This is what the course looked like - all frozen ruts. Really tough to ride on.This weekend The Guy competed in Cyclocross Nationals in Madison, Wisconsin. He actually finished 7 places higher than predicted. Which was great.
The Guy taking the first hill.We drove to Madison after work and went straight to Pizza Brutta to eat. After that we headed to my brother's house. He was away on vacation, so we had the place to ourselves...Well, if you don't count the dog and cats. Basically, we took care of the pets and then went to bed.
The obligatory cheese head. This is Wisconsin, after all.We woke up early on Saturday and headed to the park. It was cold and after the previous muddy days, all the ruts had frozen and were so hard, they were popping people's tires right and left, plus people were sliding and crashing all over the place. The Guy said he crashed more in that one race than in all the other races this season combined.
The winner of The Guy's race and a former mountain bike Olympian athlete.After the race, we met my oldest sister at her townhouse. I had never seen it before and it was very nice. We all went out for lunch at an Indian restaurant that had the best buffet I'd ever seen. So much good food.
Me taking more photos of myself next to things with bigger cheeks than mine.We drove back to Iowa City and showered and then I picked up Stinky and some take-out sushi. After we ate, we decided to finally watch Singin' in the Rain. I hadn't seen it since I was a kid. What a fun movie.
The Guy shooting pool at the Ice House in Riverside, Ia.On Sunday I woke and had a very leisurely morning. I read some and took a long hot bath and then by 12:30, The Guy and I were on our bikes, headed for Riverside, the future birthplace of James Tiberius Kirk. We had a nice ride and when we got there, we hung out at the Ice House and ate lunch, had a couple of pints and played a few games of pool. I tried to ride pretty hard on the way home, to see if I was getting stronger from my trainer work-outs. I did feel stronger. I guess we'll see what happens when I race again in the Spring.
On Sunday night, we watched the Exorcist. The last time I saw it was in 1983. The only parts I really remembered about it where the demon possessed Linda Blair scenes. It still was able to creep me out, all these years later.
I hope you all had a Linda Blairless weekend.
5 comments:
Congrats to The Guy for placing higher than expected!
I'm sure I've said this before in other blog entries, but "The Exorcist" is one of those rare horror movies that still creeps me out every time I see it. I have also watched "Exorcist: The Beginning" a few times, and that is creepy too.
Each time I see your cyclocross photos I feel exhausted. The courses are always clearly very, very tough and the action is always very, very action-y! Congrats to the guy for doing so well and to you for feeling so strong and motivated.
PS - The Exorcist might be the scariest movie ever.
Churlita,
No Linda for me, but that might be better then driving to work in the current freezing rain.
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I'll have to look up cyclecross. I still don't understand it. But glad you adn the guy are enjoying and doing well to boot!
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