The recovery begins

Well I just got my cyst removed and am not on the road to recovery.  I should be back on my bike 3 weeks from today.  That will put me riding for the first time on the opening stage of Cascade Classic.  I am going to try to keep my fitness up as much as possible but its pretty tough to get through the races at the level that im racing without some pretty specific bike workouts.  Having already went through a tough race coming off of an injury im not really sure what to expect.  I am excited toward racing cascade as its one of my favorite races and I had a pretty strong race there last year.  We will see how some running works out with bike racing

Cross Training and my Observations

So I was out rollerblading today and I started thinking about the different sports and the different degrees of friendliness between the sports.  On my skate session today I came across 7 different rollerbladers, out of those 7 not a single one said Hi back to me.  I was a bit more surprised to have actually seen 7 rollerbladers than not be greeted by a single one but still, come on guys even the cute girls in Boulder do better than you(ill explain this one a bit later) .  Your numbers are so small you need to band together and be friendly!  The second worst group is the triathletes.  I believe the lack of niceness among these people comes from the lack of being part of a team and/or the feeling of being elite or above all other athletes.  Yes you do train a lot, yes you do have nice tans, nice bodies, but honestly a lot of you are not nice people.  I have seen more trash talking and putting each other down in that sport than in any other facility of life.  There are the few exceptions who are actually really nice people, and DO wave to me on the bike…but most of you wont even lift a finger off of your aerobars.  Now runners are a tough crowed to judge.  I hardly see them but when I do they seem to be friendly enough.  The tough part of the wave with them is the speed difference.  The wave has to come way in advance for them to get a chance to return but usually if it comes too soon then its not even seen.  I will just say that the runners always seem to have fun at the races and all seem to hang out together.  They also seem very supportive of each other.  So now to the friendliest group, the cyclists.  Yes there are cyclists who don’t wave, but the majority will give you a friendly hand in the air as you pass by, even if they are uncomfortable with taking their hand off the bars.  We do have our disputes amongst each other but most of the time that is worked out at the races or group rides.  There is of course the few elitist cyclists who do believe that they are better than everyone else but every group does have those, there are just far fewer of them is cycling.  So now to explain the cute girls thing…I guess there have been numerous studies and reports done on how friendly girls are here in Boulder and the unanimous conclusion has been that it is easier to talk to a super model in Brooklyn, NY than it is to talk to just a random girl on Pearl Street here in Boulder.  The girls here just dont seem very friendly and you are likely to have the cops called on you for harassment if you even make eye contact.  So that is the explanation of the cute girls in Boulder.  Lame

So now on to explaining the cross training.  I have developed an injury again that will keep me off the bike till the end of June.  This has a very good chance of taking me off the travel team and ending my chances to impress the pro teams that I wanted to along with impress the Rio bosses and show them a good result as a thanks for all the hard work they have done.  I am planning on staying fit and seeing where my fitness is.  There is also no grantee that I wont make the Cascade team, however, the possibility is slim.  Oh well, I guess all the injuries I have avoided the past few seasons had to catch up at some point, just too bad it was this season.  I will get through it though and hopefully come back stronger.  Also with any luck our team will get into Tour of Utah and I will get my chance to finally shine in front of all the top dogs in the US. 

So thats my ramblings for now, ill be back soon.