One week and counting…
This time of the year is sot after like fine wine at the Frischkorn family gatherings, when one is able to find great enjoyment in eating what ever, doing nothing, and sacrificing his or her bicycle to the gods so that the year of torture and suffering can be freed in order to fully capture the bliss of not having to ride that damn thing.
I can not tell you how good it is to take time away from the retched monstrosity that shapes and distorts a cyclist view of each day and every day…..oh how can I fit that spin in, how am I going to get those intervals done, where is the best hill to do these on….blah blah bahumbug.
While other cyclist all over the world are able to hang up the cleats for an extended period, special cyclist that find themselves pulled towards the boards or cold hard packed dirt are just starting to spring in to action. Having this be the build up year for the Olympics brings a different amount of stress to ones quote “off season”.
The path towards the Olympics for me starts with a solid time resting so that I can start to gain back my mental tenacity towards chewing up the boards or miles in order to achieve every athletes dream in life….to compete in the Olympics.
Well only time and competitions will tell, but for right now F!@* the competitions.
Did anybody happen to see that “The Pate” had the leaders jersey down in Mexico for a day! That guy is amazing.
October 13th, 2007 at 7:39 pm
sweet! and Now Cozza wins!
Vive il sogno Steven.
October 13th, 2007 at 8:44 pm
R @ R, regroup and reload, or something like that! Pace yourself young man. So proud of ya!!
October 14th, 2007 at 11:14 am
How you get enough time off the bike, competing in a “winter” sport too, is hard for me to imagine! And this is the year, you’ve been working for since…? When did you get the Olympic fever? I’ll be sending you good energy, and trying to keep up with your races.
October 14th, 2007 at 9:45 pm
I know it’s been a month now, but I found these going thru some pics from VN.
http://www.velonews.com/photo/html/photo1169.html
http://www.velonews.com/photo/html/photo1149.html
You’ve probably seen them already.
October 15th, 2007 at 10:43 am
Bitch bitch bitch…I’ll trade you…come and teach the 8th grade and I’ll travel the world on someone else’s dime…CMac
October 15th, 2007 at 3:16 pm
I hope by “sacrifice to the gods”, you don’t intend any harm to the bike. If so, I’d love the opportunity to have one of those Slipstream Argyle Felts…
October 16th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
glad your getting some time off. take it easy.
October 17th, 2007 at 11:07 pm
http://youtube.com/watch?v=unkIVvjZc9Y
While you might find it harsh, I use it for my own motivation. Count your blessings and sieze the day.
October 18th, 2007 at 12:29 am
bilko, Stuey O’Grady got wrist bands for all the Tour team from Ronnie Johns, and I pretty sure they are all still wearing them! Words to live by.