Saturday, December 2, 2006

Tis the start of the season...

With December comes the start of two seasons - the Christmas season and my cycling season. We put the tree up today to kick off the Christmas season and this week will mark the beginning of the cycling season. I have a few goals for the upcoming season. Let me put these on paper for all to see:
  • Sub 5 hour century
  • Eight century rides this year (don't all have to be organized rides)
  • STP in less than 11 hours
  • Get to 195 pounds
  • Ride the "Hotter 'N Hell Hundred" with Hogg and Trickle - all of us under 5 hours

The last one is a teamwork goal. I know if we all prepare well for the ride, working together we can get to sub 5 hours on the century. We probably could have done it last year but we all got carried away in backing up our yaba da doo's. Let's get it done together this year. Don't get me wrong, this won't diminish the amount of trash talking, um, excuse me, the motivational literature posted on the various blogs. Let's go.

I got my other laptop back, finally! I was looking through the files and saw some pictures. I need to copy all the personal stuff off so I can get the hard drive sanitized before selling the laptop. So, if any are interested in a Dell Inspirion 5150 Laptop with a mobile Intel Pentium 4 - 2 Ghz processor with 512 of RAM and a 40 Gig hard drive, let me know because I plan on selling it.

Here are a few pictures from the last little bit I thought to post, mostly of family.

Christine with some of her friends before leaving Texas.

Us and the Dunfords before our treks West!

The kids at Bob's house in January.

Ride for the Roses in Austin, October 2005.

The new J - O - B.

Trickle's first ride.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I am down with that plan. Since I am already at 195 pounds, I will need to adjust. I am game for the 8 centuries. I am planning on the Solvang as the kick-off. I think I could have done a sub 5 hour this last HHH if it had not been for the heat, the long drive, the back, the neck, the legs, the food I ate during the ride, the lack of water I took in, the last 20 miles, the wind, and did I mention the heat? If we can pull each other taking turns I know we can do it. Can't wait...