The Official Guide to the World between the Wheels

A good friend

Here's a picture of me in Philly a few weeks back with Jesse Kelly. He's the guy responsible for my blogsite. Ok maybe not this exact site but Jesse is the guy who set up my original site and then walked me through building and maintaining a site on my own. Thanks Jesse.

How do i find them?

All i've i got to say is that i hope everyone out there reading this has friends like i do. Since hooking up with a coach my riding schedule has changed drastically and thankfully my riding bud has been very accommodating. Given the choice of riding solo or riding with someone Timmy has been kind enough to tailor some of his rides to fit my coaching schedule. What a great friend! We spent a beautiful sunday riding 3+ hours as I was told to do at a moderate pace. Sure he could have gone anywhere and ridden however he wanted but he decided to help me out and keep me in check during my ride. To that i must say Thanks.

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Eating with Family

What a surprise. Michelle and I ran in to one of my very favorite younger cousins Sarah while going out for dinner. Sarah has been out of town for the past year working on contract so we haven't seen much of each other. We convinced her to have dinner with us and got caught up. At the young age of 25 Sarah has her life together which makes me really proud to see her becoming so succesful. Now if I could just get those track legs of hers on a Bike!
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Pikeys

I  picked up 3 Demo Bikes from the Cranberry Trek Store and drove up to Moraine State Park to meet with Mary Lorah (Regional Manager) and Jeremy Rekich (Assistant Park manager) at the trail head. Mary had a couple of friends visisting during their Holiday. The visitors, Mike and Betsy, were from New Zealand and were about to head back home after their 6 week Holiday or as we say in the States vacation so they made biking at the park their last stop before the trip. Mike and Mary both rode a Paragon 29er and Betsy rode an EX 8 full suspension all thanks to the Trek Store. Jeremy and I lead the group for a small loop all the while talking about differences in our lives because of were we live. Several times the Kiwis apologized for "piking out" until finally I requested a translation. Mike quickly explained it meant quitter. I loved this and started using it on the spot. More pictures will be posted as soon as Mary sends them to me.

Thanks to everyone for coming and braving the cold sleet and rain. Fun has had by all.

Now don't be a pikey and post a comment

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Good riding, good food

Last night I meet up with TJ for the first time in months for a ride. We started from his Dads house in New Ken and rode the trails we used to call our "home" trails. I had ridden these many many times over the past couple of years but this was the first time for me in over a year. Since TJ relocated to a new job and I basically I have worked with my local neighborhood landowners for access to the plethora of quad trails, we haven't ridden these "home" trails much so I was a little hesitant to let it rip while riding last night. Lots of leave coverage made me cautious of hidden logs, branches or rocks. After hitting a few sections of the old trails we cleaned up and and hit Primanti Bros in Harmar for re-fueling with Bob Myers who was in town for the night while making his shop stops.

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Weekend Jobs

No riding today. just a nice cold day while playing with some high voltage lines. I have 7 guys working for me to re-route a 8,320 volt high line Lots of fun!

Catching up

Wednesday night I took some time to catch up with my younger cousin Jilly. She is finishing up at IUP (indiana univ of PA) for a degree in sports science. We had a quick dessert after I had eaten a nice fish dinner at a local place. Its always nice to catch up with family especially Jilly because we talked sports (biking) and training
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Iceman pt 2a

Eating again but this time the whole group showed up. Big race tomorrow!

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Iceman pt 2

Traveling to Narnia requires an Invitation

Last night, still feeling quit sickly with the sinus cold I had managed to catch, I called up my brother who was staying at my parents flat during his holiday from California. I told him that I needed to get a short spin in to keep my legs ready for the upcoming race and invited him along for the journey. He took the offer so I put some platform pedals on the Poprad, loaded it and my Paragon into the wagon and headed off for the local rails to trails.