snake oil? Devils food??

Devils food? THAT'S an Alice Cooper song :)
so I (like a LOT of athletes) have dropped $$$ into suplements that promise lactic acid buffering, increases in performance, drop in weight, or the one I like best that don't seem to work, improved mood LOL Well the latest interest I have is in something to carry me thru longer workouts and provide improved recovery times AFTERWARD. I am taking advantage of an offer from FRS and getting a 30 day free supply. that lance guy is behind it so it's got to work wonders LMAO In all seriosness I used it in the summer and it seems to take the place of Starbucks coffee pretty well, so I had my PR manager LOL order a free trial on her credit card sneaky yes but then again its FREE! Another thing I'm doing is adding a serving of super green food to my daily diet. The crazy thing is we pretty much have to trust the vitamin and supplement industry and with so many things available NOBODY knows what they need. My opinion.... So currently I'm a bit blown after a long workout, so I just started the super green food routine. Lets see how I do, and when the FRS stuff shows up I MIGHT even quit visiting SBUX!! Turns out every so often the stomach gets upset if I had a coffee too close to working out. Too many choices and the last time I checked I wasn't getting paid to use a companies miracles, BUT I am savy enough to get a couple orders of FRS :)
Allez!
Ray

that which doesn't kill ya...

OHH Boy,
the last week or two has been crazy! Bitter cold, lots of snow, and finally driving rain and temps near 60?! That made for some interesting runs as I embarked on my training for April's marathon down at the U of I. I've handled the mileage, and more importantly, the longer distances with no problems but the one thing I've noticed is recovery afterward seems tougher than in the past. Might be a sign of age, - I never felt like this after hard efforts in past years, but if the 40's brings on recovery that normal people always dealt with so be it... Looking forward to a brief New Years getaway and the countdown to actually owning that beauty thats been sitting in the basement since August CALLING me to build it up ;)

the beginning of my obsession

First off MERRY Christmas!
So a very long time ago (practically in a different lifetime) when my passion or as some would call it obsession with Colnago started, I was lucky enough to buy a beaten C40 from a friend who owns a shop. I came across a photo of the exact same frameset that started this craze. Thanks for that one Freddie!

reoccuring dreams

Last night I had one of a few dreams that reoccur from time to time. This one involves me showing back up at a job I used to have YEARS later (in which I'm very aware in the dream) and I act as if I've never been gone. I simply jump in and try to pull off the fact that I haven't been around. The weird thing about last nights (unfortunately), is I awoke and was thinking about what I just dreamt about and started thinking about A LOT of details and people from that part of my life, it was strange and unfortunately kept me up for a good hour. Trans Lux, Brian Sims(wonder how he's doing), Jeff Bowers, Joe Kosina, Art Hitterman, part numbers like 50294-01 50386-11, details on assembly... STRANGE sh!%!!
So I'm a bit tired and trying to figure out what the issue is, I have an idea...

so it begins

Today is day one of my training for this springs marathon down at the U. of I. The weather was 5 degrees - fitting..... It may have been no different than any other run, but the fact that today was the start of this winters training and it was so cold made it "special".
Allez!
Ray

Ignoreland...

I should know better. 99.989999% of the time the biggest hurdle is simply doing it. I was freakin about the weather, and last night I ran. It was great. While I was out I reminded myself how often that inner voice will put a spin on things making them scarier, harder etc than what they are in reality. JUST SHOW UP and DO IT.
I guess that inner voice is not good at putting a positive spin on things.

Bring ON the winter.

Daunting...

This last week has me a bit freaked with my decision to train for a spring marathon. I'm definetly NOT backing out, but too many times this week left me with an ill feeling as to things to come. Monday we had painfully cold weather - a cold that went right thru me in the short time I was out and about, a cold that had me chilled the entire day. Tuesday found me driving 3 hours (normally about 40 minutes) in terrible snow covered roads - the first snow of the season. I actually seen a cyclist out in this - stupid... So I spent more than a few minutes of my long slow drive wondering how many of days like this are going to F up my plans? I've never been a winter person and I've been reminded why.

So last week and this one are my down time weeks before formally hitting the roads. Funny but no workouts make Ray an unhappy camper. I see why it's hard for athletes to take some downtime ya know? Think I'm gonna run tonight...