Spinning...really, really fast

My weekend consisted of dirt, pavement and sand.

And Swedish fish (which is one of my favorite emergency ride foods!)

I have to admit that I went into panic mode a little bit this weekend. For the longest time we seemed to be permanently stuck in winter, and all of a sudden it's full on race mode. I'm racing the next two weekends, and Lumberjack is coming up slowly but surely.

I spent 4 hours on my SS this past Saturday and definitely need to get more ride time on it. I'm fine on the trail, but completely suck on any sort of flat. Instead of pedaling really fast I kind of pedal, pedal, coast. Pedal, pedal, coast. It's a really bad habit and I need to eliminate the coasting part and teach myself how to pedal with a really fast rpm. I see more SS rides to the trail in my future :-) That way I can practice on flat roads. Plus, the adrenaline rush I get from trying to make it through a busy intersection before the light changes is great!

By the end of my ride I was completely tanked. I forget how much more of my back and arms I use when I only have one gear. Afterwards I dropped my Selma off to the Ada Bike Shop. It's getting a "facelift," but hopefully I will get it back in a day or two. Or maybe today if I'm lucky!

Sunday was another great day outside. I rode my Chili out to the beach and back which was good for 77 miles. It was a perfect ride day and I followed it up with a perfect nap. Afterwards I did have to go into work, but no one wants to read about that, right? ha ha.

Photo shoot with the Chili. Right after I took this picture it started rolling towards the lake. Talk about an instant heart attack!

I'm not the only one enjoying the nice weather either. Naomi was finally able to get some quality time outside in the sun in her new DOGGLES. Ok, first of all, I want everyone in the blogosphere universe to know that I DID NOT buy doggles for my dog just for the fun of it. I need to make that absolutely clear. In fact, until a month ago the word doggle didn't even exist in my vocabulary.

Naomi was recently diagnosed with an autoimmune disease that attacks her eyes :-( Poor doggy. Luckily it can be controlled with eye drops, but her eyes can't be exposed to the sun. The good news is that we live in Michigan, and the sun doesn't exist 10 months of the year.

The doggle website states several things about their product. One being that the doggles are so stylish humans will want to borrow them (seriously?) and two being that dogs will usually forget that they are wearing them (seriously???)

Naomi won't walk in them so it looks like we will be doing lots of shady walks. This is probably a good thing because I don't know how I could walk Naomi down the street in doggles without peeing my pants. So freaking funny. I can't imagine how crazy I would look either. Imagine me walking down the street, laughing hysterically, being led by a dog wearing sunglasses. There would be a whole lot of awesomeness going on, that's for sure.

However, I can slip them on when she's napping in the sun.

Well, time to get rolling. Don't forget to come ride at Luton Park tonight after 5:30. It's Salsa demo day. And I have some great swag from Hydrapak to raffle off too! Hope to see you there!