Tallahassee Cyclocross

I can't really come up with any interesting way to explain the weekend so I guess it's just going to be a summary.
Saturday:

• The course was around a high school campus and consisted of a ton of steep run ups and downhills (which were also very steep). Each lap you went over two barriers, around a running track, and down both long jumps and through the sand pits at each end.
  
• I got 1st place in womens B, out of a pack of 1. Also, I won a nice pair of sunglasses with 4 different pairs of lenses. Casey and James also did well, 1st and 2nd in the 10-14 field
  
• My camera caught a great video of Jos crashing into the barriers on one lap and it is already on youtube.
• I did not crash at all during the race but managed to go over the handle bars while playing around afterward. Luckily, nobody saw it ☺.

Sunday:

• The course was about the same as saturday, just going in the opposite direction. All of the down hills of the day before were now excruciating run ups and vice versa. They did add in a voodoo spiral ( or death spiral, everyone had different names for it). Basically, you went around in circles, getting closer and closer and then all of a sudden, you do this quick little turn in the middle and ride out, not once crossing your path. It's really weird at first but cool.
  
• On sunday I actually had some competition but I still beat her by a good distance at the end of the race and won myself a nice Rudy Project (pronounced Pro-jé in my world) helmet. There was also another junior 10-14 who got second, Casey won 1st and James in 3rd.
  
• Brent did an amazing crash, landed on his head and cracked his helmet. He said he was somewhat dizzy but shaped right up when we told him that JP could drive him home.
  
• That night we went to the Dixie Grill for a great dinner, consisting mostly of their famous fried chicken. Jos made everything complicated by asking for an extra chicken tender so the waitress said that he could look off the kiddie menu instead and she even brought him one of the those playschool toys that you get with a happy meal. He was ecstatic.

It was a pretty fun weekend, we didn't fall down too much and even got some more people hooked on the sport of cyclocross.

Horrible 100

The ride start

Burma-shave signs started before you even got to the parking lot. It's intolerable, this much we know is true, but our bike club has heart, and we're doing our part, at the party we're having for you.

Today was the wonderful Horrible 100. Last year was the first year I rode it and I did the 100 miler. This year though, I didn't feel like going that far, and why do the 75, when with just 25 more miles, you reach 100! (but wait! If you call now...) So I decided to ride the 37 with some other people, including Brianna, a new rider on our team. It was a pretty nice ride, rather cold, or should I say, very cold when we started, complete with a convent headwind most of the way. I rode up the front side of sugarloaf even though it wasn't on the course, and hit 44 mph going down. The rest stop we stopped at had some good chocolates (and nutella). Just for future reference I did multiple tests to make sure that it was good. There were a couple stories I heard about people going out of their way to get to the formerly known as: OZ rest stop to get my mom's brownies and peanut butter balls only to find out that she didn't make any and wasn't even at the rest stop. Can't wait until next year!

The mighty warriors after their long, slogging, winding, hilly, cold, terrible...I mean great 100 mile ride

Dictionary

I was doing my science vocabulary words and got bored so I decided to write this:

Boredom: n. the state of being weary and restless through lack of interest

Wow, what a great definition. I think you could just cut it down to the lack of interest part. In my words: Boredom: n. doing nothing for the absolute fun of it.

Random: n. a haphazard course; adj. lacking a definite plan, purpose, or pattern b: made, done, or chosen at random.

I though there was some rule that you can't use the word in the definition... Mine: Random: n. something that makes no sense; example: homework.

Bicycle: n. a vehicle with two wheels tandem, handlebars for steering, a saddle seat, and pedals by which it is propelled ; also : a stationary exercise machine that resembles such a vehicle

Um...how about my definition: Bicycle: n. The best invention ever, (maybe tied with indoor plumbing) keeps you far below the average weight of someone at McDonalds, great way to get around town, especially when the first car your mom whats to get you is diesel, volvo, station wagon that probably does weigh as much as the average person at McDonalds, and the bicycle can help save the world! (thank you sven![inside joke])

Is this post sad or what?