Frank Schleck’s Specialized Tarmac SL2 (sick)

Frank rode this for his stage win in the last stage of the tour of cali. Saxo had two stage wins. Fabian took the win in the TT opening stage. Specialized has come through in a big way this year. Their bike designs for MTB and road are so smooth looking.

Saturday morning was cold, with some snow. I still had high motivation, but my riding partner convinced me to do our training session indoors today. The weather was not the coldest that we have ridden in, by a long shot. We have had 5 or 6 rides of smiler temp, and wind, one of which was 18 degrees for a high. I set up a pretty good room. Our goal for the month was a 5 hour ride, and he had not gotten one in yet. I was ahead of the game as I worked in on the Segul death march ride last week. That ride was bad to the bone. It should be a regular ride on Sundays.

Anyways, we watched all of the hill stages of the 2004, then 2003 tours. That killed 4 hours, and kept my mind right. The last hour we watched the Tour of Cali. 5 hours on the trainer, is the longest I have ever ridden indoors. Before today, the longest ride I had done inside was 2 hours. This was also the 2nd longest ride of 2009 for me. Besides a sore ass, the only other thing that hurt was my face. After 5 hours of towling off my face, it was raw and chapped, kind of like my ass, but there was no chamois butter.

Observations:

- Jan looked twice as strong in the 2003 tour compared to 2004

-Pure Black, tall socks are the Tech

-Saxo Banc is looking strong for this season. Frank Schleck looked super on the stage win yesterday.

-Throwing your helmet off for a climb is pro

-A Gold Chain is PRO!!! I need a gold chain!!

For a change

It was nice to not need the full winter get up this weekend. Managed a 66 mile ride with Zach and Scott P. We made it up to the Alton lock and dam. This ride put me over 200 miles for the week. That is a major confidence booster for the base training program. Sunday out team went to bush wildlife, and shot several guns. I got to shoot a SKS and a 9mm. Pretty nice weekend if you ask me.