Today, tomorrow and every day

today was beautiful out- probably in the 60's. after yesterday, i
was really excited to get out and ride this morning. i had gone to
the bike shop and gotten another bolt for the seat post on my TT bike
to keep it from slipping... so i planned on riding it today.

it was a great day out! i had originally planned to ride for 2
hours, but i had to carpool up to the city with andrew since i was
going to go to the med school and use their copy of genemapper.
since i got a bit of a late start- i had to fix my headset which was
loose- i only got to ride for 1.5 hours. the problem with the TT
bike is that it makes me want to ride hard. i was supposed to be
riding endurance, but i ended up riding tempo. not too hard, but
definitely breathing harder than i should be.

it felt good to be out. i keep tweaking my position and getting more
and more comfortable on it. i am really starting to like it a lot.
with my old road bikes (before i got the look), it usually took me a
few hundred miles to get settled in and comfortable on the bike. the
look was perfect right away!... so i told myself when i was riding
today, that this was no different. i have probably only put at most
60 miles on that bike. it is still a baby.

anyway, so i am loving it. i really want to train my weaknesses...
when i ride it- i really do focus a lot on picturing me time
trialing. is it too ambitious a goal to want to beat kristin
armstrong? nah! well- maybe that is a bit of a stretch, but i want
to win a TT. that is what i want to be able to do. i want to look
forward to a TT. i want to be able to burry myself. that is what i
picture when i ride that bike. perhaps that is why i have more
trouble doing a regular endurance ride...

on a different note: i am excited to say that liza rachetto committed
to our team!!!! i am really excited. liza was on lipton for the
last few years and i know her from that camp from last summer. she
had been talking to other teams, but really wanted to race for us.
she just told linda the other day. so- that is great news. not only
is liza strong on a bike, she is SUPER fun and also is the "mayor"
and knows everyone and everything. she wants to help with running
the team in terms of getting host housing, additional funds to get to
races etc. she also knows of all these small races that few people
go to that have big purses... so, she will be great all around.

so that is good news.

anyway- back to work for me. i reanalyzed a bunch of my samples and
now have to figure out what they all mean. i might be able to redo
some of the stuff when i am back in santa cruz this winter. so, we
will see. first though- figure out what i HAVE and what i don't have...