Thursday, September 10, 2009

That Was Better

A couple nights of restful sleep later and I was able to manage a fun mountain bike commute this morning. Apparently, whatever was messing with me on Tuesday's ride has passed (thank god) and I'm back to my wonderful, normal self. Yay for me. It may seem silly for me to have been so concerned with Tuesday's meltdown but for some reason, I'm putting a lot of pressure on myself for next weekend's 12 hr taint destruction and the thought of getting sick right now just doesn't work with my plans...

Speaking of the race. Pretty much the whole Nelson clan is signed up to race now. I thought my brother Rus was kidding when he said he wanted the team named "The Awesome Rick Nelson's family" but I was wrong as you can see in the confirmed rider list. Currently, B isn't slated to defend her kids race title in the "6 minutes of Bradbury" but who knows? Lancy pants came out of retirement, maybe B will too???

Oh yeah, and my youngest brother, Darren, pulled the trigger on a new Carver yesterday so he'll be going from a "vintage" (ie crappy) giant with non functioning everything to a SRAM X9, Reba, BB7 clad riding machine for the 12 hr race. I predict good times ahead.

4 comments:

Wheels said...

Any thoughts on the Master of Mud competition? Hah, the word verification below is MUDLY! This will be my new word to describe this XC season: mudly!

rick is! said...

the master of mud has got me tweaked. because you and steve haven't been to enough races it leaves it to me or greg. I hadn't planned on doing carabasset but now I'm not so sure. Can't let greg have it... does master of mud still come with free race entry or has that gone bye-bye?

Wheels said...

I haven't paid to race in 2 years. But that's not as significant as the lucrative product endorsement contracts that come with the title. You could be the next Buck's Bait and Beauty Shop spokesmodel. Plus, you'll get lots of free EPO products. Race for the title! I will not put up with an off-season full of your lamenting (that means snotty bitch whining which you're prone to doing) not going for it.

rick is! said...

hmmmmpppffff!

I resemble that remark.

I really do need to be less of a whiny bitch but it comes so easy!