IndioSpeed

Here I am in Indio. Its somewhere east of L.A. about four hours, if you don"t get stuck in traffic which we did on our drive here yesterday. I'm still hanging with my team: AEG-Toshiba-Jetnetwork. The super 8 motel is a down grade from the Marriott on Venice Beach we were so generously invited to stay at all last week. Thanks Murray. But its a bed to sleep in and I am feeling rested for the race this afternoon. I hope my form is a little better than the S#*T show of a display last weekend in Redlands. I think the team is motivated and will work better together, there is a lot of money on the line. Keith and Frank will be the money makers today. Wish us luck. Adios

I'm out here in Redlands, CA at the Redlands bicycle classic. My first go at the race and definitely have the pre-race jitters. I will be racing in the prologue this afternoon, its short and will be super hard, starting with a few kms a flat and then turning up towards the sky for a few kms. Talking with Matt Shriver he gave me some good advice on what to run as far as equipment goes. I think there is a conflict of interest there...oh well. The rest of the weekend will be survival at best since this is my first race and the first race cob-webs still exist in my legs. Updates will come often, stay tuned...over and out.

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Last week worked my ass off at the HBO Comedy Arts Festivalin Aspen. I put in about 75 hours in 7 days. Hard work, mostly. I was working on the Utility crew so our job was to haul all of the stage sets around. My crew was funny as hell. There was Crazy Bill, who loved the shwag. Seth, who loved the ladies and saying a joke about twenty times and then admitting that he needed new material when we stopped laughing. He made the whole week fly by. Caleb, my bro from Durango. Then there was Mr. Arboretum from D.C. not really sure what he was all about, but do know he was a chill, chill guy. When we weren't working we were laughing our ass, or finding free food and drink to pilfer from the hotel or from the talent's stash.

I got to see Geroge Carlin, who forgot have of his material but was still funny as hell. The best acts were the no names trying to make a name. And my boss Mark, a crazy ass english man was a good act himself. He cracked down on people and rac around twon in his Ford like he was still in LA. Good times, and now I have the dough to pay for rent.

Now, back at it training.....

Just another Blog

Here I am, posting yet another blog on the Internet. Like we need any more out there, I mean it seems that just about everyone has one these days. Myspace, Facebook, they just are not enough, I gotta have more, MORE!. Actually, this blog is intended to be used for racing updates, to advertise for my sponsors and to publish my own personal goals and thoughts. Maximizing exposure for myself and sponsors.

I just got back from a trip to Canyonlands, UT with my brother Jonathon. We spent a few days hiking in the Needles district and I must say that if I could I would move there and live there year round. As long as the same conditions existed that are there right now. Warm days, cold nights, and a lot of water every where. There was snow, ice and running water in just about every canyon we went into. But the water does not always flow and the nights do not always stay cold. Soon enough the weather will be hot, jsut about 24hrs a day and the masses, the yahoos, will head out to the desert country Ed Abbey ironically made famous. That is when I feel ike the essence, the very thing that makes the desert what it is, is lost. This time of the year there are few in the desert, and they are spread very thin making it feel like you might be the only one who is out there relying only on yourself. If you have not felt the sensation, you must before you die. The silence and peacefulness of the Needles has rejuvinated me. The desert can be so draining, and harsh but there is really a lot of life to take in and absorb. I wish I could put into words how I really feel about the area. A gift Ed Abbey had indeed.

But, I am now back at the grind of every day life, training again with a enhanced vigour that will surely make 2007 a great year.