I went for a ride yesterday with this guy Travis who is a senior at Champlain College. He was actually a pretty darn strong rider and he said he's never done any racing apart from some time trials. I was running late getting to the meeting place though and hadn't had any lunch. It is 2:40 at this point. I had just had a small bowl of cereal in the morning. About an hour into the ride I ask Travis if he wouldn't mind if we stop in Richmond and I get something quick to eat. I pulled up to where the Richmond Bakery used to be and its not there (it moved just down the road, which I didn't know). So, we goto the restaurant the next place over and I go inside and look at the menu. They have a bacon cheeseburger with sweat potato fries and I'm starving so I have to have it. Travis and I wait while its made and I wolf it down mach-10 once its ready. Point of all this is I'm pretty impressed on Travis' part that he was ok with all this. I mean we chit-chatted and stuff all the while, but it was a weird first ride with someone - I mean, who stops and gets a hamburger 1 hour into a 4 hour ride? It was good though. :-) The ride and the burger.
Starting to think about nordic skiing. Its 80 degrees out today though. I've got some new poles from Madshus on the way and a race suit. I've been wearing an old SMS suit my sister passed onto me. Thanks Liz! My girlfriend Helen and I went for a bike ride today together - we're going to shoot for doing the 50k this year at Lake Placid.
Oh, Sammy Sanchez is killing it in the Vuelta. I really like the way that guy rides a bike. Ever seen him go down a hill? Up a hill too of course!
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