TIme to keep up

So I will start keeping my blog more updated.

Today was nice. The GF had a lunch at the U so I ate a 15 minute lunch and got on the bike. did 2 hours and 41 minutes. The first hour kept the heart rate low and warmed up my knee. Then I went and did kill repeats up and down Sogn Valley. NICE! Then stopped in Dennison for a couple of drinks and a PayDay. Got back to northfield and cooled down... I even won the sprint for the speedlimit sign... no one to race though.... Felt sort of like the U16 State tt when I was the only person that showed up and won by defult..... that was sort of embarassing... But made up for it when I won the U18 against some other kids. That was fun. Talked to BK yesterday. Sounds like he is adjusting well to being at home and doing school there. He is even working for a shop, so maybe he'll keep the madone from crapping out. Lets see what else can I rant on. Was having some REALLY weird noise coming from the BB of the Cow... might finally be time to replace it with something thats not 8 years old. Alright I have to stretch and go to choir... all smelly YEAH. Then I am hitting the weights after dinner and going to go watch the office. Later

So its fall

And it feels good to be back at school with all the friends and stuff.

Finally got the cow back up here and resurrected. She road nicely this evening. Maybe a few twinks and she will be great. I was surprised at my fitness, I expected to be much better than I felt... oh well.

I did the NW passage tonight it was pretty sweet with some wind. Wednesdays are gonna suck for riding. I have lab till five and the sun is setting at 7ish. So the plan from here on out might be to try and get two workouts on the bike that day. One before lunch and one after lab... should be interesting.

other than all that my weight is going fine. I look pretty good, I am only weighing myself once every two weeks... sort of a mental thing. I can see where the mountain biking is improving my riding and I need to keep doing at least one ride a week on it till there is too much snow.... oh well.

Hopefully the cow will make it through one more winter and survive to be a relic.



ON ANOTHER NOTE>

I have been taking a class this semester title the Lit. of the Poles. It is right up my alley with all my interest in the arctic and its riches. I am finding myself researching a lot about global warming. First- why do we always see research about people trying to still prove global warming when there is no one trying to do anything about it. Sure we have the Koyto shit but CO2 emitions reached a peak in the 80's that could never be undone. At this point the permafrost is melting at such a rate that at least 100 billion cubic feet of methane and CO2 will be released from it. The ice in Alaska and Siberia is a ticking time bomb right now and we are cutting the fuse to speed it up.... why not at least brain storm ideas on how to stop or slow the warming of the eaths waters.


1. Some way to disaffect the aourlobe (sp) affect that the polar ice does. We need to reflect the suns heat off of the waters. I was thinging retractable sailcloth with reflective paint.... something... we sit on our fingers and act like there is only one way.

2. We could dump salt into the polar regions to keep the gulf stream steady. At this point in the next 50 years it wont be there...

3. Listen...

enough of a rant I know there are enough stupid jackasses that refuse to believe in global warming and they can suck it. go to msnbc.com and watch the greenland meltdown. It will make you piss your pants...

later

An update

Alright, so the end of my summer has been really hectic with school and lots of work. Final news. The Zinn Frame is done, anyone want to buy a 3600 dollar frame for 3000? Built for a 6'2" to 6'6" rider. The steel Badger is in in Jig and should hopefully be going to paint this weekend. My riding has taken a toll these last two weeks due to work, lightening, and saddle sores. I need to ramp it up these next two days. I get to go home on Sunday, Ingrid and I are driving my truck south and then flying back up for school time. I've been running 4-8 miles a day while I haven't been able to ride with my saddle sores. Its been trying but oh well. My body weight is well below 210 lbs. So I am out, will post pictures of all the frames I need to sell.... here is a list


21" black Gary Fisher Rig frame

62 cm Red Magnesium Zinn

other things for sale

Ksyrium Equipe wheel set.

Thats all for now. Hopefully when I get home, I am going to meet up with my old coach and he and I are going to sit down and plan out my training for the next couple of months. The month in Jan. in Itasca should make it a challenge but not impossible. Its hard to ride in -60 degrees though...

out

The life

Is fine. Lots of school, chem is getting hard. I am fighting some saddle sores and riding as much as possible. My dad told me about some new stuff called Brave Soldier friction protection, so I am going to try some of that. Getting in 300+ miles a week on my fat butt has been taking its toll. I am going to bump up my milage and stuff. I have pretty much called it quits for racing the rest of the year. I realized this last weekend that I have lost a lot of weight and its taking a toll on my ability to keep a high speed for as high as my hrt is going. So the plan for the rest of the summer is to put in lots of base and some interval/TT work. My goal is to ride till it snows. Take the end of November and most of december in the Gym doing weights and core and yoga. Then in January I am going to be in Itasca state park doing research. It will be hard to do workouts there, so I will see what I can do there. I might add some frame saver to my KM and ride the single speed an hour each day while there in -20 degree weather. Then in Feb. I plan on stepping it up. I want to be well below 200 and build a strong base. That is my plan for the rest of the summer/winter into the spring. I will probably take my bike home at Christmas and do a weeks worth of base there. Anywho, anyone see any problems with this let me know :)

Got more

I have been able to get more riding in. I feel like I am in better shape. I got to ride with brandon last saturday at the nature center in F-bau then I got a couple of days in on the road this week. Hopefully I wont break my last working frame... hopefully. The bottem bracket has a crack that looks to be just the paint going around the old bond. Ben says that happens on the older OCLV frames. We'll see. Its starting to split at the top. I am keeping an I on it and if it goes Ben thinks he can get that frame replaced with a new Madone.... that would be hot. Milk Me II That would be another story. Anyways life is good and I am hoping more riding is in the future.

Mark

Ouch

Today hurt. I hadn't eaten enough. Went out for a NWP loop with Kyle and got my ass handed to me with a bonk and my left knee hurting. Not at all good. so I am gonna stretch and try to feel better. Got lab tomorrow morning and work tomorrow night so no time to ride the road bike.

Alrighty then

The summer is underway. I have been working my ass off at the coffee shop and trying to help out at Milltown as much as possible. Yesterday was my first day off and all I wanted to do was sleep. Oh well, saw the new pirates lastnight with Derek and that was a nice change.

My bike situation right now. I have a steel frame ordered from Badger Cycles, and I have a new mag from Zinn that I am going to be selling on ebay. anyone need a Large bike? Give you a nice deal. Anyways I am now riding a SS surly bike around as my day bike and I am attempting to train on the Trek as much as possible. I cant really push the bottem bracket to far, Ben and I found some age/stress cracks forming so I am just playing it easy now until I have a safe bike. Anyways. I am excited for the Badger. Its going to be sweet.

Alright, I hope this is a nice update, I dont really have any internet at my apartment so any updates will be few and far between with my ability to get online.