Bike and Build

Oh my! Two posts in one day! Alex must be wanting to go home right now...

My friend Sharon is doing this crazy thing called Bike and Build, where a bunch of young people bike across the country and build houses as they go. Its pretty cool, although they're being pampered with full support and stuff. I figured I would give a shout out to her blog, since if you're reading this you're probably looking for something, anything, to pass the time this Friday afternoon...

It's a little late now, but you can still donate to the bike and build cause. Definitely a good cause.

I promise, no more useless posts. Until next week.

More gratuitous [roller] skiing pictures

Paul Stone was driving around with a camera during one of our OD skis at the Lake Placid camp, so here are some rollerskiing shots of me and Kat Howe.

Cutler

I realized two things today. That I can't turn my bike to the right and that I can't be trusted to pick out a matching outfit in the morning. At least I got something for the top, something for the bottom, and most of the requisite undergarments...

In the spirit of more garmin pics, here is one from Cutler park. This is a park in Newton, it does the trick for those of us who don't live by the Fells but still want to ride bikes. I figured I go all Colin on you and annotate the picture, to make exploration of the park easier for anyone so inclined. These are great trails for goofing around on a cross bike...



And in other news, I'm racing a crit in two days. When was the last time I rode in a pack? Oh yeah, like two years ago. Here's to the rubber side down...

Garmin pictures from last weekend

This one is from a mt bike ride in VT. 1800ft of climb over 9 miles, I don't know if that is a lot, but it felt like a lot.


This one is from a run. 2347 feet of climb.


These two are from a rollerski (I don't know why I felt the need to put up two pictures, I guess just so you can see the hill from both sides?). 3961 feet of ascent over 26 miles. That also felt like a lot.



And finally the garmin picture from the hike we did in Lake Placid. We did a loop, but the battery died while out there, which is why it looks like we didn't do a loop. The big peak we went over is lower wolf jaw.

A screw and glue party!

Because how else does one attach excessive amounts of fireworks to a board?



First you do the actual attaching of fireworks to boards.






Then you go ride your bike all day. I rode this scary log thing, and given my mortal fear of logs, I'm darn proud of me.


Then you go to the picnic, byob. Who brought the damn athlete to the party??




Then Ed's cousin Rob makes the little kids churn ice cream. And forgets how to count as he's counting off their ten rotations...


Definitely the most popular guy around right now


Dee hands out the sparklers.

And then, things go boom.

Is it vacation yet?

ugggggghhhhhh






Yup!

(Spot the rollerskier!)

A picture!

I found a photo! this is from the Coyote Hill mt bike race I did like a month ago.