Good day...

i am tried and going to bed, but i had a good day. i got up- about
an hour past disciplined (i.e. missed the group 8am ride...) but got
on my bike and was exited to get some miles in. i had brought along
my ipod and harry potter- planning on doing basemiles with me, myself
and i for company.

but, as i was leaving my house, i saw a group of 5 riders. i decided
to tag along and crash their little party. one had an NU jersey on
(northwestern uni), so i figured i might know him. turns out we had
not met, but he knew me via email (mostly making fun of the NU guys
for riding inside during the winter when THIS california girl had no
problem with the cold--- but i WAS bored riding by myself and kept
trying to get them to ride with me).

anyway, so i had planned on doing 40ish miles. really only wanted to
ride 2-2.5 hours. my computer battery was dead, so i am not sure
what we did. but, i rode with chris (nu), sasha (some guy from
portland who wanted to hammer and kept almost dropping me), trevor
(?), jason (some tri guy) and the other guy dropped off after about
20 miles and i did not get a chance to talk to him.

we hammered pretty good a couple times. there were a few sprints
that they attacked each other on and it reminded me of riding with my
boys back in santa cruz- except they didn't suck! kidding. i miss
santa cruz riding. but today was a BEAUTIFUL day. not too cold and
the leaves were turning. i was about to head back at what i was
pretty sure would end up being about a 40-50 mile day... but they
told me to stay on that they weren't going much farther. HA!

they lied- we ended up riding forever, it was good to be out there.
but we probably did 60-70. not sure, but it FELT like 60-70! you
know you have not been riding enough when your butt hurts when you
get on the bike... my butt was sore from yesterday! anyway, it was a
good ride.

then andrew and i went to a wedding. i had not been excited to go,
but it turned out to be a REALLY fun wedding and we got to see a
bunch of people who we went to peru with last year. i have not seen
them in ages and they are all great people. danced a lot in high
heels- not my typical attire. feet HURT!

THEN.... we went to a bar to watch cal trounce oregon in football!
GO BEARS! it was awesome! aside from the fact that it is not fun to
be in a bar wearing a backless dress and gilttery high heels... the
old guys there seemed to love me. andrew thought it was hilarious.

i am also SUPER excited because my time trial bike came today... my
friends in santa cruz shipped it out to me. i have not ridden it in
a while and am looking forward to riding on it. i have not opened
the box yet because i didn't have time to build it up. but i am SO
excited! i really can't wait. it was really nice of them to ship it
out for me. thanks guys.

there is a crit tomorrow that i was thinking about doing. chris on
teh ride today told me about it. but i just found out info on it
online... an hour drive. flat, four corners... and the purse is
100/3. uh, i think taht i will pass. after paying $25... i am not
sure that sounds like much fun. if it were a cool course- then
maybe. but flat four corners just don't give me the rush that
compensates for a shitty payout and a high reg fee. man, i am such a
snob! actually- had i gotten in touch with those guys earlier and
arrange to carpool- then i would go. i would actually like to check
out the race scene here, but it is just not worth the drive. now if
it were the downers grove course... MAN that is a fun course!
anyway, so it is WAY past my bedtime. andrew is already asleep. but
it was a fun day. will do some sort of a ride tomorrow. maybe back
on the fixie if i can handle it!

bye!