2008 A Busy and Intentionally Un-productive Year

Wow...'08 is gone and it's on to a new year with different goals and directions.

Flipping through the calendar:

I rode semi-serious team rides in January, visited the grandson in Dallas in February, crashed the trailer and truck on the Vail Pass skating rink on the way to training camp in March, spent our 35th wedding anniversary in Italy in April, camped at the Yeti Tribal Meeting and Elephant Rock ride in May, started the Winter Park series in June, finished my first Triple By Pass with more WP races in July, rode 5 events over every weekend in August, followed the COMotion crew through the final wins in Breckenridge and visited the old homestead in Phoenix in September, rode a 5 day Fruita to Moab MTB holiday in October, tripped out to San Andreas, CA and Oklahoma to perform family duties and scoped out winnable MTB race series in November,

and gained 6 pounds in

December while feeding visiting relatives.

Along the way, logged a total of 31 nights in the Jayco motor hotel, caught zero fish and killed nothing on hooves.

Not a bad year.

Local Cyclocross With Statewide Titles

Last decent Sunday in 2008 was spent shaking cowbells and screaming at fellow COMOtion team members as they extended the racing season with cyclocross action in Boulder. The event named Colorado State Champions with our own Megan Tayor taking gold in the Cat 2 women's group.

Boulder cool guy Timmy B. shows what these tired and damaged legs will never do. The sport requires full athletic abilities including running, hurdles and upper body strength. No down hill rests. All while you pedal like hell for 45 minutes or until you drop.

Inspiring none the less. Think I'll curl the 5 pound dumbells by the fireplace tonight.