trophy wife

or I should say, my wife has trophies...these are some from kern.(p.s. I hate that term trophy wife. The first time I heard it used was by Jonathon Vaughters. I stopped liking him then. But currently, he's one of the only current pro team owners to actually invest energy, time, and money in women's cycling. Slipstream has some junior women riders and their 5280 TIAA Cref younger junior team has a few girls. Maybe, I will reconsider my feelings towards JV.)

these are mine


Kern taper tip:
If you make old fashioned tomato rice soup with non fat milk, you can use the calories saved from the milk to eat all the ruffles you feel like eating. Did you know calorie counting works that way?

We went riding on Sunday and attempted to ride the Grizzly Peak Century. We have ridden this century ride many times, and the reason I like it is because I can usually pass LOTS of people on the hills. For a flatlander sprinter racer, centuries are cool because the majority of the people riding the century are not racers. And racers riding centuries can go pretty fast. This fastness includes me. On hills in centuries, I don't mind saying it, but I look like a climbing stud, and I love it. It's the only time when I can feel pretty good about my climbing. But this year, I was foiled. We started out early and ran into a lot of riders. I was passing people left and right and feeling pretty darn good about it. It was great prep for Kern. A truly great confidence builder before the real climbers hand me my ass over and over again. Unfortunately, there were too many riders and my two riding partners were not having fun. By the way, these two unnamed riders are ones who don't need centuries to pass people on hills. So after 1.5 hours, we bagged the ride, turned right at SP Dam Road and rode up to Mt. Diablo. Then afer 5 hours, we caught bart and rode back to berkeley with some bunnies. All in all it was a good training day: same amount of climbing, same amount of ride hours, but 1000 times more peaceful and quiet.