another weekend in the books.....

well, it's 6am sunday morning and i've got to go to work tonight and i'm hoping i can get another 40 miles in and be back in bed by noon. this weekend was another full weekend of riding. i got another 78 miles yesterday with jess. she's an animal on the climbs and definetly a great companion to have on the road. i can always count on her to get my miles and time in on the bike. she says she'll have me on the climbs by next year, but if she keeps it up it may be by next month.

i think i've definetly got my base miles covered for next season already. i've been getting pretty excited about the upcoming race season and especially about the mt. bike season. i got my upgrade back to expert after downgrading for the past two years because of getting fat and out of shape. i'm hoping it'll be a successful off road season. as for my bike, i'm thinking of either totally revamping my trusty ti tst frame or go with a whole new rig for next season. i know i want to keep it a hardtail, but not sure what kind of bike i want to get. i love the geometry of my ti frame, but also want to go to disc brakes, and my ti frame doesn't have disc brake tabs. anyways, we'll see what the future holds. i saw a carbon fiber bianchi that was pretty sweet. i may have to check that out again. i can't wait to start concentrating on mt. biking again. at least maybe this season i'll do more then two mt. bike races. i'd like to do as many dinoseries races as i can. if you've never done a dinoseries race i would suggest going to one. they put on a very professional event and are always a good time. the fields are always full and it's what mt. biking used to be like here in st. louis in the mid 90's.