Leelanau

Note the last event on the USA Pro Cycling Tour for 2007!!!

2007 USA Cycling Professional Tour

Feb. 18-25: AMGEN Tour of California – California (2.HC)
Apr. 7: U.S. Cycling Open – Richmond, Va. (1.1)
Apr. 16-22: Tour de Georgia – Georgia (2.HC)
June 3: Commerce Bank Lancaster Classic – Lancaster, Pa. (1.1)
June 7: Commerce Bank Reading Classic – Reading, Pa. (1.1)
June 10: Commerce Bank International Championship – Philadelphia, Pa. (1.HC)
June 17: Austin Men’s Invitational – Austin, Texas (1.1)
June 23: Saturn Rochester Twilight Criterium – Rochester, N.Y. (1.2)
June 30-July 7: Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah – Utah (2.2)
Aug. 19: USA Cycling Professional Criterium Championships – Downer’s Grove, Ill.
Sept. 1: The Cliffs USA Cycling Professional Time Trial Championships – Greenville, S.C.
Sept. 3: The Cliffs USA Cycling Professional Road Championships – Greenville, S.C.
Sept. 8: Univest Grand Prix – Souderton, Pa. (1.2)
Sept. 11-16: Tour of Missouri – Missouri (2.1)
Sept. 15: Tour de Leelanau – Traverse City, Mich. (1.2)

The Kill

Today, while at work I was looking for something entertaining to read. I shit you not I stumbled upon an article of the Dave Zabriske of music and acting. The lead singer of 30 Seconds to Mars, Jared Leto was featured in Blender this month. He has the personality of really not giving a shit about what people think. The guy is pretty fucking awesome, not to mention he plays a good Steve Prefontaine in Prefontaine(1997). His quote is one to live buy, "I kill myself for my craft, literally". Honestly why are there not more people like this in the world, rather than those people who want you to hear all the boring bullshit going on in there lives like I am doing right now. Over and Out!!! Check out 30 Seconds to Mars if you are so inclined.

Eat some Doody!!!

A picture os me Stine and Brad drinking Beer on New Years!!! Don't really remember this night!!

OLD SHIT!!!

This was on the front page of the newspaper the day after my big WIN in HS!!!! Thanks Rod Greenwood for the nice laminated photo!!!
Running for WMU in 2000!!!
Drunken and disorderly!!!
PRE-MAC Meet in 2000!!!
Hot girl at the bar asked to see my tanlines!!!!!

Heres some old pictures of endeavors!!!!!

Time for a break.....

A break from school that is. Ah, it is going to be refreshing, but I still have to work all week. I can not even go home over Thanksgiving due to the fact that my car is in the shop. I have the pleasure of having my transmission replaced. My car has been fuct for the past few months so it is needed badly. Nothing new in Good ole Kalamazoo other than some riding, and lots of that the past fews days, and also a bachelor party this Saturday. One of my old XC and track teammates from WMU is getting married soon and we are going to hit up the town this Saturday. This means many old friends and lots of tomfoolery. Its going to be a nasty night. Ciao!!!! I can't wait until all of my old boys are back in town. T-minus 4 days and counting.

Some more Favorites!!!

Thumbs up before the Fury!!!
Ex CAT 3 Superweek overall champion defeated by ME!!!!!!
Boom, the legs are putting in WORK!!!!!
Leading with 1K to go at WMU Road Race!!!!!!!
Bombing at the Lansing Crit, with Alex looking on!!!!

Wow she is Beautiful!!!

So I met this girl...... and her name is Taryn. And I am not even kidding this girl is absolutely beautiful. It was so bad that I did have to ask our 17 year old teammate to go grease the wheels for me. HMMMM, I am a damn sissy. Once she came over and we started talking I was just like hey can I get your number???? To my surprise she said yes. My roommate and best friend Matt said it is because I exude confidence. He thinks a lot of people mistake me for being cocky, and thats why he thinks women like me. "If you act like your special then some women may believe it, no matter what you look like." Awesome though. Other than that, school, work, yada, yada, got a 24 hour flu bug. But yeah Taryn is sexy, hahahaha. Over and out!!!! Thank Nicky for the comments on my paper, Love ya!!!

renew????

So it was pretty chilly out today, though not cold enough for the winter booties yet.... I did have enough of non rain to get 2 and a half hours in and I felt really good, so I hit up some longer climbs that Kalamazoo has to offer. Other than that I have just been trying to renew my sponsorship with Maxxis, because lets face it there Courchevel tires are amazing. I think I got damn near 40 races and training on one pair of tires this past season. I already receiver confirmation that I will have my Sidi sponsorship again. So thats a good sign.
Tomorrow the big boys that WMU cycling has to offer has a nice 3-4 hour ride to do, which I look forward to with eager anticipation. I also have bowling league tomorrow night and a dreaded paper to write for Tuesday nights class. I chose to write the paper on the importance of recess in Elementary School. I mean lets face it, kids are getting fatter each year. So that is my plan of action. If any of you are reading this come out and support WMU Cycling Wednesday at the flagpoles, we have our annual ride-a-thon to try to raise some extra cash. OK back to work !!! Later Dudes

Some favorites and back at it

Jer Bear Rollin at the WMU circuit race!!!
Mike Rabe Stage race after the bee sting on the hand!
AAVC Spring series race, going solo near the end to catch remnants of the break!
Trying to FLY at Ada!!!
Josh and myself at Purdue getting ready for the ITT!

These are a few of my favorite pictures from the 2006 racing season. As I have gotten back to training I have had the pleasant surprise of great happiness lately. Not to mention the fact that I have A's in all my classes this semester thus far. I also got a 95% on my math exam today, so Giddy up. The weather is really depressing right now.....RAIN. Its calling for snow tomorrow, so I may be on the cross bike or in on the trainer, but I want to ride so will do what is needed. Other than that, I already got my Christmas present and I am typing away on my brand new laptop. Now it is a super computer, but it is much better than what I had. Thanks mom and dad, you guys are awesome. I really can't wait for some home cooking at Thanksgiving. I also have been put on Adderal for my severe ADHD. I knew something was wrong, but this has helped a lot to just focus on what I need to do. The only problem is that I took the medication too late one night and spent 42 hours without sleep.
Anyways, on to another subject, I can't believe Discovery signed Basso. I mean I am elated that he is on a PRO TOUR team, but are they taking a risk of him not riding Le Tour or Giro???? Time will tell. Let me know what you think about the Basso situation if you would like. I also want to thank Doug Gatto for his season long dedication to taking pictures of everyone while they race. I am thinking about getting a digital camera so I can get some action pictures of Doug to return the favor. I also would like to thank Kevin Vichinsky, Andrey Bucharov, and Zolton Cohen for the pictures above as well. We have to give props to those who help us relive our sporting lives through pictures and or video!!! Thanks to all who do this. I AM OUT!!!!

Busy Life

Ah, I feel like a new little boy. I actually slept in today, as I have been doing lately, and went to work for an hour, yes ONE hour, I realized it was too nice out to not ride my bike so I asked a favor of a co-worker and went for a 2 hour crusher. My fitness is still really good, but I did realize it is not as good as it was, so now the work starts. Today was the first day I wanted to ride and it felt great. I would like to thank Nicky, Jeff, Doug, MI scene man, and all of you who have encouraged me to keep plugging along. I actually took some medicine for my ADHD today and it helped tremendously. I sat down and did math for 5 hours straight. I have a quiz tomorrow so I want to get another 100%. I realized my cycling goals have also transfered over to school finally. I hate getting 90%, because that means there is room for improvement. I just can't wait for february and the first race of the year..... Schaboble Road Race. It should be a KILLER!!!! I hope to see you Nicky when you come to town this weekend, we can listen to some G-Unit, haha. Inside joke there. I am off to bed to sleep for 5 hours and go take that quiz!!! Peace and Love!!!

Want some Curry with that???

So I realized why this second degree is putting it to me..... an Indian teacher who can not teach and can not speak english coherently!!! I am not saying anything about foreigners, because I know and like a lot of them, I just wish WMU would put teachers in classes who know HOW to TEACH. This teacher teaches us one way to do equations, then I get my book open later at night and I realize they have a different way of explaining everything. So I am left to teach myself, I do have a 92% in the class as of right now, but I have done it all on my own. Fucking balls.
I have been back on the bike though and it gets a lot of anger out, even when my idiot roommate and his drunken friends are playing video games and drinking while I ride the trainer. If I didn't ride I would be about 3 days away from sticking a goddamn pair of scissors through my skull some days. Other than that, I am just looking to ride as much as possible this winter and still do the school thing. I have a lot of friends who have been telling me to keep my head up, and even one well respected State Champion who invited me to dinner, so thanks to everyone for giving me the support. Hopefullynthese posts will get more eventful very soon, cuz lets face it, my life is BORING right now. Also the Michigan scene blog author, whomever you may be, great job with the blog and thanks for the kind words. My friends are waiting for me, I am just to dumb to see it at times!!!! As Jim Rome would say I AM OUT!!!! Oh yeah Giddy up COLTS, my boys Peyton, Marvin and Reggie Wayne are tearing it up for my fantasy team!!! Gotta love that!

Seen Better Days!!!

So I know my updates have been few and far between, there are reasons for this and I am going to let my readers in on them. I have been really depressed lately and in all honesty I have taken more days off in the past 5 weeks then I have in the past 2 years combined. I just have been really down on how much debt I will be in after my second degree and really can't seem to get that off my mind. I know everything hapens for a reason and yada yada yada, but I can't help feeling lost. I have not had contact with many people lately and at this point I don't really know if I want to ride anymore! Time will tell I guess. I am OUT!!!