All packed up....

Headed to Leesburg!
Then back down here to Ashland!

Be forwarned- Tired legs are a comin'

2-fer Tuesday

Tuesday brought on a day off from work. Gotta love when your b-day is a paid holiday! Anywho, with a full weekend of racing coming up this weekend I decided to make Tuesday the last day in the saddle until the preride in Leesburg on Friday. And because it was going to be my last ride I decided to make it a long hard day of riding. Went out for a 30 miler on the road in the afternoon. Gusty winds of over 25 mph made it for an exciting ride. Couldn't go anywhere on the way out and on the way back all I could think of was zoom, zoom, zoom. Easy to do with those kind of winds at your back.

Met Nate, Travis and Scott Davis out at Poor Farm for a few laps around the Spring Cup course which will be taking place on Sunday. Travis got a new ride. Seems as if you don't have a 29-er you aren't anyone. Guess that makes me a nobody. The ride was a good one even though I did have to recover the BUSS from the Poor Farm Tar Pits.

Friday brings the pre-ride for the Baker's Dozen in Leesburg with the race taking place on Saturday. Just a few hours after the Spring Cup is taking place here locally. Gonna be a long weekend of riding, driving and racing!

B-Day

This is how one should eat on their birthday. Breakfast = French Toast sticks from BK. Most them even better when you reach in the bag and find an extra order of them. Thanks BK dude! DaLaw bought me a cake for my lunching pleasures.

Dinner at The Boathouse with Jenn.

Oreo ice cream cake for dessert!

Chain Reaction

Overnight rain = Wet trails = Long road ride = Photo op of sunset over the James

Gnaring the Mountain

Made it out to PSP this afternoon with Kyle and ZNels. Been over two years since Kyle was on the ole mtb and Znels had never been on singletrack. Being a fixie rider by nature I loaned Z my trusty BUSS. He loved it and is contiplating the purchase of a SS of his own. I'm sorry Blair!

Playing a little catch up...

Finally got a day off from work so I decided to meet Scott over at PSP for a spin. Wanting to get in a road ride before meeting up with him but failing to do so, I knew I was probably "Not going anywhere for a while". So what better to eat before a long ride than a Snickers with Cytomax as a chaser.

Despite the cold, I made it out to the US OPEN on Saturday. Exciting to say the least! Watching all the ladies and gents go around the city so hastily, certainly made me want to get out and ride.

The Libby Hill Park climb

The Ladies FinishWell here it is Sunday morning and I am trying to decide which bike to take out. Looks like with yesterdays snow the trails will be a bit wet so I will probably play it safe and stick to the roads.

I Spy....

There are two things in this picture you haven't seen in awhile. Can you find them?

If you couldn't find them, they are Nate on a mountain bike ( Glad to have you back man!) and a saddle bag on the back of my bike. After apparently disappointing my fellow boy scout brotherhood, I made sure I had both the saddle bag and an extra tube with me on tonights ride. Good thing as Nate caught a flat and needed a little air.

The local wildlife activists are excited to see this almost extinct bird migrating to our area and making their homes on the banks of the James River.