Last Real Day

I just have a couple midterms today. Also, we're running the mile in gym. Friday is basically a party day, and my cousins are coming in from Ohio tonight!

Friday

I haven't said much about school lately...so here's a Friday report.
-Uneventful economics class.
-In Drama class, we are doing dialogue presentations next week. My friend Jay and I are performing a scene from "The Princess Bride". It's gonna be good.
-Math is always a fun class. Since our obligation is to get our lesson's homework done by the next day at 8 AM, we're allowed to talk a lot in class. A lot. It's awesome.
-Bible class had a guest speaker; this christian lawyer talked to us about responding to conflicts.
-We did 80 plyometric jumps in gym today. That made me happy. Later, we got to play Ultimate Frisbee, the third best sport in the world (to play, of course).
-We had a big competition in Spanish. Verb-Conjugation-Jeopardy. The teams got picked so that it was basically guys vs. girls. The girls won because they studied. Back at WCA, the guys DOMINATED! Everyone week or so, we'd challenge the girls to a Spanish-off. We always won. It defied physics.
-I got an 86% on my Chemistry test. It was a hard test on Lewis Dot Structures and stuff like that. Stupid Ozone.
-English class featured a grammar day! Peer reviewing our answers is fun. It's the one day we're actually able to talk in class...so I treasure it.

I rode for a small time today. Tomorrow will feature a 4 hour group ride. Let it begin!

And sorry if this post is boring.

Numb Toe Syndrom

A condition caused by cold weather that makes your toes feel really, really...numb.

Feelin' Better

I've missed my last two rides because of sickness. That's okay though, because I'm just finishing up a rest week.

Tomorrow marks 15 days left!!!

I have little to say

School is uneventful. I'm on a rest week, cycling-wise. 20 minute power test on Friday. I'm also going to start planning what I do when I get back to Michigan.

Riding Frenzy

Thursday- We got the wrong date for the Team DNA ride. We showed up at the deserted parking lot at 8. Jake, our junior recruit, showed up at 8:30. It was just the three of us, but that was okay because we just wanted do some intervals. Despite horrid Michigan-esque wind and some stomach pain, the two seventeen minute intervals went fine.

Friday- 3 hour ride with Chris. It started off easy at first, but then kind of turned into a slightly tempoish affair. As my previous post explained, I accidentally rode with a riding glove velcroed to my chamois. It was painful.

Today- Team DNA group ride. Jake showed up for the sufferfest. Going down Bush Highway, a couple of the climbers attacked. Dad and I hauled them back, splitting the group at the same time. The six of us drilled it in zone 5 for ten minutes. When we reached the intersection to turn onto Usery Pass, a couple of us took a quick pit stop, while the others kept on going up the hill without us. Dad and I were the last to get back onto the road. I wanted to ride all out to catch the group, but Heavy D told me to be patient. We would gradually pull them back. Fighting a vicious crosswind, we slowly passed riders who had been shed off. We caught up to the front two riders and passed them. They latched onto us when I took a weak pull, but Dad and I crested the top one-two. We are so competitive.
Jake did uber well on his first real group ride. He's already turning into a bike racer.


Tomorrow, I get a nice recovery ride. Monday, I get a day off. I've had way too much intensity!

2 Problems Solved

I had the most ghastly saddle sores on my ride today, regardless of how much chamois cream I used. Also, I couldn't find my riding gloves, so my hands were cold on the ride.

When I got home after fifty miles of saddle sore pain, I realized two things:

1. Where one of my riding gloves was.
2. Why I was getting saddle sores



............I am a moron.