Sunday

Well this weekend is now over. I was back in Lincoln Woods today - I did a one hour cross country ski. That was it. A crappy one hour icy MTB yesterday and a decent but short one hour ski today. Kinda pissed about this but I'm not doing anything tonight - I'll save the trainer for the week and probably next weekend. Besides, I just ate a steak with gross french fries leftover from our dinner at Greggs last night. I'm not running anymore because my knees feel as if they going to explode for the next two days after I go. Has anyone seen the forecast... shit - I'm really liking the low of 1F on Thursday. I hope it goes below zero, I don't know why but I just want it too. Someone's gonna try and ride on the coldest day of the year - just to do it. I know this already because it is something I would try to do. Someone indeed tried to ride in Lincoln Woods today - I saw a really messed up set of tracks in the woods. The tracks didn't get far - it must have been awful. Anyway I've got some ideas for winter training including riding the Lincoln Woods loop at night w/ lights and some nighttime bikepath stuff. Anyway I'm kinda psyched to do some cross country. Pretty psyched to race bikes too - right now its about all I've got going on apart from work. It feels great to get my motivation back. Being 15 lbs overweight doesn't hurt either - ok I'm about 10 over right now.

The Trainer

I've been on the trainer this week. I will be on it in the foreseeable future as it is supposed to snow this weekend. Actually, riding it is very convenient and time is going to be really crunched for me until June so I'll probably get 2 rides during the week on it even during the good weather. Not really thrilled about this but that is what I'm going to have to do. So far I've watched Paris Nice 07 (stage 2), Amstel Gold '08 (Eurosport...Italian), Het Volk 2008, and Paris - Roubaix ('06). Tomorrow I'm watching Ghent Wevelgem (2 hours) if it is extra cold (<25F). I still might go in the cold anyway but I'll have to see what the weather is like. Riding in the freezing cold sucks - I don't mind upper 20s but a three hour ride in the teens sucks real bad. I put my hands on my hips the other day and noticed that something was there that wasn't there before...hmmm? I'm not kidding at all either. What could it be? Yes, it was an extra 15 lbs I am in the process of removing. Really, I could grab at this shit. My involuntary diet the other day has helped me with this process. Figure food poisoning is good for about five pounds of loss.
Anyway I did a great XC ski last week in the Blue Hills - it was great. Some fun downhills and little climbs. The Blue Hills is the best area I've been to around here for XC skiing - people don't screw up the tracks when you get far in. I'm going up there Sunday - so if you have some XC skis and want to go skiing let me know.
I'm about ready to get into some weekend rides...aerobically paced ones but group rides nonetheless.

Between $500 and $4,000 each

12 Container house: http://www.architectureandhygiene.com/12conHouse/12con_main.html

This is kinda cool also - there is a vacant lot down the street from me. Oh...the possibilities.
http://www.m-house.org

Of course this one is not from America
http://www.containerarchitecture.co.nz/

I know there's more stuff out there.

December Weight Loss Plan

Well I'm undergoing an involuntary weight loss plan right now. All of a sudden, and I mean all of a sudden I just got extra sick. Chills, nausea and my body is now experiencing a whole host of related maladies. So the silver lining in this is that I get to lose some of the pounds I've packed on because I'm not eating anytime soon. Anyway, I'm going skiing this weekend which is going to be pretty rad.

My New Project

Christmas was great. I got to spend time with my family, eat too much, drink *way* too much and have some time to kill on the computer. Idle hands are truly the devil's playthings though. Check out this link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/49CC-SLANT-HEAD-MOTOR-BICYCLE-BIKE-GAS-ENGINE-KITS-KIT_W0QQitemZ380088332121QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item380088332121&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1309|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50

Powerking:
http://stores.ebay.com/powerkingshop

I want one of these. I've got a bunch of old frames that I could outfit.

I'm still in South Carolina. It was 70F today. We had a fire outside, at night. Not one of us had a jacket on. I did ride my dad's hybrid around for a bit but not for long. Tomorrow is hopefully a day at the gun range. Shooting guns is kind of savage but totally fun.

I just lost my embedding virginity

Well, I just embedded a map to my blog. No longer is the concept of "embed" a total mystery to me. Mapmyride.com is a pretty cool application so I'll be happy to advertise for them. South Carolina was a bit less cold today albeit a bit more rainy.

Map My Ride Test