'Electric' Evan Bybee

HEY YALL

2009-08-01T11:27:00.000-07:00

This is my first post in a loooong great while, eh..?

Well, to bring you up to speed, I'll just hit on the main points of my life recently....

Cyclocross!! Yes its true, right around the corner...it is. Up here in the hustle bustle of Oklahoma City a few of my co-workers and friends have started a new team. Villain CX is the name, for now. We have a bunch of really good sponsors for the upcoming year. We will be on Van Dessel Gin and Trombones, which I'm pretty stoked on. We also have a drink and nutrition sponsor I'm pretty excited about. The brand is called Fluid, and its a really new company based out of Maryland. Other than that, its just a new team... I plan on competing in a few UCI races as well.

School, ba hum bug. I dont want to go to school, but I feel the need to go. I plan on getting an Associates in Journalism....maybe something else. I dont know. Then after school, I really want to move. I just aint feelin it here.

Other than that, everything is really really boring.

I eat food, and I clean myself...fluently.

Shapes, colors, and what else?

2009-04-16T12:15:00.001-07:00

So, will-yum asked for shapes and colors....and I forgot already what else....

You wants colorful shapes? Go open a box of Trix.

This is a serious blog. not really

What else shall I talk about, this should be the format of most of my writing in this thinger mah jobber....

So this is

2009-04-15T12:19:00.000-07:00

...not a doggy.

This is a blog, you blog stuff and put it on your blog.

I've really run out of things to put on this gosh dang contraption.

I need inspiration, someone give me an idea...Something to write about.

Results

2009-03-31T10:52:00.000-07:00

If you take a gander at my results page on USA Cyling, you will notice I raced a CAT 5 race in California, and I go to UC Berkely...Also, some races I dont even race for a team...or CRRC/Canadian River Racing Club. Nope, I havent raced for them in quite some time...

Heres a link, check my stickin results.

https://www.usacycling.org/results/index.php?compid=226469

All jacked up with shniznit and stuff...

Training w/ power

2009-03-26T06:23:00.001-07:00

Is really alot harder than I thought.

I recently bought another PowerTap hub, to well...train and race with power.

Lets just say, I need to work on pacing myself.

I'm 20 years old now.....and thats good.

Thats about it.

Wee Wee

2009-03-11T07:56:00.001-07:00

Riding and racing.

non-stop til I drop.

Ride til you puke.

Really Good Route

2009-02-15T18:00:00.000-08:00

I know some.....really...I DO!

No, I like to get lost...I guess.....

Whilst riding with Phillip yesterday, I convinced him that I knew 'some good routes'...I sorta knew where I was...but I mostly didn't....We ended up getting lost and I ended up going 2 more hours than I was supposed to be going....but it was all in good fun, and riding the gravel roads for an hour was good...I actually had some fun in doing so...After getting lost, and crossing I-35, we decided to motorpace traffic, or weave in and out of traffic at super duper high speeds was awesome.....I had a thoroughly swell time....We shared a whole mess of laughs....

Then we got back to Phillips place, and he was bein a homo....so he took me home and prepared for some hetrosexual love.....and I commend him for that....I really hope BFFL stands for 'best friends for life' and not, well....figure it out....I love women...

2008 BH Connect Ride Report

2009-02-12T19:26:00.000-08:00

I recently recieved my Bh Connect for the 2009 race season, and I really like it...It pretty much sums up a 'race bike'....It has its flaws, as does any bike....and it has its attributes...

I have ridden the bike for several days now, including one race...and it performed pretty well....

In out of the saddle efforts, I would say this bike excels...very well...It's short chain stays, and beefy bottom bracket area allow for very quick accelerations, as well as making for a mountain goat of a climbing bike...To say this bike can't hold a line, or is unstable at high speeds is simply not true....It's slack compact geometry and long'ish' toptube make it an average decender when going down fast winding descents.....It, however is not the most stable of bikes....When up to speed the bike holds its own....

I really like the bike, and I don't really want to give it up....Keep up the good work BH...

Totally Stoked, umm....man?

2009-02-11T15:58:00.000-08:00

Race season is here!

So glad it is too, I was beginning to hate my leg warmers, jackets, and Qoleum #3...stuff burns in the shower...

The weather is taking, well sort of...a turn for the better...With the exception of the typical February tornadoes...yeah, Oklahoma weather = typical...? no, nothing is typical in Oklahoma as far as weather is concerned...

thank god for Gary England....that man is a genius....

Back to racing.....Last weekend was a joke...hahahahaha, see it was a funny one...I got 54th in the Time Trial...and a big fat DNF in the Criterium...and another DNF in the road race.....hahaha, see its funny.....

The next race will be tons better, I can assure you that it will...

Mellow Yellow

2009-02-03T19:02:00.000-08:00

I have, very recently...well sorta....taken up a mellow outlook on life...

I have always been a pretty mellow dude, I have a history of not caring about important things, not doing things or having an 'oh well' attitude....

Is this bad?

Well, yes and no.

It could be said that, yes it is bad. For example: What if I lost a race, because I cramped up......and at the end of the race I was like....ohhhhh welllll....and I didn't do anything about it...or think about it after the race...or if I got hit by a car...and didnt do anything....Just ohh well....Serious ramifications come from these things....I won't ever learn from my mistakes, or I won't bring people to justice...or whatever....

Well, after races....if I lose, and I really wanted to win.....I get pretty pissed...I have thrown bikes/helmets, yelled thousands of expletives, damned hundreds to hades and cursed god for races not going my way..............But I have learned that doing so doesn't help me to win the race....It does nothing...except make me look stupid....and I do a pretty good job of doing that off the bike....So instead of being an idiot, I stop think about what happened and ask myself, my coach, my dad or whomever...what could I have done differently...and I learn from those mistakes...I learn the hard way..by making mistakes....I will make a butt load more, and I will learn from those..............

So don't get mad....jut chill out...

Easier said than done though.....

But good luck on that...................

Anyway.....The BH rides really nice...its stiff, comfy, and quick...all grand things in a race bike....

Some new team gear/stuff

2009-02-02T05:58:00.000-08:00

Well, I went to Dallas yesterday to get my BH, and some other stuff.....I also rode down thurr.....Which was repetitve, yet fun...and different...

I am very happy to finally get my new bike...My Cannondale..well, it was sorta on its last leg...

And the BH...is shiny, and carbon....so I'm really happy to ride on it for the new year ahead of us.....

I also getted some stuff from our saweeeet sponsors at Metro Volkswagen...Big thanks to all the sponsors, none of this would be legit without you guys. Greatly appreciated...greatly...

Whos I is, and whys that is

2009-01-30T18:52:00.000-08:00

Whos I is?

I is Evan Bybee.

I will divulge a little about myself while I still can. I will try to explain why I have chosen the life that I have, where I have been, where I am now and where I hope to be....

I am Evan. I race my bike, pretty much for a living..(I dont make any money) Then how is this a living..? Because, its what I work towards everyday. I put time, money and everything that I am into this. I 'live' for this.....therefore, to me....its a 'living'....

Why did I choose to do this....?/where have I been?

I chose to race bikes, at first, because I was good at it....I for my first two years of racing, only came in either first or second....I made a name for myself at the age of 15. I could keep up with the 'fast guys' at the mountain bike rides, and at races, I would regularly catch most of the Sport class....when my age group (Sport 12-15) would always start last.....After my first year of 'racing'....I quit soccer after 7 years....I quit soccer for many reasons...The first and main reason was the decline of the league in Oklahoma....I played competitve, or club, or amateur...whatever the name, it was not your local soccer...you had to tryout, make the team, practice everyday, at home and at practice, go to training camp, play games, go to tournaments out of state and be really good....I liked this part...I liked all the hard work, and effort that came with it...why..? Because I was naturally good at it...I didn't have to put in tons of time praciticing...I would more or less, go out in the street and just fool...juggling as many times as I could, play with the neighborhood kids, play soccer tennis with my little brother and run all over the place with my ball....from the time I got home from school, til it got dark..and then some....Why? Because it was fun, and I was pretty good....Not by my standards was I good....I was told I was....Anyway, the second reason....Fights...My team, in its last year, would always get into fights....this sucked...all I wanted to do was play the game.....my family invested time and money into me to play, and here I go to a game...and it gets cancelled because some chump decides to start throwing punches...that sucks........The third reason....losing.....Soccer is very much a team sport....and when you lose, its the teams fault....everyone is to blame...I got tired of losing.....Its not that my team wasnt good...no, we would always go into the State Tournament with the best record...but just like the OU Sooners...We would choke in the finale....to a team we would beat 5 goals to none during the season....I like to win....The last reason...I found cycling.....Cycling is a one person sport...at least mountain biking is...If you lose a race you have no one else to blame but yourself...and you have the opportunity to work on that....and win the next one....Road racing is, a team sport....but, it is the MOST individual team sport ever played...or raced....There is a certain individuality to it....there are certain races that one person on the team is better for...so on and so forth................Well, I was good at mountain biking....I got all the way up into the Expert catagories...(Cat 1 nowadays).....In my final season of racing mountain bikes, I did pretty good....coming in second at Mas-o-Menos in my catagory, winning a few races in Oklahoma, and getting a slew of podiums...however...I was not up to par...I was sick..literally....I thought I just wasnt good enough......So I took some time off...and did my first road race...NWA Classic....This was a big train wreck for me....I got 5th, but it was not a good result...as a result of poor planning...I prepared to do one lap (23 miles) with one bottle.....However we did two laps....I ran out of water.....and went one whole lap without....and got 5th.....I was hooked...I loved it, the race was not hard...mainly because we all just goofed around the whole time...but when it got hard, I really liked it...going fast...I really like to go fast...on a mountain bike, this was my favorite part....I didnt like technical stuff...I like wide open fast, flowing trails....Likewise I like fast flowing roads...This is what I became hooked on...the speed....I like to see how fast I can go....So far the fastest I have ever gone is 63 mph....sprinting down Mt. Scott...The final straight away, I got up on the pedals at 45 mph, and took it to 63...it sucked...not the funnerest way to go really fast....but I went fast none the less.......I choose to race for a few reasons.....Its hard, very, very hard....I like that...I like the critics, who say 'thats stupid'...or, 'you should be going to college'...or 'make some money, the easy way'.....pssssh, thats my reaction....I hate that crap...Its stupid..? Chasing dreams...thats stupid...? You have literally.....no heart, brain, or respect for the human being if this is what you think.....and by human being, I mean others as well as yourself......You should go to college....? If you would take the time to get to know me, and learn a little about me...then you would know, that school is not my forte...I'm not stupid, I lack a sense of discipline to do things that I think are stupid, a waste of time, or things that I already know...or have already been taught....My test scores were good, above average in most cases.....I took an ACT/SAT class my senior year...we took the ACT from 2004...I made a 28...most colleges require you to make a 21......I think I am 'book smart', and a little 'common sense smart'...I say a little, because if I had common sense I would have done all my work, turned it in, and made straight A's....I grauduated highschool...I did not quit, I barely passed...............

Racing bikes, as well as going to college...just doesn't seem like something I could easily achieve....I think I should put all my effort into one, or the other....So thats what I am doing...I picked racing bikes over college..for now..I am only 20 something for 10 years...I can never get those years back......College, will always be there...and I ain't gettin dumber....well, maybe a little...What do I base this all on...? Highschool....I raced bikes all throughout school....I had the motivation to train, but not to study.......I don't want to screw college up doing the same thing, when it costs money.....

And, making money, an easier way...? Being lazy, like that....is stupid...and I don't care about money.....I really don't...ask my dad.....he'll be the first to tell you....

I use the critics voices, and dumbass remarks to push me along...as motivation....to go fast, and win.....However, this is not why I race....and train 15-25 hours a week...

Why do I train..?

Because, it has been my dream since I was a weee lad...to become a professional athlete...I want to be at the top of the racing world......I just want to become a pro, and experience all the things that come along with that. I like the road I must go down to get there as well....The journey is probably the best part...

I train, to prove it too myself...I am my biggest critic...I will never be fast enough. This is mostly because I listen to the critics, sometimes...I let stuff get me down..a lot....but I try to overcome, and use it to my advantage...

I choose this life, because its where I can finally fit in...I don't fit into the normal world...i never have....I don't think like 'normal' people, I don't act like 'normal' people and I don't value the same things 'normal' people do.....I feel comfortable here, on this path...riddled with sticks and stones...I also feel terribly uncomfortable...because there is too much on the line...too much at stake...I cannot screw it up...I won't screw it up......I like this life, I don't ask you to judge me...I chose it....its mine.

I wrote this two days ago......It sums me up pretty well....

I will tell you what I live life for. I live my life to realize my boyhood dreams. I live my life to walk the hard path. I walk the hard path, alone. I have chosen this path out of desire. I live life for the passion. I have done a lot of thinking, recently, about why I live life. I have been lost for too long, and had done too little thinking on this issue. I have very little responsibilities, or things to do in my day...I simply eat, sleep, shower, and ride....This is the life I live...I live with my parents, for now....I do want to move out, but I am not mature enough yet to handle the responsiblities of life alone....I have a job, however it is temporary....I pray to God on a daily basis, because I am lost a lot of the time.....maybe its talking out loud, I don't know...it helps though.... I want to lead a happy life. I am trying my hardest to do so...but you really shouldnt TRY to be happy...True happiness just comes.... I would trade money for happiness anyday. I have chosen this life, because it is where I fit. Where I am the most comfortable, and the least comfortable. I do not fit in the secular world, of business men, offices, desks and money. No, these things do not really matter to me... What? I don't care about money? Yeah, I don't....Money is a tool, to get the things that we desire, need or think we need....If you don't have the money for these things, then where does that put you..? In a position to make it.....No, this path does not really include a football players amount of money.....I'm not in it for the money... I want to realize my potential, and dreams. Most criticize me for the path I take... Because it is not smooth, its bumpy, rocky, and not clear. I have chosen a path among the critics and cynics that merely sit along the way, and do what they do best...destroy dreams... No, I have come too far, I have had too many people expect great things, I have let too many people down, I have sacrificed too much, I have won too many races, I have lost too many races, I have cried too much, I have had my heart broken too many times, I have tried too hard, I have trained too many hours days months and years, I have dreamt too much, I have had my dreams crushed too many times, I have crashed too many times, I have gotten up too many times, I have made it this far........ There is still a path yet to continue down, people will still expect greatness, people will still be let down, sacrifices still must be made, races will always need to be won, races will be lost, tears will still flow, my heart will heal, fight never dies, training will never cease, dreams need to be realized, dreams will be criticized, crashes happen, I will always get up and I wll still continue down this path. People criticize me for this path because there are too few people that make it big, or that can even do this...Its these odds that appeal to me....I would love to prove everyone wrong....I choose this dream, I choose this life of hardship, tears, pain, suffering, heartache, dirt, blood, and glory....I choose this path because it appeals to me, I like it....Do not judge me, do not criticize me, I have chosen it...It is me. It is mine. I walk it. I live life for the passion. I have chosen this path out of desire. I walk the hard path, alone. I live my life to walk the hard path. I live my life to realize my boyhood dreams.

Cash

2009-01-28T14:47:00.000-08:00

I have quite a bit of it now...

howeverrrrr...

Its all goin towards wheels, a SRM and nutrition stuff/travel expenses.

Where did all this mulah come from..? well, I sold a set of my wheels on Monday...how much you ask..? $2000! yep yep yep...quite a bit...and the cool thing is, the new wheels that I want are only aboot $1000...so I get to save up the rest for the new shnazzy wireless SRM from our new sponsor, FSA...pretty cool if you ask me....

I just need to sell my other PowerTap wheelset...for some extra dough, and I should have enough..!

Man-o war..I watched A Clockwork Orange, yesterday. I forgot how good it was..! It had been 5 years since I had watched it last...It was awesome...anywaaaaays....

Time to ride...got to race fast...

Crap and Snow

2009-01-27T15:22:00.001-08:00

Crap weather

and Stupid Snow

oh golly...YAY!

2009-01-26T11:10:00.000-08:00

I love it when the weather decides to take a u-turn for the worse....ITS AWESOME!

not really

It sucks, real bad...Now, I have to ride the trainer....yeah..right....I hate the garsh derned trainer...I'll just do core workouts today...and until this weather decides to roll on out of this god foresaken town...that is Oklahoma City, Oklahoma....United States of America...

Anyway, I like puppies...........I had a puppy named Adolf....It had kittens..!

DAAANG

2009-01-24T19:11:00.000-08:00

I rode the crossbike today, and it was hella fun....

Lake Dirtybird trails are awesome right now....It just needs a little rain for them tires to hook up....right now its a lot like dry slick....my tires, just cant rail them corners....

I was asked this question out on the trails.....by none other than Mr. Eric Melton...

"Would you rather, fart out of your nose....or....sneeze out of your butt...?"

I said sneeze out the rear end....and he, very quickly replied...............

"What if you had a cold...?....You'd be sneezin all the time...."

So, I answered...

"Well, I am always sneezin then...."

Yeah....I learned what dry slick is....and that you should close your eyes whilst going down technical descents....its more better...

Whats up man..?

2009-01-23T16:18:00.000-08:00

Ohhhh...not a lot....

Just ridin, and sleepin, and eatin, and livin the dream....

I'm kinda diggin this life...no worries, just training...

And the training, its easy when you just do it and don't think about it...Like Nike, I too Just Do it...or I have just been doin it...either way...

....Fight Never Dies....
(copyright Cory Ray)

Dookie wall

2009-01-21T18:01:00.000-08:00

My happiness has pretty much been limited to a few hours a day........

Why...? Because stuff happens, and I don't really know how to deal with it....

I've been told to forget.....I've been told to do this and that....but nothing, really works for a definitive amount of time......It's like, I tell myself to do something....or I just do it...but then, I realize what I'm doing...and I sort of talk myself out of it...I am constantly doing this....over analyzing things, over thinking situations, or thinking of stuff that is so totally irrelevant to the situation...I can still find a way to link the two together....Oh well, time will fix it I guess...

The only reason I type this out, or say anything...is because, I always keep my mouth shut...and never ever ask for help....When I do this, things never get addressed...and emotions are just pushed way way back...Only to resurface later on in life....

I dunno, things have either been up...or way down...Before the team camp, I didnt do anything all day....I only rode for a few hours a week...if that...and I tended to not get out of bed...Then the team camp came....and well, I mostly tired...but I was pretty happy, becuase the team....and everything that goes along with it, reminded me of my dreams and goals....and what I had to do to get there.......I was real happy for a couple weeks after that, then life...and all my problems started to sink in.....I kept riding, and training....but other than that.....Emotionally, I have been nothing but crap....This stuff isnt beyond me, but playing the waiting game................and questioning whether or not the thing you are waiting on, will even be there....really really sucks......Having faith, hope and love...and putting all these things into one person...that has either forgotten about you, just doesnt care, or is too self involved to realize....what you are going through....really sucks...the most, I would have to say this sucks pretty much the most....

Oh well, time will tell...

what is there to do?

2009-01-19T11:25:00.000-08:00

besides ride my bike?

almost nothing.....boop boop bleep bleep.....

yeah, supreme amounts of boredom take over when i am finished with my rides and stuff...

social life has taken a downward spiral this past year....WOOOOO....yeah....Thats a downward spiral, typed out...stare at it.....look at it.....

Confused?

2009-01-15T10:37:00.000-08:00

Cause I am.....

Confused as to why I my emotions are so up and down........One minute I think I am happy....then the next minute, I'm sad or crappy.....Why...?

I think I'm just having to learn how to live life alone.........I got so used to living life with someone else beside me......that now, I'm alone...and I have no idea what to do, or how to do things...........It's weird.........I can't explain it......I suppose this is the beginning of a new me...? Wow, that sounds corny...but I guess its true..........................................I'm just going to go with it...and try to figure crap out....I usually don't think about it.................I don't deal with my emotions, or problems...I just pretend they aren't there......I need to adress this one though, or I feel I won't be able to move on, or accomplish anything...............I'm a basket case....

Riding hours this week

2009-01-14T14:36:00.000-08:00

Are all janked up....

I was planning on doing 20+ hours....so far, I have only done.......4 1/2 hours....dang, thats sad....

Its only going to get worse with the weather here in the OKC getting realy bad.....Friday the high is only like 28 or so.....trainer day....yay.....today, I was planning on doing a 4 or 5 hour ride....however, when I got home from work...I could smell....OUTSIDE...my house, a nasty poo smell.....when i went inside...YIKES! it was horrible....my mom's little poo-poodle, crapped everywhere in her little kennel/bed thing....and she was covered in it.....It reminded me of the poo scene in Dumb and Dumberer.....except I could smell it...and it was really...really gross........nasty in fact....ick...

anyway, next week is going to have to be a 25 hour week, to pick up the slack from this week....geez, falling behind....

Recipe for Sucess

2009-01-13T09:47:00.000-08:00

Or not.

just yummy food

sort of

Alrighty, I came up with this a week ago, or so...It combines all the things you would need for a great pre-ride/race meal....preotein, carbs, vitamins-minerals....and not the crap kinda carbs either...the loooong chain...slow burning ones...like a good ol' piece of oak, or hickory....

okay

1 cup of Royal Blend whole grain rice stuff....

1 and a half cups of water

3 eggs, 1 yolk

1 package of Vermicelli Rice Noodles

a wee bit of butter or olive oil

1 tablespoon of Curry

1 tablespoon of Crushed Red Peppers

1 teaspoon of Chili Powder

1 teaspoon of Red Chili Powder

a dash of salt

a dash of pepper

1/2 cup of soy sauce

Directions: combine rice mixture, water, Curry, Chili Powder, the Crushed Red Peppers, Red Chili Powder, Salt, Pepper, and the Bay leaves into a pot suitable to hold all these things...boil, until the rice is done...

While the rice is boiling, crack the three eggs...but don't use all three yolks....only one...then prepare them as if you were making scrambled eggs....combine the butter or olive oil and the eggs into pan...cook until they are just about done, like runny eggs....really runny...then combine the rice mixture with the eggs....as they are cooking go ahead and pour the soy sauce in with this concoction....

while this is cooking, put the Rice Noodles in a microwave safe bowl and add water...enough to submerge the noodles....put the noodles in the microwave and cook them for about 2:00 to 3:00 minutes......and when they are soft and look sort of like Top Ramen, drain most of the water out of the bowl...you want just a little bit of water left...just enough that the bottom of the noodles are still wet, or submerged a little....then add this to the egg/rice mixture....cook until all the water is evaporated.......stir until the rice noodles are completely mixed in...they will break up, and thats okay....

In the end it should look sort of like you mixed Pad Thai and Fried Rice together....except the rice noodles will be broken up....

This is a really good meal to eat before a ride, or long race....the blend of rices (Texmati Brown Rice, Red rice, Pearled Barley, and Rye Berries) has got quite a bit of carbohydrates...however, these come in the form of long chain carbs....due to the red and brown rices....Most of your white rices, have very short cahin carbs..and are very simple in nature...so they would burn very fast....and not as effeciently......the Barley and Rye Berries, also contain a little bit of protein and fiber....as well as iron.....The eggs, if you choose to seperate the yolks, contain almost 100% protein...the yolk in an egg, contains most of the fat...where as the 'whit' is where most of your protein is found....also, not all proteins are created equal...some, for some people...aren't utilized completely so they in turn, transform into fat....this as we all know is bad.....Egg protein, is one of the best sources for protein...nearly ALL of it is utilized and none is stored for fat....The Vermicelli...is mostly for flavor, however it does have just a little bit of those short chain carbs. in there to get you up and going.....and the butter and/or olive oil...those contain your omega -3's....which are good...just dont burn the oil...or it will simplify into pretty much fat.....

Rich in sodium, carbs, protein, flavor, vitamins, and minerals....this meal is awesome...to me....

Life/World Time Line Comparision

2009-01-12T21:35:00.000-08:00

If my life was the time line of the World....or Europe...This time in my life would be the Dark Ages....

Boring, unknown......life-less.....dull....dead....hahahahahhahahathis should be an emo song.....

But seriously...this part sucks....I'm not depressed, sad, or mad.....just dull...like a crap pair of school-scissors.....the ones that cant cut you, even if you tried...................melancholy...thats how I would desribe it.....

blah

WOW

2009-01-11T16:27:00.000-08:00

I am pretty tired.....

This weekend was pretty action packed......not really, but it was a little tiring...

I had a cyclocross race yesterday in which i finished 3rd....yet, I still managed to get lapped....I'm pretty sure Will Gault lapped every single person....He's not what you would call a bike racer...he's more or less in the same catagory as Chuck Norris....

Anyway, my life has been pretty much filled with the same thing day-in and day-out, and I'm cool with that...I enjoy this simplicity.....the past 3 or 4 years have not been so simple...but I think 2009 and the years to follow, will be a lot better...

who knows..

MY NAME AINT EZMERELDA AND I CANT READ PALMS FOR THE FUTURE OR NOTHIN OF THE SORTS!

but yeah, no emotional bull crap...just physical ehll...and that.......is really cool with me...its refreshing...

like ginger ale...or orange juice...or celery....or an apple...or water....or a shower....or a white t-shirt...or deoderant....

you get the point

Life after Team Camp

2009-01-08T18:05:00.000-08:00

Life after the team camp has been, well......a little boring..................

I have, since the camp, gotten a coach, stepped up my training, worked, made money, slept for more than 5 hours a night, and have done nothing other than that........I have a pretty good feeling this is how my life will go for the next month or so....

Train

Work

Sleep

Eat

Thats about it...and I'm pretty much cool with that....I want to realize my childhood dream of becoming a professional athlete....I feel like getting on the awesome team that I currently ride for, getting the coach that I have, and working my butt off, should all help me out in many ways....

Nathan has instilled a great work ethic that has been lacking in my training in recent years...This, to me is the best thing that could have happened for me in the pursuit of this dream....With this work ethic I will smite any attack, overcome any climb, and joust with any sprinter.....

Not really

But maybe

Who knows

Anyways, camp I think was a really good thing..........Now I just need to ride smart, hard, and with everything I have...

But back to life....

.....Yeah, its boring, and lonesome......I think I have either, pushed away friends, or have grown apart from them...oh well, these things happen and I am neither sad or mad or anything...I'm pretty much neutral on this situation...Perhaps this is a good thing for me, maybe I need all my distracions taken away and I need to focus on one thing, and thats racing and being as fast as I can on two wheels.....

Like I said before...oh well, I don't want to try and figure this out......I need to focus, and do stuff...yeah, stuff...

Friends or no friends, life goes on...no need to dwell and be all bummed out....I speak from experience....Before the training camp I rode for a grand total of MAYBE, 5 or 6 hours.....Thats in 4 weeks....I maybe got out of bed for a few hours a day......Life like that.......all depressed, and lethargic.....really sucks..........nobody should live like that......

tomorrow.....65 and sunny.....3 hour ride? then on saturday high of 45 or so....and a cyclocross race....

Training Camp........The rest of the days, sort of....

2009-01-04T13:00:00.000-08:00

Well, after the second day of novelty, the third and well, the rest of the training camp for that matter pretty much (for me) was a suffer-fest.........

I reiterate that I did not ride very much before the camp.....and that sucks, because over the camp we did nearly 500 miles or so, and just about 30 hours......yeah, I did not get sick.....not-a-once....

The intestinal problems persisted it seemed for me, seeing as before or in the middle of hard efforts I would get 'that special feeling' deep inside me belly.....no fun......

The third day was, in fact better than the second...I was able to get into some sort of rhythm and keep up, and do my job to the best of my abilities....Then Oklahoma......hmmm,

Tendonitis
Tired legs
Wussitis
Fire
Lost Phone
Smoke
Hills
Squeeky Chain
Food=Poo-Poo
Lead Outs
Team Time Trials
Lead Outs
Lead Outs

and

Lead Outs
Motor Pacing
Team Time Trials
Hills

and

Getting Dropped
Riding Alone
Lead Outs

That is what happened in Oklahoma, Talihina to be exact.......

I have zero phone right now, I was 'in charge' of fire wood.....well, I was stuck with gathering it.....and whilst gathering the stupid wood, I lost my phone.....In Samsquamtch country

Then, the last day, or night.....we all went out to Main Event....for those in Oklahoma or otherwise, they have bowling, laser-tag, and a lot of arcade/crane/fun games.......I fell down a few times while bowling.....

All in all, camp was really fun, despite sucking, being dumb, sucking, flatting, getting dropped, sucking, and sucking.....it was a real.....real fun time.....

Day Two....In Poo-Poo

2008-12-28T19:41:00.000-08:00

well, after only two days of riding..........well, i suppose you could call it only one real day of serious riding.......yesterday was more or less, running from the po-po.........at any rate, the training camp is tough...and i am by far the weakest link on the team right now, based on today.........i was with the exception of Matt (the assistant director) the only person to get dropped twice.......

I liken this to me, right before we actually started our hard riding, having to take a dump.........i realized this when i tried to push a fart out.....and when a little choco-suprise tried to say hello, i knew the rest of the ride would not be fun..........

I also liken it to, not riding for a week and a half........well, a little bit more than that......i only got in a solid 8 hours in probably 3 weeks, prior to this camp.......

not smart at all.......im an idiot.......oh well, this will be used as a launching pad into some serious training before the season.......

I hope all is well in Joke-lahoma...........cause its pretty good down hurrr in Texass...

First day of Training Camp.....

2008-12-27T20:28:00.000-08:00

.....today, the whole team almost died....

not really, but some dumb-arse desided he couldnt go around us for what must have seemed like....to him, an eternity.....He came around us with such conviction and vocabulary that he nearly hit the front two riders in our group.....

.....Needless to say those two just so happened to be our youngest team members, and one of them has like a ga-zillion national championships....
Our fearless team manager, Nathan Rogut, chased (sort of) the Negative Nancy down and punched his far rear driver side window out......or at least a good sized hole in it......
Bear in mind this macho-man wasnt driving some little Ford Tempo...No...he was driving a larger than life Suburban.....a big stupid SUV....

Anyways, I was right behind the youngsters and they didnt flinch or anything......I was scurred shitless, so I waved when this, smart......wise....man drove around us the first time, blaaaaaring his horn....but when, he pulled up beside us, yelling expilitives.....i turned my head and cried....not really, but he was stupid....and about that time Nathan yelled at him to stop the car, and when the dude didnt stop but intsead sped away, Nathan hit the back window, putting a hole in the God-foresaken vehicle.....the cops, came and pretty much nothing happened....we rode around for awhile.....anywho...thats pretty much how today went.......................

Other than the 'attempt' at a ride this morning....

Its against my vice principals...

2008-12-04T17:08:00.000-08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jfq3c4Cf1Fs

Probably one of the funniest videos I've seen...

Funeral; Gwar; Riding

2008-12-01T16:01:00.000-08:00

Well, I've done one whole week on my Time Trial bike....Its a Cervelo Dual with Ultegra on it...Its a pretty good bike, but anyway I've been riding it to get used to it before the first stage race in February....Thus far the bike ain't that comfortable...My arms and back start to kill me and I cant go full tilt for more than 20 minutes...which I mean most of the time trials that I will be doing arent much longer than that, but I feel if I can get more comfortable on the bike then I can go faster....Needless to say I will be riding the bike straight up until the team camp in December.....

GWAR
DECEMBER 3RD
DIAMOND BALLROOM
LETS ALL GET MESSY

Well Dr. Steve Edstrom died a few days ago, and his funeral was held today at a Methodist Church in downtown Oklahoma City..I cant remember the name.....It was very nice and a lot of people came out to show their love to Dr. Steve....A few of us rode from Schlegels to the church which was just a few blocks north of the shop.....Most of the guests wore bike jerseys and slacks to show there appreciation to the late Dr.

POST?

2008-11-29T16:10:00.000-08:00

Grape Nuts?

This shall be the first thang about me day....

It went something like this,

Went to bed around 4:00 o'clock this morning.....Woke back up at 11:00 and ate some yummy cake for breakfast then I just lazilied around for a couple of hours before I 'straightened" my room up.....Sooo, after I did all of those things I finally got around to riding my bike for an hour on the trainer...I rode my TT bike because well, I need to and beacuse I really wanted to, and because I crashed my road bike...but thats for another story.....I just did a few 5 minute efforts on the bike...and for tomorrow....i do not know...one thing is for sure....2 hours on the TT bike...