Velo Distractions

2 Days until the 03/29/2008 OH 200K organized by Bob Waddell of Ohio Randonneurs, anticipation is building and the forecast is for temps in the low 50’s. Drawing from lessons learned on the KY 200K earlier this month, I should be better prepared physically for this one.

I came across this video today, the guy was doing OK until he decided to stop. It looks like he hesitated at exactly the wrong point, which resulted in a failed dismount.

I assume he came out of it all right.

It has been 7 days since the 200K in KY, and I am anxious to get to the Ohio 200k. I guess I was naive to think that winter was over with and I would have plenty of time left for training. Looks like winter had other ideas, blizzard warnings where issued last night. The storm dropped about 14 inches total, GLOBAL WARMING MY BUTT!! However I still don’t mind as I had a good time with the girls today.

I spent some time enhancing this blog also.

Enjoy the pictures….

7 days to go until the first major ride of the year, a 200K KY Brevet organized by Steve Rice, Louisville Bicycle Club. I am so ready for it, NOT! I haven’t even sit on a bike in nearly two weeks! Not that I haven’t wanted to mind you, just it has been kind of hard to in Central OH because of this:

So much for hoping for a mild February to get in some good outdoor training miles. Regardless, I still plan be in KY early March 1st ready to go! Hopefully I will not be found along side of the rode in the fetal position wondering what the hell I was thinking later on that day. Worse case, I figure I could become a candidate for some type of Darwin award. See, there is good in everything!

These start of the year rides are the ones I guess we all tend to guage ourselves by, the ones we look at the end of year and marvel at how well we have improved, or how bad we lost site of our goals. Even though they are usually not the highlight of one’s season, they are usually always remembered.

My name is Ed, thanks for visiting! I am in the process of building this site to document and share my cycling obsession. This site is still a work in process so check back frequently for changes. Since it is still winter here in Ohio, and still a couple of weeks away until my first Brevet of the year in KY, I am focusing on getting in some indoor and outdoor miles and getting the site ready.

More to come as the site is developed.