on the truly weaker side of things

well, here's to hoping that A1 got out today - here's what went down:

saturday night i was on the horn with DEA, and i hear that steak sauce is planning on doing a dirt ride instead of the epic madness that JJ and the good dr. had planned. me, thinking that discretion is the better part of valor, said that maybe i should cop out and go with him. i mean, i need the practice on dirt, right? right.

well, following that conversation i got the freak on the phone and we made tentative plans to get at it bright and early sunday morning. i'm liking this. maybe a cruise down the power lines to meet up near wal-mart, then a trip across peaked, over cranmore and down red tail. i'm liking it.

we hit sunday, 7am, bright and early, i get on the horn to call mr. steak sauce, and found that riding might not be on his agenda. fair enough, says i, it gives me more time to sleep! little did i know that not more than five minutes after i'd hung up the phone and gone back to sleepytown, A1 called back, having changed his mind. i was blissfully unaware of this situation, and continued on sleeping until around 9:30 when i bolted out of bed a full FIVE HOURS after DEA and JJ took off.

no, i'm not a slacker.

but, i did deviate from my plan a bit, going up red tail (my nemisis), down cranmore, and then around whitaker woods like a top for a bit. total saddle time, about 2 1/2 hours. not epic. but good! and despite a bit of hike-a-bike up red tail (that damned thing is just too technical for a schlub like me), it was a very brisk pace (about 45 minutes not counting passing a couple of downhillers i chatted with), which was very much worth the effort - i felt pretty good! and were i not such a hard guy to self-motivate, i definitely could and should have turned right around and gone up cranmore again. instead, whitaker woods served as a pretty decent cooldown.

unfortunately, i didn't get the massive saddle time that our two meatheads managed to put in (although i can safely say that i didn't get the sunburn they did either - i did, however, get shredded by some berry and thorn bushes, yeah!!). however, i also learned that on a hot day i go through 72 ounces of water really effing fast. something to think of as we near jay...

korea slim off to bed.