the stationary stimulations

First post!@ in a while.

Training time begins, and by begins, I mean I have been training for a few weeks now and I’m feeling strong.

First things first, my goals are new they involve, rather do not involve different people. Being 1st has its own advantages but my goals are about me, and being the best that I can be in order to be at the top. I know that I have the ability to be a top athlete so it all start(ed two weeks ago)s now.

Ive been doing a bunch of reading now, including this book

http://www.peakscoachinggroup.com/store/store.php/products/bike-racing-for-juniors,

no don’t buy it from them, if u want to read it, which you should, then ask me to borrow it.

Back to the book, its gone over some fundamentals including talent, and training and has this excellent chart that covers a season of training with two bars, one for intensity and another for volume, right now im training my base, lots and lots of kilometers at very little intensity.

So for today’s ride, (that was supposed to be a gym day)

I did crunches and push-ups, and then went outside because the trainer was kicking me in the face. However good of a workout the trainer is, it is getting harder to stick with. I have to think of my goals, break up the workout into parts.

Today’s ride, involved snow, which on slick tires is really cool and deadly which leads me to my next segment

WORDS OF WISDOM MONDAY DECEMBER 17th 2009

When you are biking (on your road bike) in limited visibility and approaching an intersection. Be courteous and stop.

However exciting sliding through the intersection (clear intersection, dont worry mom) is, avoid it, especially if there is a patch of slush in the middle and cars approaching.

Hey, whatever I can do to make your life better, I’ll do it.

Until later

JUG

I need to fix this, this ugly blog is brought to you through Safari.

Jodie dosent have anything to do with the title of this blog.

Todays ride was good, it was hosted by Scott, we rode out to “not sure where” and we proceeded to continue in some direction or another, but im pretty sure he was planning it the whole time. the evil deciept of the biggest hill in the reigion.

My new goal: not to become a pro, that was yesterdays goal, todays is to conquer that damn hill, of course i conqured it today, but I want to do it with ease, like it was nothing more than a pothole, a gap in the road.

Then i can talk, and maybe even brag about my preformance on the bike.

Trust me this wont be the last time you hear about this hill.

14 mintues till im 19, im excited and currently studying for a law midterm that I have tomorrow night. Yeah thats right as cruel as it is I have a law midterm on my birthday, on the EVENING of my birthday, and apparently “Thursday is like, the weekend” I am missing out, bigtime.

Cheers to the big One Nine 10 years to make it big.

SO Janna is my nutritionist, she’s gonna get me to that 180, if not
there will be trouble

she just told me to dream, so im going to

Goodnight!

JANNA THIS WAS YOUR MENTION

Today was awesome!
I had a meeting with Geoff, my Entrepreneurship prof who let me know what I should be doing in order to get the UWCC off the ground. He gave me some great tips but it all seemed so obvious.

ride ride ride, I heard it before and I heard it again.

He didnt really say “ride ride ride” he said that in order for us to get sponsorships go to some bike shops around town, take it easy and slow. But most importantly, or at least most importantly to me is that we need to get RESULTS! which will require training the ass off, etc.

I decided that however great my offer to guelph is, I am still going to try to get a job with Miller Waste in Markham. It will allow me to do training at home and get all my hours in at work on a real budget which is AWESOME!

Todays ride was perfect, last week at this time there was almost snow on the ground, today it was 16 degrees and the leaves were alll yellow everywhere I looked.

I can only wait for the winter to come to see, no leaves, no sun and oh that 16 degrees, try neg 26.

On a good note, Im studying for a midterm that I have tomorrow, its going to be on Industrial Ecology and yeah i have no idea what the course is either, hence some redbull will assist me in the learning process.

So Ryleas working till 11, some time to get something done.. pretty unfortunate

HOWEVER im glad I get to see u tonite ryles

Cheers from the island of studying.

Well today was awesome in most respects!

It started off late (around 10) when I woke up and told myself that its time to get up because otherwise I would waste the rest of the day.

The next 5 hours were spent preparing for.. or riding to(and getting lost)/in/around Guelph and surrounding area.

It was a great time, I rode with Stefanie Clarke, she’s a pretty good rider from guelph, We proceeded to see the entire town, riding through the awesome houses and in campus.

I started thinking about the University of Waterloo Cycling Club (UWCC for short) and how underdeveloped it is.

I decided to take the task of making it big…

In store I have,
- Major Sponsors
- Rebranding
- the Gold, Silver, Bronze support program.
- a Coach!

So look for some major improvements from the UWCC in the near future, and if you are in Waterloo, or the Tri-City area, watch out for “I like to bike” the kid specific cycling tour to teach and guide kids in the right direction when biking in Waterloo (coming this spring)

Thats the extent of my brain capacity for the day,

Cheers to riding, riding and riding, and thanks again Stef for hosting the ride in Guelph today, much appreciated.

Today was pretty excellent..

I rode to plattsville, but not before getting lost in cambridge, and then following the only street sign I knew would lead me in the right direction.

This sign took me to plattsville, which is not where I wanted to be, but regardless was a good pitstop before I continued, I got to grab a bite to eat and got back on the road.

Scott: sorry man,

I was supposed to meet scott on my way back and his way out but we rode by each other, I hardly recognized the kit, but when i did, turned and started riding back he was gone!

pretty CRAZY!

3 Hr fartleck tomorrow
and trust me, Its as shitty as it seems.
pun pun pun

anyways, I would 100% rather be biking than studying, and I do not think that this is a good thing at this point in time.

Tomorrows schedule includes some law readings, some sociology readings and time to work out something with my entrepreneurship group because I have NO idea whats going on. (bad thing) but its a relativley simple class (good thing).

Now ill end the night by saying roomate 1 needs to turn down the “movie about Jesus” where there is currently a woman a) giving birth
b) having some sort of extreme breakdown
c) doing the dirty

c) is probably the most likely option given the context, and thats what I will stick with,

Hey, the neigbours bought some fireworks!!! I can put off sleeping for a little longer…

Cheers

. to nosy people, they make things such as nose plugs (buy some)

heres a set that I think would fit perfect, only 29.99 http://www.bombergear.com/2009_2/img/p/44-300-large.jpg

Waterloo, is the place I am talking about, today I rode for about two hours, to make up for tonight and the lack of riding yesterday. During this ride I had serious thoughts about what I am doing here. in this place called Waterloo, I know I was put here to get a good education, and learn alot… which I am.

But there is something missing.

This time of year the leaves start falling off the trees, squirrels stop burying food, and go into hiding, hibernation.

Usually hibernating animals sleep, their heart-rate slows, they do nothing, let the fat they gathered from the summer and fall months get used. and in the spring they wake up, hungry and malnourished.

Now the human animals, me in specific, how am I expected to train for 13 hours a week in a basement.

Its cruel to myself, but enough complaining, I am ready for some fooood, i.e. leftover turkey, which IS still good…

Waterloo… more after the img

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Its in the fridge waiting to be prepared, but right now I am having trouble thinking of why we need fridges In the winter. What if we could just use the cold, from outside, to cool all of our food in the winter?

That would save plenty much energy, decrease carbon footprints, and SAVE THE WORLD!

Now that im saving the world, I wonder.. does anyone out there want to help me do so..

This would more likeley be in the form of saving the world by biking my ass off, but I think thats good enough.

Good night planned, some time with Rylea and a kegger, with what? 3 kegs? oh..

Cheers to tonight

“But ride ride ride. Nothing is as good as the experience of racing”

I asked for some advice earlier this week about what to do in regards to
being a pro in the future.

My chances aren’t slim, ha no pun intended, I’m slim..

Ted let me know that his first bike race was when he was 20 years old, heck ive got 2 years to get myself pro and I know it will happen.

Right now, im “listening” to a lecture about the function and functional units, “things that are hugely important if you are doing comparative stuff”

Apples to apples man…

Lifecycle analysis, I really should be taking notes.. more later

7:37 P.M.

This is later, Law class, its time for a break, Preventative orders is the last thing we discussed, and I really don’t know what they refer to, they prevent, and they are orders.. well that’s good enough

I think I need to invest, in a track bike

http://www.specialized.com/us/en/bc/SBCBkModel.jsp?sid=07Langster

but… for 3800 dollars, I might want to reconsider…

DAMNIT writing this blog is hard, class has started again

More… later.. later

Another break I think I might post this time,

The words of wisdom come from Ted King not Buddha

Cheers to all

You know when you’ve gone for a really long ride, maybe from Alberta to Manitoba, and your exhausted, really exhausted
You’re tired but feel accomplished, you’ve got nothing left in the tank, but you feel like you could go on for days.
- at this point you’re thinking, that’s SHITTY
But it isn’t, it’s the greatest feeling in the world, that’s how I feel.

Cheers to it all

Seems like the perfect combination no?

Well its not, but that’s something you’ve got to live with, with roommates. It smells like a grocery store in here too. I haven’t accomplished much this afternoon, i read about 100 pages of law, and now I need to get on the trainer for about two hours. Im pretty sure its poker night, again, for the fourth consecutive night. Time to LOOOOOOSE some money again.

In all scholarly seriousness I’ve got some studying to do, a “quiz” in Industrial Ecology followed by a midterm in Environmental Managment systems is ahead of me tomorrow starting at 10:30 A.M. all the way t past 4 P.M.

Mom, if you are reading this, I sent the invoice for residence via fedex, next day guaranteed.

Could you believe it, the government thinks I was lying about how much residence fees were last semester, thats great.. I had to send two pieces of paper for 20 bucks (about 18.95 USD for the americans) to my mom for the govt to be happy. Those 20 bucks could have bought me a whole lot of liccorice, or cheap black coffee, either or better than the empty wallet I am left with.

I’m going to go study, no bike, no… Study. Until I feel like staring at a wall, pedalling till it gets light out.

“Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.” ~Buddha

The last post from tinybuddha on twitter, thankfully riding my bike gives me peace. (MORE BUDDHA = http://twitter.com/tinybuddha)

This ride is for Seb, for helping me out today, and always.

Cheers