Little damp here.....

OK......been a little bit wet of late, OK wait, a lot wet lately!  We should be good on the water for now so go ahead and turn it off so we can attempt to get in shape for this race season?  As we get set for Iola.....wait again.....we will not be set.....but anyway, the race is likely to be the first time on the dirt for most everyone!
So unless you live way down south, this may be the first chance to hit the dirt and see where the fitness and the handling skills are.......should be OK though, just like riding a bike!

I had a decent weekend with family in Hillsboro and then LaCrosse, good times all weekend!  Also got a few hill workouts in while down there, BIG hills!  This is a shot looking up the road to Grand Dad's bluff, about 15-20 minute climb that was awesome for the legs and the overall fitness.  I got two solid rides in on the big hills and also got to ride with sister in law Kari, she is just into the cycling thing and I thinl she'll do alright.  We climbed up County Rd. FO, very steep at the end and she made it all the way to the top, a big accomplishment!

We continue to stay busy with the girls schedules, Ellie in dance and softball and Kennedy in Track, Softball, and AAU basketball.....never a dull night or weekend!

What the &%#@!

Any chance I can get my Mukluk overnighted sooooooper fast!  Gonna need it tomorrow, 6-10 inches on the way.....come on!

The weather........

Is it almost Iceman time.........sure feels like it?

Really getting tough to pretend you are a bike racer when the weather just does not want you riding outside, getting frustrated with this crap!  Iola is about 2 weeks away and I am so far behind training, which means....could be a rough race for the first outing of the season?

And with the crummy weather.....we all have the need to get outside SOON!  I am for sure a Clydesdale as we head into the season, hopefully once the weather breaks the pounds will trim off and I can get back to riding a little quicker.

Props to our ol' fella Cole House.....kid is on a terror this season with the RealCyclist.com team, hmmmm.....BMC make a mistake?  I guess all things are meant to happen and Cole is racing for who is supposed to be and where he is supposed to be....keep on the gas Cole!

Still busy of course!

So as we hoped to be heading towards spring sometime in the last few weeks.......of course my training is suffering like no tomorrow, not cool!  Tomorrow I MUST get out of bed and hit the bike at the early hour no matter what, yeah!  Way behind the normal training of a normal year!

As you can tell by the picture, this is one thing that has been taking the majority of our weekends and even during the week, that is a good thing though....we all really enjoy traveling to tourneys and hanging with the other families on the team.  It is nice to have girls from all over the area playing together, once rivals during the season, now coming together to play and play well!  And, we also get to hang out at the hotel and have a drink with the families we normally sit across the gym from, good times for everyone!

So now I must get out and ride.....plain and simple!  I am not a fan of the trainer, sitting in the basement going no where is just not in the cards for me!  I would rather ski and snowshoe.....or hang out at the gym with Kennedy.....just not spin in circles staring at the tv.

Now it is work time and then more fun tonight, the girls team is coming over tonight to make shirts for the summer 3 on 3 season.....which starts this weekend with the big one in Seymour, so I will have to find some ride time at some point....no problem!