Run Lately?

I have been running more recently and I think that it's due to the fact that I know I am going to get my MP3 player on Friday. I making more excuses to use it I guess... Because I have an MP3 player in my car, when I am at home I can listen to my MP3 player on my computer, and when I am at work I have access to my computer that I also can play MP3's. So my real only chances are when I am working out which are riding and running. The main reason that I choose running over cycling during the week is the fact that it is more convenient, takes less time, and it's safer to do it in the dark.

Overcoming?

I don't know if this movie should be titled "Overcoming" or "Overwhelming" It was a very heart moving and can't take your eyes off of movie. Because of the subtitles this is a movie that you truly want to watch without anybody else around. It shows team CSC racing against Postal in the 2004 Tour De France, I find it funny with the movie you actually begin to "root on" Ivan Basso hoping that he's going to beat Lance. We already know that he doesn't and we know that we already rooted for Lance! haha But this movie will for sure get you rooting for Ivan Basso for The Tour De France 2006.

Team Saturday Ride

Ok, maybe this was a mistake but after staying up late to watch Hincapie outsprint all those wheel suckers! I was too much in the mood NOT to ride my bike today! I say that it was a mistake because I got dropped like a bad habit! There was a break away and for some reason AFTER it passes I decide to chase? Oh well, isn't it odd how "break" and "mistake" rhyme? yeah... But that's ok, as always I still had fun ;)

Lunch...

Most of my job requires me doing a lot of luncheons... So what did you do for lunch today??? :)

Overcoming CSC

Overcoming is a DVD about a pro cycling team and their journey during their intense training and racing... it also shows how hard it really is and what it takes to be in their group. A-Ron this is a link of the trailer for the DVD so you can check it and beg me to borrow it later! :)

Overcoming DVD

Sony MP3 Players

My Birthday is coming up very soon.... in 9 days to be exact, but who's counting huh? I hope that I get an MP3 Player for my b-day and I feel that I have narrowed it down to 2 and probably already picked the one that I want the most. I am going with Sony because of it's outstanding reputation and the whole "Apple Ipod" Error I don't know about being a lemming and following the crowd. Besides I am a pc guy all the way! :)

So I guess based on looks alone which one would you pic!?

Oh yeah and my new DVD "Overcoming" should be arriving pretty soon too!

The Jalapeno 100

This believe it or not, was my very first time every attending this event. Considering that it was cold/dark/wet/cold/dark/gloomy&wet :) The turn out was pretty nice, I believe I heard 500 riders. I rode this event with my father and Balde and it was a lot of fun! ;)

Above is a picture of my favorite bicycle shop owner! What a treat! :)

Balde was about the leave the ride without his helmet... until I showed him the picture right after I took it and he noticed that something looked weird.... haha :)

Post 100...

That means somehow I have managed to make 100 posts already! That's crazy I think! haha :) I have a pic for those of you that don't live in the demographics that I do! :)

That Coke is actually in the old school glass containers! :)

Ping Pong anyone???

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I can't imagine how much work and how much practice it takes to make something like this happen! Everytime I see it it still amazes me!

BOBKE II

I finally finished "Lance Armstrong's War" After having it for several months... but like I said I would read it here and there and that's exactly what I did! I recently stopped by at Barne's and Noble and had a few options of which book I wanted to check out next... of course to read here and there :) I finally squared it down to two books... "The Postal Bus" and the "BOBKE II" I kinda feel like the last books that I have read are MOSTLY about Lance and the postal bus... so I decided to change it up to Bob Roll or BOBKE II. One of the reason's that I chose his book was the fact that he says and does things without thinking... so I think that he would talk about things in the Tour De France that most likely most people do not. I'll update to let you know how it reads ;)

Happy Valentine's Day to everybody!

I wish that Valentine's day was a national holiday so that we could get the day off from school and work! :)

We Have a New Blogger...

After you finish watching the whole movie "Rad" then you might want to stop by and check out Jeff's new blog!

Below are pictures from Saturdays fun... thanks to everyone who whole heartly helped to make small events like this possible.

Dirk brought his photoalbum and Letty somehow got a hold of the "old school" jerseys that the original Team McAllen used to wear.

And last but not least Jeff on the Day of Defeat bike! Of course I had to do some photoshop effects or else it wouldn't be me huh??? :)

The Movie RAD

Does anyone remember the movie RAD? It was a movie that I grew up with... it was a movie that made BMX bikes cool, put Mongoose and DYNO on the map! Here is a link of the whole movie incase you want to see the whole thing again!

Rad The Movie

Edinburg 10k Run...

On Saturday Edinburg held their annual 10k run, I never had attended one but I always knew that it was going on because all the roads were blocked off. I could not believe that amount of people that attended the event! Literally 100's of people and styrofoam cups everywhere! I think to hold an event like this would be easier to do than to hold a cycling event that big. That's probably why I enjoy cycling more :)

It's a Dog's Life...

Yesterday was "doggie day" This is a before pic of my dogs super furry and about to go to the "doggie spa" to get groomed and for one of them to get their nails done, the girl of course ;)

This is the AFTER pic from the "Doggie Day Spa"

Lance Armstrong's War (review)

Well I FINALLY finished the book Lance Armstrong's War. I read it on the way up to the race and back... I guess with my father driving that helps pass the time huh? After reading the book and I know that this might upset a few people, but I feel that he may not use EPO specifically, but he has to be using some type of performance enhancing drug. The book basically seems like a self-defense of the book made in France L.A.Confidential that you will never see in the states. I do believe that everyone is on something so that kinda even out's the playing field.

My dad and I rode 27 miles on Saturday which was good because I hadn't stretched out since "The Dirty Dozen" and then I rode 40. something with the team today. I was thinking about the Dirty Dozen and the place that we got, I know that my teammate was a little upset with 11th... but I think that it is really good. 1st it was an open category race, 2rd only racers go to races, and 3rd no one was there for second place. So I am truly satisfied with 11th out of 21 teams :)

Team #116

There is a lot that I want to write about the race and what it takes physically and mentally to prepare yourself for something that you are not prepared for :) MTB'ing is a sport that you have no choice but to expect the unexpected. Our goal for the race was to finish with a dozen laps... and that was met. I spent the last lap in the rain and tempatures dropped a lot too. James and I both suffered from flats and made us loose about 30 minutes of time together. My father drove the team van up to the race and back, he also walked our bikes for every transition, cleaned them while we rested, made sure that we were fed, took most of the video, rode his MTB back and forth to update James and I were we were, put my lights on for the night, pushed me when I was willing to quit, & did it all with a smile.
The video is mostly the trip up and preparations for the race, I do not have a helmet cam so there are no "action" shots ;) either way enjoy!

Cyclocross Kicker

I "borrowed" this from Nick Martin's blog but it's funny and I will be gone this weekend racing! Ed this would be you! haha

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My Job...

I usually don't talk about my work, but today there is a two day Health Fair "The Winter Texan Expo" that I attended. This is what a lot of my job consists of ;)

This is me at the office the day before waiting for out Vice President to show up...

These guys are actually my competitors, but still a cool crowd with a cool cowboy "John Wayne" haha :)

Dr's Hospital at Renaissance had a suit that added an extra 20 lbs to see how it feels to carry that extra weight. They also had a couple test tubes with biles of fat from certain products that we eat almost everyday. You know that McDonalds had to be one of their best examples ;)

Texas State Bank was there with a clear room that would turn on and make the money go everywhere... everyone was getting a kick from trying to catch all that "free" money! ;)

Overall the Expo has had a huge turn out and has been going really well so far! :)

The Last Saturday Before the Race

This is my last Saturday to ride before the race... The truth is I don't feel ready for the race, I have had a lot of other things going on right now that has interfered with my "wannabe" training. Jeff called late last night to see if I wanted to ride :)

Jeff and his new x-mas jersey ;)

I look at my bike and feel bad for not using it since my last race :(

This is where Monte Christo ends if you are going east.