Recent content by timeismonkey

Well theres probably another 2 weeks or so of cross racing before it gets ridiculously unbearable even by cross standards. Then snowboarding or skiing every day until spring. Throw in some running and if I'm feeling really ambitious actually get on the trainers with some friends so I don't...

I've always thought Cav looks short. So that could make him look a little chubby if he even put a few pounds on. Anybody know how tall he is off the top of their head??

it is quite disheartening to see cycling related trash on the road. let alone any trash for that matter. ive often considered riding with a backpack once a week and kind of stopping to grab large amounts of trash thats congregated in one place. but ive yet to do it and maybe this is the bad...

Bananas seem to have the opposite effect on me. I would be constipated for days after that little treat.

if it involves chocolate milk, anything over 2 miles

A stage race in CO would be one of a few races I would actually travel to watch. It would have the potential to be pretty unique and very difficult. Gaining public interest might be an issue but CO is a desireable travel local as opposed to Missouri; so it might fare better.

Well I figured I would let you guys know how it went. It was pretty fun and I avoided crashing. Approximately 2 min before the race began I was told I was not signed up for the heat i was lined up for. I proceeded to tell them that I registered over a month ago and there is no way that is...

I'm really hopeing this type of race is what I'm suited to, I would much rather sprint and accelerate for 45 min than ride at a constant speed for hours. Maybe this just comes from being a 200/400/800m runner; but like you said I could be completely wrong. All this talk of wrecking is a...

he would have cried foul and condemened the offenders for having no respect for the tdf

Thanks for the advice so far. I feel like I'm in reasonable pretty good shape so hopefully I won't get blown out of the water, but I'm going in with reasonable expectations. Hopefully crashes will be avoided and fun will be had haha

After injuring my knee last winter running is no longer my friend, so I picked up a bike at the beginning of the summer. I mountain bike at school during the fall but have had no road experience until the last month and a half. My brother who runs but cross trains with biking convinced me...