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Sunday, December 20, 2009

Tis the Season

Here is a link to my housemate Travis’ blog post on cyclingnews.com. He’s been killing it on the cross bike all season and he’s in Belgium at the Euro camp right now. It’s nice to be living with someone else that’s hungry and focused but still knows how to enjoy life. Good things.

I’m off to Chapel Hill tomorrow to hang out with some friends before flying out to Chicago for Christmas. It seems like I just left but at the same time it feels like forever since I’ve seen them. It also seems too early to be nostalgic but I guess that’s how it goes after you spend 5 years somewhere and make so many lasting memories. It should be the perfect break before coming back and getting into race mode 100%.

Quote of the week, “…five hours of training up in the mountains by myself isn't that different from sitting in an alley doing crack.”
-Chad Gerlach

Friday, December 11, 2009

This Post Isn't About Anything

This past weekend brought the last cross race of the season. It was a nice way to go out. I had a good start, crashed a couple times, then came from behind and won. Definitely not the pro race but it was fun which was the reason I did cross in the first place. I’ll have to take it a little more serious next year if I want to be competitive in the pro races but I’ll save that for later, much later.

With cross officially over it’s time to switch gears and get back to the road. Check out the team Web site for next year. Where else can you have your name put on a pro team’s jersey? Constant innovation, that’s how we roll. The Web site is still in the early stages so keep an eye on it. There are not really any new revelations otherwise.

I’ve lost some of the initial fascination with Pandora.com but it’s still pretty sweet. Especially if you take some time to tweak the stations a little bit with the thumbs up/down. We’re definitely rocking it at the shop as well.

On that note, I did get the job I mentioned in the last post. It’s turning out to be a really sweet gig and I’m enjoying it so far. Check us out on Facebook.com, be sure to become a fan of Recycled Outdoor Gear. The rock wall should be good to go in a week or so and the coffee bar should be in sometime in January, good things. Between the coffee bar at the shop and the Jittery Joe’s sponsorship, I’m going to be running hot next year, real hot.

Wow, this post took way to long as a direct result of Jersey Shore. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, I envy you. It’s terrible but I can’t stop watching it. Read a book meatheads.