craigerific

oh its close...

Ski season is upon us and I know all the downhillers are licking their boots and spittin on the bottoms of their skis to get ready to go fast. Those of us that xc ski are excited for different reasons this year. XC Nationals are down in Bend, OR and they come in march. Just right. I wish I knew how to put links on here(I dont seem to have the same button everyone else has) but one can go to kongsbergers.org and get the schedule of northwest events to go lose your lungs at.

I vividly remember last years 50k ozbaldy race. I hadnt finished the year previous so I was quite determined. I wasnt in the best of condition, I had to work late the night before and didnt eat well that morning. But I was with a fun crew that I knew were going to kill me. Crofoot for sure was out for blood since I smoked him in the 15km earlier in the year. Teehee. When the race started it stretched out immediatly and I was forced to watch everyone pass me going the other way after the turnaround. 30 seconds on the snow is an eternity! I pushed myself a bit too hard to stay with a good group and eventually had to let go or I was going to blow to pieces. I fought with myself less than I thought I would but my mind was still a formidable challenger. I somehow stayed positive and low and behold I found myself doing the last lap looking at dudes that had quit like I had the year before and I was very happy I was not quitting. I realized that it would be imposible to not get lapped but the guys that came by were going house and I really wasnt bummed I got lapped. Shit, I was out there now for just over two hours and my muscles were starting to turn to jelly. I was reeeal happy I finished and am looking foward to taking minutes off my time this spring. When I got home, I was completely wasted and capable of nothing more than laying down. Ah but the sweet smell of doing that under three hours was, well, sweet. I couldnt even link a sensible sentence together that night. I might of said one or two things though.

Heres to it!

posted by craigerific @ 7:29 PM 1 comments

so he thinks

So Pruitt thinks he is faster than me? We have only gone head to head in a tt once in our careers and if I remember correctly, I came in about 15 seconds slower than him. And back then he was a timet trialist by nature. So theoretically, if he give me a 3 minute handicap at the cycleu tuesday night tt, I would win by 2 minutes and 45 seconds. So until pruitt beats me by 3 minutes in a live road tt, I dont even have to show up. I have been working on my wattage recently and a bag of chips says I am stronger than the manimal and I know he can beat pruitt so therefore I can beat pruitt.

posted by craigerific @ 9:49 AM 2 comments

hour of power

I know its been a while but I really dont have anything to write about these days. My time is spent working and trying to figure out how I am going to get through this december. But you know what? Its just food, Im not figuring out how to feed the hungry of the world. Im must wrapping my head around a couple big ski races in march this next year.

Have you ever felt as though your career is trying to break you? Almost as though your job is saying, "I dont think you will be able to have a life because you will be too busy. So dont make any plans outside just getting up and making the doughnuts."

Well, to hell with that thought. I am racing on the 30th of december in winthrop. Again in february and will try to finish up the season down in Bend with masters nationals. Of course there are some other ones in there.

posted by craigerific @ 9:45 AM 4 comments

well done mr and mrs cooper

A big congratulations to Mike and Carrie who produces a baby girl this saturday morning at 1am pst. 7lb 12oz was the weight and I am sure they are taking a nap. Rest up and we'll all see you and the new addition soon. 6 Hours of intense labor was the report from Mike. Everything went well and they should be home tomorrow night!

posted by craigerific @ 9:21 AM 2 comments