When in Maine...

...go ice fishing and such!

When in Maine...

... go sledding!

I hope everyone had a great holiday and New Year!

Nothing to Say, Nothing to Post

I am currently residing in the cold, dark post race season cave. So deep, I wonder if I'll race at all next season. I've been spurred by Rick to write. But I am uninspired. I stopped riding altogether the day before Thanksgiving and am simply bored with my life off the bike. Why would I bore anyone else who might read this?
I highly recommend you check out the following links instead to help brighten your day:
Jonny Bold Wins Natz
Any bike-related movies. These are funny as hell!
Other NE cyclocross blogs
See you on the flip-side of winter.
Maybe.

Calling it a Season

The finish came quicker than I thought so I just coasted across the line.

I had every intention of closing out the CX season by attending the final 2 doubles. But the real world got the better of me and I finally put the priority list in proper order:

1. Family

2. Work

3. Racing

All season #1 and 3 were inverted. It was time to do the right thing by being a dad and husband and spend the weekend with the family at a hockey tournament instead.

It was close though! I actually had the bikes loaded on Tuesday as the plan was to have Thanksgiving on the Cape then Friday and Saturday nights at a hotel in Exeter, NH a mere 90 minutes away from Sterling.

My dad was slated to come up and take the fam to the Saturday games while I raced. Then we would all go to the Sunday event hoping the team didn't make the finals. That was just stupid thinking!

Instead, I hung the bikes for the winter, ate and drank like a starving cyclist all weekend and had a blast! Of course I missed the opportunity to race. But my biggest regret was not actually the riding the bike thing, but missing out on earning points for the overall series. More stupid thinking! Big picture reality is no one really cares where I end up so where's the motivation?

It was fun while it lasted though and I'll be watching the results for all the cool guys still racing out the season.

Looks like a major restructuring of my goals and race plans for next season is in order.

Holy Hockey Weekend!

If this past weekend is any indication , the finish to my cycling season is a sprint away.

I spent more hours in a rink with my boys this weekend than I did on the bike all week.

Observe:

Friday: Drake's game

Saturday: KHS exhibition game sadnwiched between a Fenix double header plus the UMaine vs BC game in Orono!

Sunday: Drake's game

Add the fact I worked at the rink half-day Saturday and all day Sunday, I am semi-frozen.

Hopefully I can get to Sterling this weekend but it conflicts with, what else, a hockey tourney in NH.

The season, she is a changing!

KHS Bike Polo 2009

What do you do with a mountain bike team when the season is over and it's snowing? Play bike polo of course! 1 kid actually broke his leg later. This ain't no Sunday group ride!

Sunday's Epic Cycle-Smart Cyclocross 2009 Pro Men Crash

Here is the wreck I avoided. It's a blink of the eye after I pass with the Boo guy and it's a crash fest! I can't imagine the impact some of those guys had to endure. It ends with poor Adam Craig looking slightly out of sorts.