December 1st...time to transition. I've had close to two weeks off now and it's time to strat transition training . Easy 30" ride on the rollers today. Felt good b/c of stressfull day at work etc. Got a chance to listen to some RAM and FF's during the ride.
Plan on joining Peak Fitness for strength training and "spinervals". Goal in the "off" season would be to try and ride outside at least once a week. Also looks like I'll probably put the F1x on the trainer. Hate to do it but my trainer bike is begining to disintegrate. A real POS. I'll give it another try after my ccle-ops gets replaced and if the bike is fucked then the F1x will have to suffer.

Ordered my ORBEA road frame yesterday. Very excited and can't wait to see how it builds up. Still trying to decide where to put the most $'s. On the groupo or the wheels. I really like the Ksyriums but holy cow are they expensive.

Starting to put together my race schedule for next year and prioritise them. As always my calendar will be full but how many races I actually get to do will change. Thinking about the 24/9 race. Either a 12 hr solo or a 4 man 24hr team. I think Me, Jeff and two other good riders could give a good run for the 40+ masters race. I'm thinking Darin and Geoff. We'll see.

That's all for now...hopefully a little outside riding this weekend. And lets not forget snowboarding in Feb. Begining to make plans w/ Orinjok..can't wait!!!

Well I figure I should enter the new age of "blogs" . I don't expect anyone to ever read this but myself .....so I'll consider It my own little parcel of cyberspace to do what I want. The intention here is to document my entry into the world of cyclocross. Tried it a few times and really liked it. I've done only 3 races this year and I think I can get two more in before the end of the year. The next to the last being the finale of the WCS cyclocross series and the last being the Jinglecross in Coralville, Iowa. So far I can't really decide where I want to fit in race-wise. The 40+ age group is very competitive but I'm not sure if racing the killer B's would be more exciting. I'm thinking of doing one more 40+ for the WCS series and considering the B's for Iowa. The 40+ in Iowa is only 35" + 1 lap. An awful long road trip for a 35" race. Might be kinda fun to "end" the season with a good race though instead of getting schooled on my last effort. For next season I'm totally considering doing the Alan Factory Team deal. I've already made contact with Renee Callaway who heads the recruiting effort. All the deals for the frames seem pretty good. Sucks though b/c I just bought a new Felt F1X crosser. Oh well what's one more bike in the barn. I'll just put the groupo on the new Alan rig and I'll be good to go. Time to put the kids to bed so over and out....