Here comes the sun.

Lovin' the sunrises on the bike.

Good Song: Fall Out Boy - A Little Less 16 Candles

Lance

She may not play the guitar but well done, Lance. Well done.

Good Song: The New Pornographers - Streets of Fire

A Photo Re-cap...

Shenandoah Valley...sooo green.

A view from the climb up...

overlooking H-burg and Massunutten mountain!
Feelin' that single track before the downpour.
Round 1: Good times!
Round 2: Great times!

Block partayyy.

Whats in the cups?

Training Du #2 Start

Pseudo transition area for the Du at H.P.

Good Song: The Delays - Long Time Coming

Alumni what?

A quick little sattelite post coming directly from the Carrier Library on the campus of JMU...one of the few times I have actually stepped foot inside, as well. Better late than never I guess! Anyways, the inaugural ride on the new mountain bike went well yesterday afternoon with a few minor dificulties...I met up with some old friends who lived in the 'burg to hit some trails out around Singer's Glen. A HUGE climb to start on a nice fire road provided some amazing views of the valley below and Mass. mountain in the distance. I should mention that I was unable to change out my left cleats to fit with my new pedals sooo I was basically riding one footed the entire time. Sweet! No matter, the mountains, woods, and good people more than made up for it. After the climb we continued on and began descending on some niiice long single track, and at the same time noticed some threatening clouds rolling in behind us. Uh oh, high elevation + thunderstorms + metal bikes between your legs does not equal a safe time. We cruised as fast as possible down to lower elevations, and were finally overtaken by this brute of a storm. I guess it was kind of cool getting rained on the very first time you ride a new bike...almost like a baptism. Boy, was it a beautiful thing. Everytime I'm out there in the woods, I'm always thinking to myself "If only I could stay forever." It is that amazing to me.

The night wrapped up seeing some more good friends and some ladies, and getting a sample of what is now the JMU male and female population. I must say, I am not impressed. Maybe my perspective has changed, but every dude seems the same to me...scraggly hair, lazy, un-adventurous, and seem to drink more than they go to class. As for the ladies, wow, I mean if you have a body then by all means show it...but, jeez that freshman 15-30 is now hanging out of that tube top and it is NOT attractive. Haha, ohh college. Well, tonights another night and we'll see what more trouble I can get myself into! Pictures are on their way...

Cheers!

Good Song: Sun Kil Moon - Ocean Breathes Salty

Ohh yeah.

A big round of applause for the ol' half-day Friday! Thats right, I'm sneaking out early today to get the weekend started right. Whats in store for And-to-the-D, you may ask? Well, I answer your question with...a question: Whats NOT in store?? Mmm, yeah. I'm thinking a little road trippin', some mountain bikin', some partyin', drinkin', couch crashin', and duathlon volunteerin'...lets hope, for your sake, I don't get arrested. Party on!


Good Song: Mellowdrone - Fashionably Uninvited

That's life. If nothing else, its life. It's real, and sometimes it fuckin' hurts, but it's sort of all we have.

Yup. Ain't that the truth. Gotta keep rockin' out to the best of my ability, and keep looking to the future! Lets do it. Big things are in the works!


Good Song: Badly Drawn Boy - Another Devil Dies

I'm not an ambi-turner.

Whew, I'm spent. One of those tireds where you can't exactly think straight...and you just kinda stare into nothingness. It feels great, too. So I apologize if the remainder of the post is neither intelligent nor understandable. Anyways, I was lucky enough to spend the weekend with a great group of old AND new friends from the JMU Triathlon Club. Had an amazing pre-race team pasta dinner, crashed on a couch in the 'burg, got little to no sleep with the time change and drunkards returning from wild nights of college debauchery, and returning home to NOVA with a little hardware and a HUGE smile. Today I raced my first triathlon of the season, Angels Sprint down in Lynchburg, VA. I faired well, about what I was expecting but always wishing to do just a tiny bit better. Somehow I managed to pull off the age-group win, and an 8th or 9th overall finish on the day...AND get in some tannage. Still looking for that breakthrough performance on the run I know I have in me. Once I can get that down I'll be golden! Oh, and if its wrong to enjoy wearing only tight spandex shorts, a visor, and sunglasses all day long...then I don't ever want to be right. Get pumped for an amazing season!!

JMU Tri rocks!

Peace out!

Good Song: Bright Eyes - Train Under Water