Plastered!

First, on this Memorial Day, thanks to everyone who has served this country. Thank you for my freedom. May God bless America.

The bathrooms are plastered! What a mess! We went with a smooth finish plaster instead of just a skim coat. Hopefully that will be more durable. Tomorrow we get paint! Should get vanities and tops this week. The tile is here, along with mirrors, light fixtures, doors, knobs, etc... Lets get to work!

Had a good ride today from Allaboutbikes. Maybe 30 people. Eventually, we split into a faster group of 10 guys. About mile 35, 3 split off to go home. Ended up with 57 miles and a 21.7 mph avg. Very fun ride. Finally getting some time on the bike, starting to get back into shape.

Rated ZZ

These guys rocked! They played almost all the hits, plus a few others. Their version of "Hey Joe" by Jimmy Hendricks was cool.

They seemed to have a good time the whole show.

Several different guitars.

We had a good time! Even though these guys are getting older they still sound good. Go see them if you get the chance.

Greg talked me into doing the Knotts Island Century the next day. I really have not been riding, so I wasn't ready for 100 miles, but we got it done. Do not like the route this year, and the rest stops could have been better. It rained some, but no torrential downpours. The last 20 miles were tuff. Thanks to the Tripower guys and girls that waited for me at the top of that last bridge. It was nice to draft back in, I was hurting!

Happy Mothers Day!

I hope all you moms had a good day. I took my parents and grand parents to eat at McCormick and Schmicks Seafood in the Va Bch. Town Center. Seafood has to be fresh for me to eat. The food, service, and atmosphere were excellent. I recommend it if you have a little coin to drop for a special occasion.

On the homefront, glad to have a shower operational at the house! This remodeling thing sure is inconvenient. It will be worth it in the end. Thanks to Greg, Charles and Tina, Bikebeat, and Gold's Gym for letting me bum a shower last week. Still got a ways to go on these bathrooms...

C M Ducks

These ducks had a nest in our yard for the last several months. Didnt seem to mind the construction too much. This morning was the first time we saw the chicks. Didn't want to get too close.

Also snapped some pics in the yard. This is a Dogwood flower.

Back into this whole blogging thing...

Alot has happened in the last month. Really, really looking forward my first Jefferson Cup. Spent this years race in the parking lot putting on a alternator. At least I wasn't on the side of the interstate! What do you expect for a truck with 225,000 miles? Hopefully I'll have a new whip before next year.

The Casey Crit was fun. I felt good sitting in the back to middle of the pack. This race has some cool turns, unfortunately, not everyone agrees. I was trying to move up on the last lap, when about 5 dudes go down in front of me. Almost ran over 1 guy! I still can see the look on his face as our eyes locked for a instant as he tumbled in front of me. A combination of "this hurts" and "please don't run over me". 20th sucks, but at least I wasn't on the side of track! I felt good, and it looked like alot of people were hurting worse than me.

The last week would have been nice riding weather. I did not partake. We have been waiting for the city to bring us water and sewer for years. We have been waiting for almost as long to renovate our bathrooms. I wanted to do both at the same time. Today the demolition started! The last week has been crazy busy after work, making room to tear down walls and such. What a mess. Its going to get worse before it gets better. How many days will we have to bum a shower?

Something good happened!

The time changed last week, and we had a few warm days. Did I get to take advantage of it? No! Well today it was in the 60's, and I was determined to ride. When the normal schedule gets me home about 6-6:30, that leaves a hour until dark. A 20 mile ride outside is light years better than a hour on the trainer. As sunset gets later, the ride time will increase.
This was the first ride with my Cat Eye V3 Computer. Having one sensor on the chainstay to read cadence and wheel speed is cool. The heart rate monitor works good, and the display is sufficient, but bigger would be better. Although all the info is displayed at the same time, the cadence is on the small side. That is my one minor complaint so far. The V3 records up to 14 files with avg. and max speed, cadence, heart rate, etc. The user can start and stop when to record this data, then go back later and access it. This ride my averages were : speed-20mph, hr-167bpm, cadence-91. Max : speed-23, hr-180, cadence-123? Hmm... not sure about 123! Total mileage 20.93, total time 1:02:46. Lots of info. Will this help my training? We shall see!

Slack

Slack on the posting as of late. The Snowball Crits sucked! Not up to speed literally. Got to get on the ball! If anything good happens, I'll let you know.
Movies I watched on the trainer this winter: Kill Bill #1 (did not like #2), Dodge Ball, Starsky and Hutch, 40 Year Old Virgin, Reservoir Dogs, Planet Terror, Kill proof, and training DVDs'. Not in that order. Also watched the bloppers and gag reels, and watched them all a second time with directors commentary. Just remembered Super Bad, watched that too. What will I watch tonight? Got any suggestions?