Yawn. Just realized what it is I'd become the most grateful for as of late: Friends.
Especially the one where Joey buys Chandler a Duck.
Especially the one where Joey buys Chandler a Duck.
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I got a call from the County Sheriff dept last night at 2am asking if I still owned my old house. It was regarding "a law enforcement matter". Given their kids are young, so they're not out drinking, I'm not really sure what that could be. Just gave them the number of the new guy, and went back to sleep. Hopefully everything is ok for Ben. But I might drive by today, just to take a peek...
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Really envious of anyone who is close enough to the mountains for such climbs. Then again less incentive for me to fix my roadbike cockpit so it doesn't kill my back above 50km rides.
Since it's storm season anyway the only thing that makes sense now is returning to riding pumptracks daily
I had no idea there were climbs like this out here. My more aggressive local rides are like 600-800ft. I wanted to try something a bit more epic and I got it
I should have brought my trainer-attached trek so I could take advantage of the triple crankset, but that has caliper brakes which could have been a challenge on some of the downhills.
Trying to figure out a kids activity that I can do with a Covid positive kid that doesn’t involve staying inside or exposing others. Thinking we’re going to go look at cows then hike.
Need to find some time to ride too, we’ll see how that goes
Need to find some time to ride too, we’ll see how that goes
Naaaah you just need some of that early 2000s courage when we all did 70-90kph on gravel roads with cantilever brake tech... Agreed on the triple cranksets. Those things are underrated. I know 1x12 looks cool but those low gearings for some uphills really help a lot.I had no idea there were climbs like this out here. My more aggressive local rides are like 600-800ft. I wanted to try something a bit more epic and I got it
Also it's still better than living in a country designed for easy invasion. If I'm going to spend time driving (or take a train) to the mountains I will take my mountain bike over my road bike so no incentive.
Buddy is doing the Steamboat gravel race tomorrow, sounds pretty miserable. Although it would give me a good reason to get back in shape.
In other news, finally listed the Subaru. It cleans up nice.
Ride fail. I set out for 70 on the tri bike and flatted at mile 35, the furthest point from home. I failed to put a valve extender into my saddle bag, then blew out my lone CO2 cartridge trying to squeeze the mini pump onto the valve. So, I had to call mom-in-law to pick me up. Thankfully she lived only 7 miles away and was actually home. I have gone years without flatting on the road, and now I've gotten three in the last couple of months. What the fucking fuck!? I may head back out after I pound some lunch and fix the flat.
Slept in, espresso and a bacon and egg breakfast burrito to start my day. Less than one hour into the competition a rider got violently thrown off her horse, face plant. It's been a while since I had to do a full blown trauma assessment in the arena. They are going to be really sore in a few hours.
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Jesus Christ. I just watched the scariest race I've seen to date. The time disparities were 40sec with early-teens having almost no control at slow speeds and zero fuck's given adults going full out past them. Track manager asked me to mind a front corner in case there was a crash that stacked karts on top of each other. 
Fucking mess.
Fucking mess.
Been sick since Wednesday and wife also got angry at me. Not my best week in a while. If I could ride a bike tomorrow it would help my mood.
Holy hell. Just had a cardiac event with 911 ambulance transporting to the hospital.
you personally?
It wasn't me!
No I am the on site EMT for the competition. we had a spectator that had the cardiac event.
Nice! I am curious if this is the new "turbo charged" engine that's replaced the six cylinder? I have the latter from the last year they offered it and love the bigger engine. As a side note, I wished the Outback was offered in the Corsstrek's colors.
Buddy is doing the Steamboat gravel race tomorrow, sounds pretty miserable. Although it would give me a good reason to get back in shape.
In other news, finally listed the Subaru. It cleans up nice.
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i thought that’s what you probably meant. Exciting day at the office.
No shit. On a positive note I discovered that I can run at full speed across the facility and have both of my ankles feel great hours later. Maybe I can start Mt Biking again.
I just got some squat wedges to help with ankle mobility issues when doing body weight squats and lunges. They also work as calf stretchers. Not sure if they'd help with your ankle issues, but they seem like a good investment so far.
Left ankle, the bone, plates, and screws just had to fuse enough. Right ankle, partial tear of the Achilles Tendon just needed time to heal and get strong again. I have been pain free for 2 months just haven't wanted to push it and have a setback.
home. 'tis nice to enjoy coming home after a good short vacation. ate some leftovers, chillin on the couch. gonna get a local ride in tomorrow....looks like weather's gonna cool off after tuesday. mom's having a hard time settling in to assisted living. i'm having a hard time feeling that sorry for her. mostly feel bad for my dad. alzheimer's sucks.
Learned a few things the hard way around 1:30 into a 3:00 boat trip on choppy waters:
Oldest daughter gets seasick, I also apparently get seasick. The front of the boat is the worst place to be for either of us. No one booted, thankfully, but zero fucks given about whales when you’re trying to not puke.
By all accounts it was a very successful outing with many sightings, but no interest in doing that again.
Oldest daughter gets seasick, I also apparently get seasick. The front of the boat is the worst place to be for either of us. No one booted, thankfully, but zero fucks given about whales when you’re trying to not puke.
By all accounts it was a very successful outing with many sightings, but no interest in doing that again.
Reminds me of the whale watch the wife and I went on out of Carmel. Was busy staring through the telephoto trying to get good photos of whales, then felt like I got hit by a truck. Spent the rest of the whale watch with my head in my hands trying to keep it together. Twas rough.
I feel you. Looks like you at least got some pics for your effort. I thought about pulling the phone out for some pics for about .02 seconds, then realized that things would go sideways really quickly if I took my hands off the railing. Super rough water.
Soon.
Beer for scale, this is easily the largest slab of pork spare ribs I’ve ever seen. Now to see if I remember how to smoke meats, it’s been a while, tomorrows dinner is either going to be good, or it’ll be pizza, whichis also good
Beer for scale, this is easily the largest slab of pork spare ribs I’ve ever seen. Now to see if I remember how to smoke meats, it’s been a while, tomorrows dinner is either going to be good, or it’ll be pizza, whichis also good
New grill assembled and in place. Took four fucking hours to build the damn thing. But, it is WAY more overbuilt than the $300 grill we had before.
Natural gas, 10" wider than the last one (har har), built in storage cabinet. Weber is fancy.
Natural gas, 10" wider than the last one (har har), built in storage cabinet. Weber is fancy.
I used to get sea sick but then after dealing with vertigo from meniere's disease just kind of became numb to confusing balance signals.