http://cycle-smart.com/blog Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:29:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Apparently I scared a few of you with my melodramatic blog entry last week. It's true; it was a rough, long week. I have been so, so tired after getting back from Europe and then racing out to Northampton for our double race weekend. I rested all week the week ... http://cycle-smart.com/blog/2008/11/17/if-i-rode-a-horse-id-be-back-on-it-now/ Some days you can only listen to Rocky to feel better. One More Work Song Blues - Rocky Votolato here it comes again i'm watching myself through everybody else's eyes same old shit again if this is my heart, why's it still beating? 'cause i'm dead inside the root of all evil is grounding me if i were ... http://cycle-smart.com/blog/2008/11/13/some-days-are-like-this/ Just because Lance is showing up at jitbag local Texas bike races because he's not eligible to race in sanctioned events until after January, does not make those jitbag races "National Events." http://www.cyclingnews.com/mtb.php?id=mtb/2008/nov08/rockyhill08 It's cool if you want to cover Lance, but don't cover those races like they matter beyond being local ... http://cycle-smart.com/blog/2008/11/10/dear-cyclingnews/ But it's always nice to get a little: http://www.cyclingnews.com/cross.php?id=news/2008/nov08/nov05crossnews http://cycle-smart.com/blog/2008/11/06/not-that-i-do-it-for-the-credit/ "Exit polls revealed dramatic demographic gaps in the gay-marriage vote. While about six in 10 voters under 30 opposed the ban, about the same proportion of those 65 and older supported it. There were sharp racial discrepancies as well. Even as black voters overwhelmingly backed Barack Obama — a gay-rights ... http://cycle-smart.com/blog/2008/11/06/the-flip-side/ http://embrocation.blogspot.com/2008/11/totally-jazzy.html I promised myself I wouldn't get up there. It only took 1/2 a beer to talk me into it. http://cycle-smart.com/blog/2008/11/05/damn-you-jeremy-dunn/ So tired. So very, very tired. But I'm also so excited. I woke up at 7 am and nearly skipped down to my voting place. I have been waiting for today for a long, long time. I have never been so excited to vote, never believed so much in what's ... http://cycle-smart.com/blog/2008/11/04/the-comeback-of-hope-in-america/ Cycle-Smart International Highlights Driscoll Sweep and Women’s Depth FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 3, 2008 CONTACT: Alan Atwood Media Coordinator, Verge New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series (802) 238-0196 alan_atwood@hotmail.com   NORTHAMPTON, Massachusetts (November 3, 2008) – The oldest UCI cyclocross race in North America has showcased some of America’s best talent in the sport.  After this weekend, you can add 3 more ... http://cycle-smart.com/blog/2008/11/03/cycle-smart-international-highlights-driscoll-sweep-and-women%e2%80%99s-depth/ This is kind of embarrassing: http://www.cyclingnews.com/cross.php?id=cross/2008/oct08/podboreny08 Again, I didn't get lapped 4 times, I got lapped with 4 laps to go. There has to be a better way to score lapped riders that reflects when they got lapped. I have to work on that. It would also be great if you could put ... http://cycle-smart.com/blog/2008/10/30/damn/ As I just wrote to a few friends, my trip to Europe ended to with me careening into a tree in a really muddy, steep, switchback descent in some God-forsaken place in the middle of nowhere, Czech Republic. The broken knuckle will heal ok, but I snapped my left hand Red ... http://cycle-smart.com/blog/2008/10/28/oh-my-god-its-over/