Trying to keep up

I can't believe that it's already the middle of December. So far, winter has been flying by...which is a good thing! Between work, training, and sponsorship stuff, I've been busy and trying to hang on.

After a few really nasty snow days we finally had a break in the weather. Just in time for the VCC dessert ride. Scott and Jeremy put the finishing touches on my new winter bike so that I could test it out.

It's awesome on so many different levels....

Right now the bike has 3 chain rings, but no front derailleur. So if I want to switch to a bigger or smaller ring in the front, I literally have to get off of my bike and do it by hand. Again, so awesome :-)

We ended up riding for about 2 hours, and it felt great to be outside and breathing fresh air. Holland currently has WAY less snow then Grand Rapids, which was an added bonus. It was nice to actually see the shoulder of the road!

And there was plenty of "recovery" food waiting back at the shop!

Afterwards I had to put in another 2 hours on the trainer. I think that I may have burned off about half of the calories that I consumed! Or maybe not. Scott made his chocolate-chip-cookigasms for the ride and they are becoming a real problem for me. I can't stop eating them. Usually I have pretty good self-control, but not in this case. I would post his recipe, but trust me. I'm doing you a HUGE favor by not sharing it!!!

And in other news, I have most of my 2010 race schedule and sponsors finalized. I can't wait to share, as I am working with some really great companies and will be racing on AWESOME product.

Some of it's already rolling in.....

I'm so excited to be racing on Rotor cranksets again!!!!!! I raced on them 2 years ago, and loved how each pedal stroke felt. And don't get me started on how they look. See those smudges on the packaging? That's my drool!!!

Right now, it looks like more snow is on the horizon, but that's OK. My coach is keeping me plenty busy with intervals, and I'm going to try and get out on the road whenever I can. When I initially talked to Lynda about winter training, she mentioned that I should try to get away somewhere warm to get some long rides in. I protested and said that I wanted to save all of my nickels and dimes for the race season.

Yeah right.

First snow storm of the year and I was on my computer, checking flight prices to Phoenix. Lucky Jason! Thanks to him and his wife, one of my best friends and I get to have a mini-spring training camp based out of their house. I'm flying out at the end of January and can't wait to ride actual single track again! And it won't matter if I can't afford food while I'm there. The amount of calories I've gotten from all of the chocolate chip cookies I've consumed will keep me pedaling through the next couple of months :-)