Another day at Rosaryville

Sweet. Thats all that needs to be said for the trails out at Rosaryville State Park in Maryland. This was the second time out, and the terrain was MUCH drier than the first time. No need to use a stick to dislodge the mud/leave concoction lodged in every moving part of my bike! The weather held off too, sunny and in the 60's...made me want Spring to get here even faster! Loooooove that time of the year! TOP DOWN, WHA WHAT!

A couple photos of the ride...rolling oooooout!

Dropping innnnnnnnn...

and loving every second...


Good Song: Nada Surf - Whats Your Secret?

Awesome!

Just another reason why riding a bike is the best way to get around. Man, only in Harrisonburg, right?! If you're in the 'burg check out SBC ,and of course, LES at East Coast Bike Academy!

Good Song: Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah

Adventure?

Hmmm, backpacking Europe on a budget. That has a nice ring to it, don't you think?

Any interested parties?


More to follow...



Good Song: The Pale Pacific - Tied to a Million Things

Where are you now?

Do you ever wonder where we might be if one, possibly minute, detail in the past went differently? If we said one thing, instead of nothing at all. If we went one place, instead of going to another. Would it set a whole different set of events or actions in motion, and change our entire path in life? Those things we care about: our friends, our location, everything, could potentially be completely different...for better or worse. Its funny how things can work that way I guess.

I suppose thats why its better to live in the now, and look to the future...to those things that have yet to occur, than hang onto the past. To focus on the things we can change(such as ourselves), and not dwell on those things that we cannot(such as the past or other people).

Who knows what the future holds!

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

World Record

Wow...

TEMPE, Ariz. Jan 15, 2006 — Haile Gebrselassie shattered the world half marathon record by 21 seconds Sunday while running the last half of the Rock 'N' Roll Arizona marathon.

He also broke the 20-kilometer world mark en route. It marked the 19th and 20th time the diminutive Ethiopian has broken world marks in his career.

"This is my first one in America," he said. "It's a little special to me."
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His half marathon time of 58 minutes, 55 seconds on a clear, crisp morning through the streets of Phoenix, Scottsdale and Tempe broke the mark of 59:16 set by 18-year-old Kenyan Samuel Wanjiru in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, last Sept. 11.

His 20-kilometer time, also officially clocked, was 55:48. That broke the world record held by his longtime rival, Paul Tergat of Kenya, of 56:18 set in the Stramilano, Italy, half marathon on April 4, 1998.

For those number crunchers out there, that is a 4:29.8 per mile average!! SO FAST!

A couple new pics over on Flikr from last night's festivities...oh, and I have to work on MLK day, or is it Lee-Jackson-King day?...who knows anymore!

Good Song: Cat Power - The Greatest

Down they go!

...saw a guy faint on this morning's Metro ride. He was standing right beside me, and next thing I knew I was watching this guy completely crash onto the floor. Sounded like a bag of bricks! The train car was pretty packed with people, so the fall was more like a tree going down in a forest...you know, it kinda bounces off other trees before it finally makes its final crash to the ground. Thats how this was. It took a few seconds for him to come to, and myself and a few other stunned passengers were kneeling down to him checking to see if he was alright, while others radioed the train operator. A very strange way to start the day, and gives you an idea of how you would really react in a more serious emergency...weird, but great water cooler convo.!! Anyways, once the guy realizes what has happened to him he basically just gets up and walks off the train as if nothing happened, I guess to carry on his "normal" work day! Not a thank you or anything, haha, I guess thats just D.C. for you.... probably some Republican politico. OHHH, owch. Who knows...

And with that, here is a clip of fainting goats. ENJOY!!


Good Song: Nickel Creek - Sombody More Like You