USGP Planet Bike Cyclocross

Posted by joel on September 28, 2009

I spent yesterday watching my first CX race in Sun Prairie. I rode down with Matt and Scott, the latter which raced in the Cat 2&3′s. Since I am prepping for Underdown next weekend I rode to meet Seth at his house and ride back with him. Slow going out (30 miles, 17.5 average), fast coming in (20 miles, 20.5 average) – averages skewed by the 30 mph wind gusts! Without a camera, I decided to use my BB Curve to take some video footage, which turned out rather well, considering the low resolution (see below).

Here too is the [playlist] of all my USGP recordings.

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Door County Vacation 09/2009

Posted by joel on September 25, 2009

Here is a [photo gallery] of Beth and I in Door County. Additionally, there are pictures of Jackson Thomas Hynes from Day 2.

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No more Ho Hos, Ding Dongs, or Twinkies!

Posted by joel on September 24, 2009

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Recent Changes

Posted by joel on September 19, 2009

After consulting for a year and a half and working as an employee for three years at MIV, they released me back into the wild (read laid off). Now that I’m looking for work and slimming back expenses I have two majors items up for sale. The first item up for bid is our [2004 Lexus RX330] and second is [our land] we purchased back in 2006 for building our first new home.

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Labor Day Weekend

Posted by joel on September 8, 2009

Over Labor Day weekend I spent a good amount of time in Madison. Seth and I had some brother bonding: Saturday morning we rode 57 miles including most of the Madison Iron-man  loop followed by going to Regent St. for some afternoon Badger festivities. Initially, we (Seth, Travis and I) had tickets but decided that we were having too much fun and sold the tickets. At which point we had more beer money which ended up providing good times at The Big 10, Red Shed, and pizza at Ians (MM!!).

We followed up the Badger festivities with a trip over to Milwaukee on Sunday morning to watch the Crew play the Giants of San Fransisco. After watching through the 8th we both decided it was best to boogie and listen to the remainder of the game in the car so we could get a second ride in. We got back to Madison right around 5pm which gave us enough time to get in a 37 miler which included the Observatory climb – good hangover medicine btw. Coincidentally, about the time we got back we heard on the radio that Prince hit a walk-off home run for the Crew to avoid the sweep with a 3-2 victory!

I ended up driving home after Seth and I grabbed supper at Noodles & Co. and rolled in to Wausau about 11:30. I slept in until roughly 6:30 when Gavin and Abby decided to get up – got both changed and fed. Once that was out of the way I proceeded to clean out the entire lower level of the house as we’re getting the hard-wood floors refinished Wednesday and Thursday this week. Thanks to Luke and Chad for helping clear out the big stuff!

I got work taken care of today for both myself and MIV – now I’m planning to get some R&R in Door County with Beth, Seth, and Brittney. Should be a peaceful and relaxing time. Thanks to Kenny and Darlene for watching the three kids in our absence!

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