First race of the season is in the books. A road race near Baraboo, about an hour north of Madison. Fun course, a couple decent climbs and some fun rolling hills/descents. Brooks and I drove there in the rain, but by the time the race started it was just sprinkling, and it stopped completely by the midpoint of the race. The wet roads still made for some sketchy sections on the downhills in the peloton. The pace was decently high for the first lap and prevented any riders from getting away on the climbs. Brooks wasn't feeling "the sensations" in his legs and called it a race after the first of two laps. The second lap started at a slow pace, and a rider got away on the first big climb. The speed picked up a bit after that, and some riders were getting dropped from the pack. We caught the breakaway rider with a few miles to go and entered the final sprint with probably 20-25 riders. I got boxed in when I tried to start my sprint, so I swung around those riders on the other side, but a group had already gotten a gap by that time. I ended the race in 8th. My legs and lungs felt alright for the first race of the year.
On Saturday evening after the race Heather and I did some work on the house. Heather got the entire sunroom painted...she's a little go-getter! It is now a nice shade of yellow...I'm sure she will post some pics on her blog once we get all the furniture moved back in there. I installed a wireless keypad opener for our garage door and started with the installation of a new door for our master bedroom.
On Sunday we spent the entire day in Chicago with Mary and Brooks. The purpose of our visit: to buy loads of new furniture and other house goodies at Ikea. Mission accomplished. Between the four of us we filled up our rented U-Haul trailer nicely. :)
Other fun news: This upcoming weekend we are getting a visit from Auntie Alane and Uncle Dick, and maybe Trent and Tonia as well. Trent has to pick up his
new bike. Next Wednesday we are getting our new roof installed. Fun times.
Other fun news: This upcoming weekend we are getting a visit from Auntie Alane and Uncle Dick, and maybe Trent and Tonia as well. Trent has to pick up his new bike. Next Wednesday we are getting our new roof installed. Fun times.
6 comments:
Way to start off the season for Team Brown Bear.
Top Fuel. Mmmmmmm. Drool :)
Sure. Jen and I decide not to come, and now there will be a butt load of fun people there :) Dang.
Trent's bike is really nice. He'll be super fast on it!
It's not my fault that you cancelled, leaving a vacancy at the Abraham residence. :)
You'll have fun at Maplelag though!
Waiting is the hardest part... other than Dave's part, that is still harder!
I'm not going to lie to you, Trent is a good looking man.
Lets see some pics of your haul from Ikea!
It's gonna be really hard if you let me try out your new bike at Maplelag :) Either that or if ever I get to rub Fox's beard :o
Yes, on with the IKEA show.
We are still in the middle of putting together all the Ikea stuff. Plus we need to go back to Ikea next week sometime and pick up a piece for our entertainment center that was out of stock. Pics will probably be posted on Heathrow's blog once everything is assembled and put in it's spot.
:)
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