Gaper's Block Crit 2010

Gaper's Block Crit 2010
Originally uploaded by J.Knecht

Thats me in the white top.

Gaper's Block Crit 2010

Gaper's Block Crit 2010
Originally uploaded by J.Knecht

Thats me in the white top.

Last night I dreamt I was having some sort of an affair with Sayid's long lost lover Nadia. Except it wasn't really an affair, because in the dream I wasn't seeing anyone else. It was just a relationship, but feels like an affair because it wasn't Heather, whom I AM seeing in real life. It kind of felt like one I had in college. Kind of puppydogish.

One way or another we ended up at an apartment and my aunt Rose answered the door. We hugged and went inside and my uncle Bill was there, I think he had a black eye. My gram was there too, and then my mom was also there. I hugged her and cried. I didn't want to let go. My friend from SF, Natasha, was there too, she and Nadia were sitting together doing a puzzle or something. I think I had to get the girl to the airport or something, we had to go but I don't remember why.

Natasha and I have the same birthday, except she was born in Russia, so I suppose she's a day ahead. It was very surreal of course, and vivid even after I woke up, but now its hazy.

I'm in it to have fun.

Yesterday I spent about 4 hours riding my bike in the rain with a group of like minded fools. At about mile 30 one particular fool bonked out, but wasn't from Chicago and didn't know where the hell we were, so I stayed back along with one other nice fool and we essentially towed him back in the cold wet chicago rain for another 20 miles.

Probably tooling around at about 12mph, down from 20mph with the pack. Usually I spend about 3000 Calories on this ride, and I still may have because of how long I was on the bike but not because of effort. My hands and feet were soaked and my feet specifically were frozen and numb like wood when I got home, and had been for at least an hour and a half. After being in the shower and letting them thaw they turned bright red, then dark purple and then as life slowly returned they swelled a little bit and turned pink and regular skin color. I wore compression socks for the rest of the day and went to bed early.

I was going to ride another 50 today, its partly cloudy and windy instead of all cloudy and rainy. I got up at 7am, fed the cat, made some pancakes and waffles, had some pepsi max, filled up my bottles, put on my wool socks, shoes, riding bib, jersey, rain cape, hat and helmet. Got my wallet and keys and heart rate monitor, then stepped outside into the cool overcast morning air. Looked around, came back into the house, went pee, stripped and went right back to bed.

And thats why I'll never win any races.

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