race #2

well this weekend i went to my 2nd mountain bike race. it was called the bone bender in smithville, mo. it was a 3 or 6 hour endurance race...which ended up being a 4 hour race for me since i was in the middle of a lap at 3 hours lol. that was the point i really wanted someone to come pick me up cause i was sick of being on that stupid bike! (i had a heart to heart with my bike and later took back those words)

really i enjoyed it alot. i did cramp up for most of my first lap...which was probably my fault for not being hydrated well enough last week. so at my pit stop i downed a bunch of pickle juice...you think i'm crazy but it's wonderful and workds! on the way out for my second lap my little friend donovan wanted me to wait on him, but i quickly reminded him i wasn't going to be last. he argued with me, but i won by leaving without him. (i also later apologized to donovan for yelling at him and then leaving him in the dust)

that lap would have been wonderful butttttt the guys who were actually fast started to lap me in places on the trail that were too tight for me not to just hop off the bike and wait...for a long time! i ended up walking quite a bit because of that, which was really frustrating, but i made friends with the 13 year old kid (yes, i was keeping pace with a 13 year old), and cheered on the guys who looked like they were tired and needed the cheerleading :) dang, i shoulda been passing out my number...why do i always have good ideas in retrospect? lol

bobby says i placed somewhere in the middle of my class...i think he was a little fuzzy in the brain when he looked at that but anywho, i had fun and rode alot longer and harder than i have on a technical trail like that so i was proud of myself.

school is currently attempting to kill me one day at a time. really i only have 2 more weeks, but i'm just spent. not to mention i'm pretty tired from spinning and then racing...ie: i tried to drive my car yesterday without starting it. brilliant. i also got the giggles in class tonight and got in trouble...i don't know if it's ever happened, but i think i very well could have gotten a detention in grad school!

but, only a little over 2 weeks till california w/the fam and that'll be just what i need.

peace out girl scouts!

i'm a lifeguard, but this is just silly...

this weekend's weather was excellent for riding. i think even non-cyclests could agree with that one. yesterday i was in a weird mood...probably because i had told myself i couldn't ride my bike till i got my taxes done. which meant i had to say no to a race that woulda been fun. i did however finish my taxes and head out on the bike. wandered around, checked out the campus trails, and finally got my mind in the game to get to camp alexander. just had time for one lap but it was perfect for getting me out of my funk. didn't even wreck! course, i walked a bit more than usual. hadn't been to the trails since fall, so i didn't want to risk it. greatest thing was i wasn't nervous like i usally am. maybe part of it was getting alot stronger than i used to be b/c of spinning. that was rewarding.

today's weather was even better. headed out to meet my buddies at camp and began the fun again. or mostly, until i got the shakes and reached back for my gu at a terribly inopportune time: right before a bridge that was intended to guide me over a ginormous puddle. needless to say i endo'ed yet again and landed face-first in that mossy, muddy puddle. course, i wasn't hurt thanks to the mud, and laughing hysterically at how often i do ridiculous things like this at this point. my friend jed asked if i was ok and had to detach my foot from spokes because i was gonna be stuck in that face-down in the mud position until someone saved me. i was completely drenched in mud and smelly pond water and loving it...until i realized my phone wasn't where it was supposed to be...

yet again i have taken my phone swimming. my friends laughed at the fact that i wasn't worried about getting completely covered in mud or about crashing my bike, but that my phone fell in water. but really, i got it 3 weeks ago! at the moment, i'm drying it out in rice, as i've been instructed by others who've had unfortunate water+phone combinations. as a lifeguard, you'd think i'd be more educated on saving things that drown or at least preventing these crisis, but i guess not! i'm hoping the works...oh well, there are worse things...guess i coulda broken a bone or something ;)

welp, off to bed. enjoy that weather and keep your phones dry!