friday the 13th!!!

so i'm not superstitious but i crashed on friday the 13th. totally my fault, actually kinda funny that i crashed going slower than 10 mph...oh well. what is funny is the patch of skin that is missing from my hip and butt. also an updat on my training, wet to do 12x5min hill repeats with a 30 min warm up and cool down...well the hills that were 5 min hills when i moved here are now 3 or 4 min hills..., so i guess i'll have to find new hills...i still dont have my car, nobody can figure out whats wrong with it, and i am annoyed. valentines day was fun but didnt spend it with a single person, it's the first time since in about 6 years that i've spent it as a single person. and it wasnt bad, well it wasnt as bad as i thought it would be. not a whole lot else to report. i will update you next time i update...

BRRRRRRRRR!

woke up this morning, let the dogs out and promptly lost all sensation in my fingers and toes. got my car towed to the auto shop that will fix it cause it broke down last thursday, and the VW dealer wouldnt fix it cause of liability... so i've been sitting around the house a lot, but getting my training in. speaking of that, i got my new training schedule from my coach and i'm pumped! not ony cause i love the workouts, but cause i'll actually be able to do them. the weather is going to be in the 60's for the next ten days, a big change from the "22, feels like 8" that we have right now. with my car broken down i havent really been able to socialize which is a bummer but i'm still loving it here in athens. my roomate robbie is a great guy and fun to hang out with and we've gotten some really good sushi and pizza. also i'm getting better at video games haha. i also need a training partner for running and swimming, and i need memberships at the indoor track and pool...hopefully i'll be able to afford it along with paying for my car...ugh

oh well cheers everybody, and thanks again to all of my sponsors

in athens

well i've moved, i'm in and i love it! went for a run today and got drenched by a crazy downpour rainstorm, it was actually pretty sweet, both of my bikes cant really be ridden right now so i was't able to ride like i planned but what ever, i'm supposed to ride tomorrow ith a buddy, lookin forward to that. i got all my shopping done and i can't wait to get my bed in so i'll have a bit more room, but i also need a dresser and a few other things...

on a side note, wallace is happy too :D

and i am in love with Pandora Radio

also i worn my Skins on the trip down, running today i wouldnt have even thought that i sat for almost 14 hours straight, zero tightness, i really think everybody should invest in them.

WTF!? where has the week of the longest week ever gone!?

so the week has flown by, tomorrow is thursday!? i swam tonight, 1500m felt GREAT to get back in the pool!

and hooray, another snow storm!

I've thought about it a bit, and i still haven't made up my mind about posting my workouts on here. The training and the schedule is special and tailored to me so it wouldnt help anybody else, but they are special to me too so i dunno if i wanna share...yep i'm gonna be greedy...

stay tuned

this will be the longest week ever

So I havent been training due to everything being closed and just a general frustration with the weather. From getting frost bite last year, my feet are crazy sensitive to the cold, even sitting in the office which is a little cold my feet start to show signs of damage from the cold, which is lame. The pool opens back up this week, and i'm going to set my bike back up and get back to work on that...i really have no excuses, i just haven't been training, i know it's still early and that it shouldnt affect me too much, but hearing about other people training and such is driving me nuts. Oh well my fault, no worries tho, i didnt start training till this time last year and was only healthy through may then i was injured for about a month. if i can stay loose and not get injured all the way through worlds i think i'll be set. Don't tell me! i already know, i won't rest on my laurels... i'm supposed to be kicked out today but i guess i havent been...i'm trying just to lay low till the 25 or whenever i can get south...my new bike should be in soon, and i ordered a new handle bar for my bike, i just need new shifters and a new crank...

I bought a bed! it's pretty exciting, kinda a major purchase and i feel all growed up! haha 

next topic is my lack of great luck, i have good luck but i guess i really shouldnt be complaining . anyways on to the complaint: i made some really good friends just as i'm moving south. seems like that always happens to me. my whole life all through highschool and college i've always been the outcast kinda, usually cause i'm stubborn as hell and have a funny sort of humor. but it always seems that i make new friends really quickly when i'm not at home, like this summer, i made a friend at every stop we made but i couldnt really keep them or become close friends with them because i was leaving in a few days, sure i didnt lose them as friends and we still talk, and i'm sure i'd have a couch to crash on if i were ever in town. but this makes me wonder wether or not it's just the length of time sombody knows me that makes them not like me, or if it's just the attitudes around here at home...who know's only time will tell...

thats enough out of me today! roasted chicken and mashed potatoes for dinnah! woot

oh the holidays

it's the holidays...what can i say, i cant wait till i move...

not a whole lot to inform you guys about...

2nd week gone and so is the 3rd

well starting work right with my training starting has cause an interesting shift in my energy level and motivation. i simply cannot get up in the morning and do my workouts, so i talked it over with Kathy (my coach) and she said it would be fine for now to just lump them all after work...whoopee ha, so i am getting my work done, i havent lost any fingers or toes yet due to the sub-freezing temps outside, tho i have lost my mind due to all the invoicing that i do at work... it's strange loosing track of time and the days and all that. i've had a couple really good workouts and a couple good nights out. 

i'm still getting ridiculed for my workouts due to other peoples lack of knowledge of the purpose of the workouts...i find it funny that they're telling me to watch out or i'll get burnt out when they havent finished a season healthy ever. oh well i just love to show you i can when you say i can't.

on the sponsorship front...i have signed some new sponsors!

i'm VERY EXCITED to announce SKINS as a sponsor! I bought my fist pair of skins just before my first NAtional Championship last year. I had a 12 hour drive and i read everything i could about compression technology and i discovered that Skins was the best so i bought a pair of their tights. made the 12 hour drive to richmond, got funny looks at all the gas stations and andwhere i stopped, which i'm used to actually as many triathlete/duathletes are, especially the guys (men with shaved leggs wearing tight lyrca walking carefull so you dont slip in your cleats usually draw all kinds of attention...) anyways, my legs were so fresh the next day it was like i didnt even drive the 12 hours the day before, the things are great! oh i also went on to win my age group there at Nationals. so from then on i was hooked, i bought another pair knowing i would be road tripping out west all summer. i wear them before every race and any trip over 3 hours, i wore them to italy, i warmed up in them at the world championships, i wore then at the sprint tri National championships, heck i even wore then while i was driving down to georgia a couple of weeks ago when i didnt even have a reason other than knowing i wouldnt feel like crap the next day. heck i even have a picture of myself on the podium at the sprint Nationals wearing them.

Also I am sooooooper excited about adding Isaac Bikes as a sponsor. i will be riding the isaac Impulse and the Isaac Joule Aerotic this year. Both amazing bikes, with a bunch of science behind them (which i love!) the word is that Isaac is named after Sir Isaac Newton, you know the guy with the apple and the equal and opposit reaction...well SIN (hmmm, maybe i should make his name an acronym...) studied nature and found it has laws, that it doesnt just randomly chaoticly all work together(tho sometimes i have my doubts on this) Well this inspired the fellas enough to base their bikes off the laws of nature and the forms of nature. things like the headtube is shaped like an egg...sounds weak, but have you ever tried to crush an egg in one hand, if you havent i highly encourage it, newton theorised that the egg was the strongest lightest natural form (i would think he's right) next there are no joints in the bike, it's all one flowing piece, much like everything else in nature there are no joints because they promote weakness, and where there is a joint(you DO NOT SMOKE IT) it is reinforced (think Bamboo) and then you have the stearer tube, it's modeled after a tree, thicker on the base than at the top, this is because more foce is put on the base of the stearer than at the top (back to the reinforcing thing right?)...i mean really the list goes on, they are fantastic bikes not to mention beautiful, and hey it never hurts if guy's in OREC approve.

and while i'm at it i'd like to exted a thank you to the guys at FLUID who were there for me last year and who stand with me this year. you make a great product and one that truely works. 

i'm in talks with a couple others, i am just waiting to sign one, and trying to understand another (stinkin legal mumbo-jumbo)...but i'll keep all 3 of you who read this updated. thanks for stopping by i'm fixin to go swim...after i run or ride...

oH one last think, i like swimming and i'm getting better...watch out now!

also! i lied this is the last thing, if you want to buy a hat kinda like the one you see in my picture let me know i make em, prices range from 20-50 just shoot me an email...