June was the last entry and it seems like just yesterday. The summer was a vapor between buying a new place, moving, upgrading/maintenance, vacation, and the boys' games... oh, and somewhere in there get in some training.
The house: All the major upgrades are done and now there are a handful of minor stuff (landscaping, clearing the undergrowth in the woods...), but these have no timeline so we are actually starting to LIVE in the house instead of WORKING in it. Great space for the boys and Jake's college friends downstairs for being loud and active, loving my bike room with adjoining shower/bathroom, the main floor looks and is functionally great, and with the cooler temps and less bugs ready to break in the deck. The full court basketball is nice as this summer we hosted Sunday Night Dunk Ball (lowered the goals to 9') and routinely had 15+ guys playing late into the night.
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| Main floor living room |
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| Fully lit court in the backyard has been great |
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| Basement area for the kids |
The boys: Jake is knocking out his Junior year at SBU and is doing great with a heavy math load. He makes his way over to the house often which is always nice. Ian is in the middle of soccer in SGF and that is going well along with his 7th grade classes. He physically really stretched out lately. Darion is also in soccer and going great in 2nd grade. All of them are loving the new house and their new dog (Clohie), who is my morning running partner.
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| Intro to Rootbeer Float |
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| Promised the boys a dog when we moved so here she is |
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| Jake and his friend Marisa |
Deb: After a super busy move she has got the house looking awesome and totally functional. She is ready to settle in and start living in the new place.
Training/Racing: Racing this summer leading into 'cross was pretty much non-existent, but training (when not recovering from a wreck) is going pretty well. Form was coming pretty good then three weeks ago I smashed into a tree while mtb'ing and had to take over a week totally off while letting the internal damage drain (knee blew up huge and totally colored black).
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| This is my quad/hip flexer immediately after impact with tree; that's not road/trail rash its straight impact |
So got back on the bike and headed to Gateway Cup for Sunday and Monday crit racing to put a little speed in the noodles, but 15 minutes in the first race guy dumps right in front and I had nowhere to go except straight into him... Hip/butt, shoulder, and leg with swelling and tons of rash; that sucked! So a handful days off again letting the body heal and what do you know, it's time to Hermann Cross and my intensity is way behind. Oh well, nothing like the 'Tilford' approach of racing yourself into race shape.
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| That's me hanging on the fence trying to figure out what happened |
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| Think the biggest disappointment was the mutilation of the San Remo suit... |
So now it's Friday afternoon and bikes are dialed in and ready for a couple days at Jeff Yieldings Dogfish Hermann Cross. This year I am skipping the masters and putting on the big boy pants in the open event.
After missing last season (except four races) I am so ready to get back in the mix. No idea how it will go, but after last year results don't matter near as much as just being part of the best time of year - 'cross season.
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| Beautiful Site |
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| Riding Blues again this year with SRAM drivetrain and Clement rubber |
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| Never know where the jackalope will show up |
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