friend me

2008-05-20T07:18:00.005-05:00

Yo. UUUUhhhffff. It hurts to type. Last weekend was a tough one. Here is how the trip unfolded in chronological order:

1. Got rear-ended by some army broad on the way to the road race (Jenn got whiplash)
2. Did a tough road race finished 11th, Ian got 7th, Dan got 18th.
3. Ate a great burger
4. Jenn got a cold.
5. Felt great in the crit, then crashed
6. Got to wheel pit for free lap and the holder pushed me over
7. Scraped up hip, elbow, shoulder, and hand
8. Broke and scuffed my shoes!
9. Micah crashed with 5 to go, no free lap.
10.Got home safe.

More on the weekend later. The person holding me in the wheel pit is a good one...
Here are some battle wounds

Weekend trip yo

2008-05-16T13:18:00.003-05:00

Yo. well Grandstay has a crew going to Mad-town this weekend for the Baraboo road race and wheels on willie crit. It should be a fun trip and a good couple of race days. This year hasn't included much racing for me so it will be good for all of us to get two back to back days in. Jenn is coming with so that should be fun too. It's her first time going to a race so hopefully she won't be too bored. Anyway, I heard M.I.A on the current to day and love the paper planes song. Here is the video. It reminds me of my days in north Murderapolis. Al right till next week.

Racin' bikes

2008-05-13T07:31:00.003-05:00

Yo. Well racing is really pickin' up in the next couple weeks here. oooohhhfff. Tonight might rain again and make the OPUS field small again. I hope not. Last weekend I rested quite a bit. I took 3 days off my bike. It was good I think. Work was kicking my ass last week and I'd like to be fresh for the upcoming weeks . Last night I went for a couple hours and felt better than I thought. The rest was the ticket I guess. Grandstay, whooped up on last week. We won every race there was. That was nice. Sunday, I did the race for the cure with Jenn and her mom. Lots of people came and it was neat. I missed racing, but there are more important things sometimes. Other than that, not much is going on with me. I got a whicked hang nail goin' which sucks. It should get better pretty soon I think. Anyway, Dougo tells me how much I like the'youtube'. Here is, "Ima Robot". I have been listening to these guys for about a year and like 'em a lot. I particularly enjoy this video because it incorporates full contact musical chairs.
See you and OPUS

Windy as Wack....

2008-05-05T11:00:00.003-05:00

Yo. Well Marty went ok. We screwed up a little bit but WTF, who's perfect? 4 guys in the top ten ain't too bad. Sunday, Dano and I went for a ride and it was windy as wack too. Oh well, at least no body is getting good recovery rides in. Later I hung out with Jenn. We watched the tour of romandy. Well I watched it and she did home work I guess. Anyway, we both had really busy weekends and were tired. After I left for home, I stopped at Rainbow for some tide and Muyres was there and we were talking. I felt some one grab me and it was Kristy Kreme. She and hollywood were getting cookie dough. It was neato running into everyone there. Oh yeah, one more thing, Dano and I went to subway after our ride. I sat down first and then Dano comes up with a 20 oz. of pop. I asked, "why'd you buy that?" He said, " I don't like watered down soda" I was thinking what the fuck, now I'm even more ghetto for drinking fountain pop. Oh well, the level of old king ghetto never ceases to amaze right? We had a good laugh. Anyway, this is getting kinda long so I'll leave you with some good ol' Minor Threat, "Cashing In"
Later

Where the hell did all the power go?

2008-04-29T07:27:00.002-05:00

Yo. Well not even Dano's coveted google maps can find my UP these days. Kenwoods was pretty much windy, snowy, and generally insane. The race was over 1.5K into it. Doug was isolated once again. BK was up there with him for most of the day with him, but in the end it's dougo vs. the lot of the lead bunch. I'm tryin' my best but it's been bad spring for me so far. Grandstay is strong we just need to organize and plan more. Everyone rode the best they could that day, it was just hard. Ian won the bunch sprint in the main peloton, with Casper riding away at the start of the last Lap. Dougo won, BK got 4th, Casper 5, Ian 6th, I got 8th and Matt Williams 10th. We owned the top ten so it wasn't a total loss. It was just hard. The next day was a crit and Dano got 2nd or 3rd, I'm not sure. Micah and Lance were up there too. What a weekend. Tonight, OPUS should be fun, but I am getting tired of racing in full leg warmers and long sleeves. Marty, this weekend looks to be a good street fight with the weather calling for 45F and rain. A big thanks to Dan Cleary for giving me a couple of gels before the race. Thanks Yo!!! Till next time.
Later

DURAND....and ish

2008-04-22T08:18:00.004-05:00

Yo. First off a big congrats to my buddy Dano for winning Durand! He had a long day off the front with Jordan, BK, and greg, but it paid off. That race has always been a tough one. No wind played a huge roll so Dano decided to make it tough without the wind. The rest of the grandstay crew chilled in the bunch. Ian, Doug and Matt were the policemen of the day watching the front. Lance had a good race too and I was happy to see him riding strong. I occasionally rolled up to the front but Williams said it best when he said, "you weren't yourself today were you?" Nope. Some days you just don't have it. I usually don't feel super duper till June anyway. But still I should have been better on Saturday. Sogon Valley will be better. Tonight I'm gonna race aggressively. It should up the power for the weekend.
Till next time....

RANT : Are you fuckin' kidding me Senator Ryan!!!!!

OPUS and Swell stuff

2008-04-15T14:12:00.003-05:00

Yo, Well last weekend wasn't great. Saturday, I got and hour on the trainer in....yeah. Sunday, I rode from Jenn's house and met Paul. The ride was bad. Terrible route, at the end I put a couple good efforts in after we split, so hopefully I'm ready for tonight. It's weird, this is the latest in the year I have ever lined up. I hope that means I'll be better when August rolls around. Anyway, I figured if mentioned Swell stuff I better live up to it. It doesn't get anymore Swell than this guy.....

4.75.... BAM, illegal

2008-04-07T09:19:00.004-05:00

Well last weekend was the grandstay training camp. I only did 2 of four days. We went fast and slow. Great times had by all. Some news for everyone, Dan is the new instigator, and loves riding hard more than me. All weekend the kid was just chompin' at the bit; Dougo has his seat 9 CM behind the BB, I have 8.8CM of set back. So I just dispelled two assumptions about me for everyone out there. I'm sure I'll still hear from people that my seat is too far back though. Everyone rode well and is coming along pretty good. Thanks to Ian, Matt, and Casper for setting us up with stuff, and everyone else who gave me food. Till OPUS.....oh yeah, Lance's seat was in an illegal position of 4.75CM behind the BB, we rocked him for a good hour on that. Sorry yo, we do it cause we love ya.
Later

I got bonk

2008-03-31T09:18:00.002-05:00

YO. Well shit, last weekend was hard for yours truely. The nice bike was nice, but too fast. I got bonk. Dan, Doug, and I had good bike practice last weekend regardless of bonk. Although, Doug pushed me up the last hill, I felt ok at the start of the ride. Good job team. Anyway, I figure Ill rest till team camp this weekend. I talk to Patty Cakes yesterday, GP is going to Iowa this weekend. Our team camp will be like a race so I don't feel bad about missing the first one. Here is a great video i like Ichthyosaurs in it.

HHHHHHHhhhhhhh, this is spring huh?

2008-03-25T12:13:00.003-05:00

Yo. God winter is tough as nail this year. It just won't let go. The winter bike has been rockin' the gas light for a while and I hope it can hold on a little longer. Anyway, I had my iPod on my punk play list quite a bit these days. It reminds me about Bozeman and my time out there with Pete, Donny, and Steve. I remember one night we all went out to the Zebra to play pool and there were a bunch of hicks playing country on the juke box. It was one after another. Steve and Donny said, "Fuck this noise, watch this". They put $10 in the Juke box and played a whole Minor Threat Album.

It was hilarious, those cowboys didn't know what hell hit 'em. Pete Lacny said, "Good punk songs are less than 2 minutes" Amen Brother.

Music is the answer

2008-03-20T11:49:00.003-05:00

-Blog flagged
-identity stolen,
-beat to shit winter bike,
and it's going to snow tomorrow

"I got threshold apprehension"

I quit

2008-03-10T12:51:00.004-05:00

STOLEN IDENTITY!

2008-03-04T09:57:00.004-06:00

Yo, well whoever the hell has a vendetta against me just stole my identity! I was on the phone with google to change the password word for this blog, and yahoo. However, yahoo couldn't do anything because I could not give them the right birthday. Nice, so now I have to change all my bank info and school passwords. Thanks a lot. The same person is probably the flagger right? I mean what the fuck! Its starting to get old all this security bullshit. It hilarious cause I have no money to steal whoever is doing this. Get a fuckin hobby! Oh yeah, I dont have email anymore so don't bother trying to send anything my way. Thanks for that too ya thief!

The ish watt has returned

2008-02-26T10:53:00.002-06:00

Yo. Holy moses Saturday was a tough one. I rode with Williams, Dano, and Dougo on Saturday. First, I hate my winter bike. Second I got dropped like a fat kid on all but one hill. All those guys are climbing well. I tried leading up a couple hills but couldn't quite hold it, then went to the back, then watched the wheel in front of me slip away. Oh well. I'm pretty sure I could get back if I got dropped in a race. However, it's time to hit the hills a little more for me anyway. Saturday night Jenn and i cleaned the hockey center to raise money for the PE club's Amber Z scholarship.
That job sucked, however it was for a good cause. Sunday, I rode by my self for 3 hrs. I hit it hard on a couple flat and rolly sections but the power meter was barely moving, so I took it easy the rest of the time. Everyone is coming along well. Especially Williams, must be the peanutbutter cookies. Al right, that's it for this week. Next week I will try not to get dropped so bad.
Later

Hey Flagger, I see you!!!

2008-02-20T21:12:00.004-06:00

Flagger WTF? I emailed blogspot. I have to get a new blog now.

Who Flagged my blog?

2008-02-17T18:29:00.003-06:00

Yo. To the person(s) who flagged my blog: Really? There are a bunch of blogs way more raw than mine that aren't flagged for content. Shit, I harldy even swear, and you really have nothing better to do? I guess you gotta love the internet's blanket of anonimity right? You can be as tough as you want behind the key board. It's all good. I'm sure the person who flagged me has zero friends and plays Nintendo (Nofriendo) all day.
Get a hobby ya blowhard.

Still Winter Huh?

2008-02-11T09:14:00.000-06:00

Yo. Well I'm sure everyone is glad the colder temps come on the weekends. What the hell? I mean it's nice pretty musch 4 days a week and then it sucks. Anyway I did a lot of this during the weekend

I went up to Grantsberg, WI, where Jenn is from to her lake house for a weekend of fun and secret training as some put it. I was hoping to go explore the rolly county roads up there, but it was just too cold. We still had fun. We went out friday and saturday night. During the day I put off riding the trainer as much as I could, then popped in a movie and just did it... Saturday her mom fixed my tights. So now no more holes! Anyway, It was a fun weekend. I hope next weekend the green train will be able to get outside and get some miles. Al ritght that's all I got.

here are some antics at Hummer's: a place where a beer and a captain coke are $5

2007 Review Part II

2008-02-01T09:16:00.000-06:00

Yo. Sorry that took so long. Anyway, I was thinking of a few races that stuck out in my mind. The first was Gateway Cup. I was sick as wack, didn't finish one race, and didn't start one stage. Micah, however got 4th on the last day Against the likes of Dan Schmatz, and Brian Jansen. It was cool to see. The other was Elite crit Natz. It was raining like crazy the whole time. Ian and Pete Hanna know all too well what it was like. Here are some more 07 pics

Zim got the better of Aric and me on this one. Great move Dave. Thanks for bowling

To finish off 2007 I met Jennifer, She is great and we have a ton of fun together. Well that's it for this week. Next week I'm gonna start training for real and eating better...I promise. Later yo

2007 year-end review

2008-01-27T19:28:00.000-06:00

Well 07 is gone and 08 is well on it's way. I really can't believe it. Anyway, training has been going o.k. I guess. it seems every year I do less. That's life yo. Rather than bore every one with a ten pager I thought photos would be more interesting. So here ya go
More to come after supper:

Busy as wack

2008-01-11T09:45:00.000-06:00

Yo. Sorry i have been MIA. I will have a new post in a few days.
Later

That really escalated quickly

2007-12-11T12:41:00.001-06:00

Yo. First, I know some crazy rumors have been flying. So, were gonna iron that shit out right now. Donimator is a BMF, and has earned a link to my page. It was a great party, with great people and we had a good brawl. Here is the vid from Hollywood's site. A big thanks to everybody for a fun night. Also to Kristy and Jay for driving Dano and me around. I cant wait to see the High definition version of the party on Donimator's high def camcorder. Anyway, here is what happened:
First I did this:

Then I did this:

Harry The Horse

2007-12-05T17:37:00.002-06:00

Harry The Horse

2007-12-05T17:37:00.001-06:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97Pwt-OqNwE

OOOOKAAAYYYY....winter is back

2007-12-02T12:43:00.000-06:00

Yo. Well it's winter I guess. The last two days have been hard on my back from so much shoveling. It seems to have stopped for now. Anyway,, yesterday and to day I shoveled and sanded baseboard and door casing. I snuck out for an early ride with Muyres this morning. It was fun, but we had to stay on the trail because it was just to ish everywhere else. Anyway, this week is going to suck, just like the last, but I only have 11 more days and then I can start training on a more regular schedule. Here is something for all of you to laugh at...me on a mountain bike!
Later

I need sleep

2007-12-01T10:57:00.000-06:00

Ahhh. Last night was a rough one. Alex, Schaf Dawg, my sister, and I went out last night for a bar Olympic competition. Since Schaf was the best pool player I chose him. Little did I know my sister was going to clean up. I lost 5 straight games of pool and one game of foos ball. After that the real fun began. Bowling. I lost the first game to Alex. However, I wasn't going down without a fight. I won the next two, to retain the buckle! After bowling, we went to Psycho Suzi's
some fries and pizza and more booze. We all went out hoping for an early night. I know better than to think it will happen. We stayed till 2. WTF, so the night went from 6:30pm-2am. Just on the clock....anyway, I'm working right now so I gotta run. I cant wait till training starts so I don't have to stay out so late. It wasn't me, it was the booze, this time. Al right, back to it.

New Blogger

2007-11-28T19:03:00.000-06:00

Yo. Well I'm back...sort of. It's going to take a long time to get this site up so for now this is all you get. I think it really will be quite a bit easier. Anyway...this is what new age blogging is like, huh??? So, last week I did the turkey ride, which just about killed me, worked a ton, went riding with Matt Muyres, went bowling, of course, and had all sorts of fun. I'm gonna work on the new blogger when I get time. I know Dano and Sickboy hate blospot people but it's either this, or Myspace/Facebook. I refuse to join that fuckin' mess. Anyway, that's all I got for now.
Till next time