reviving this thing

life has gotten in the way of my blogging recently. working 45 hours a week plus a daily commute really takes up a good time of your day. then add on an awesome girlfriend, lsat studying, and training everyday, and time for the fun things in life (obviously not this blog) really take a hit. 

i got in 2 races over the past weekend and took 2 top 15ish finishes- in the crit and points race at Rutgers University. I think i did pretty good in the points race as it was pouring rain and i had a 14 second warm up (time it took from my car to the start line). the races were brutal but worth it. next weekend i hope to do even better- it should happen. 

anyway, enough about me... uh, i just got a job as a mechanic at REI which is great news (not simply because there will be good discounts on a great many things) because A) it is fun work. B) i will work closer to 30 hours a week which leaves much more time for fun- like training and internet reporting about such things. oh, and last, which, for all intents and purposes, should be considered example C) i wont have to deal with an asshole boss who is awful to both customers and employees.

hopefully more  good news to come (in both quality and quantity)...

sup

k. uh. i havent been on the bike in about a week. its cold and rollers suckkk. i may be landing a super rad new wind resistance unit for my rollers... lol. did i just say unit.  anyway, in my time off i have decided 3 things: a) twenty niners are not as bad as i once thought- 26 is still better though. b) punk bike was the best day of my life. c) i promise to re-start my blogging. its very important to sooo many people, i feel obligated to resume it- i have so many opinions to share. heres my promise: I PROMISE TO BLOG MORE

kewl new find

not much happens in life when you get old, but sometimes you learn ways to learn new things- hopefully i can learn something.

back to school

back at skewl means time to ride hard in preparation for racing, and maybe some time to make it official via the internet....

And maybe not.

right now lsat studying is dominating my free time, and my riding has suffered. i probably only get like 6-8 hours in a week...at best. for the time being (which may no longer be being in 3 days) i am an official mechanic at performance bikes- pricewhores if ever there were such a thing. though i ammaking more there than i ever have before, i need WAAAY less hours- i am confronting the big boss man today- or to quit/get fired/ pissoff the big boss so i get my ass beaten and have a lawsuit and wont have to work for the next decade. the work is easy peasy, as their standards of quality are lower than im used to by a considerable amount, and there are hardly any repairs to do. you didnt hear it from me, but we now do on the spot tune ups. but this work is cutting into riding time and lsat time... and right now things look like this: lsat>school>bikes>beer> sustenance >money>sanity ... my job is getting in the way.

However, i should make it "home", as in eastern PA, in 2 weeks for the lehigh university mtb race. i thought i could try and go to all of them, but driving to syracuse, and nh, and vt might just be to much. Anyway I did well at Lehigh last year (real well, actually) in a lower category. Seeing as im more out of shape now than i was at this time 365 days ago, ill just stay in the lower class and try and do well.


lastly, i stumbled upon this. read it and know it... its the law (literally)

NUUN

THIS POST WAS MEANT FOR TEEM HEEB BUT IT ALL GOT MESSED UP. I HATE MY LIFE. THIS POST HAS NO RELEVANCE TO MY MTB-ing


I emailed scott, the main man over at NUUN- my 2010 sponsor, of sorts- around 3 pm today; i was inquiring about a heeb sponsorship- and a few hours later he gets back to me with this:


Hey Adam,

Here at nuun we sponsor lots of teams out there! A majority of our sponsorships are in the form of pro-deals through our website with a discount code specific for the team. We also can do special deals on bottles. We are rearranging our sponsorships for 2011 and there should be much more opportunity out there for teams and for nuun. 

Thanks for keeping us in mind. Once you have the team together, just touch base with us again and we would be glad to support the team the best we can. 

glad you love the nuun and are spreading the love! much appreciated.

cheers for now! 

- make your water count -

scott forrestall


... pretty badass. i will get team heebs shit together (aka my shit together) and get back to him asap. I really like NUUN, and i can be found drinking it for recreational purposes- its better than water and i have a pretty hefty supply so i drink it a lot. I dont think it is a revolutionary product and i dont think it will make you/me stronger, but its better than drinking just water or my "homemade gatorade". Its got some electrolytes and some flavor and i enjoy it. id love to have NUUN on board for 2011, and you should too.


THANKS SCOTT, your run an awesome business (i doubt he'll ever read this)

it it taint broke dont fix it

i have been devoting a lot of time to school work and my team heeb blog (as i guess it will officially be a for-real team), thus i have been away from here. anyway, after my training ride i was searching for why my taint hurt an unusual amount today and stumbled upon this article. it has nothing to do with taints (from my reading) but it helped me understanding training and how the body works a bit better. school is over tomorrow= drive 5 hours and afternoon intervals.

finals week

no time, finals week. but i think one of these sexy new stems in going to be ordered soon for my GT. back to finals...