The mancave....

And I present to you the new mancave. Well just another room where we can use trainers, clean and fix our bikes. Got to make it like a mini bike shop with all the gear organized. Still working on it but little by little it will look better. Hehe

RACE Season is upon us...

 It's almost here.  The years race season is almost at our reach...am I ready... well lets just say I'm at a better position than I was last year so...yes in a way.  Am I at the point where I want to be....No.  I got work to do. Right now I'm a little heavier than I was at the end of last race so I know and have been trying to work on that.  Basically its because I have not been riding everyday like a used to but that will change. It has to change. I have worked so hard to get to this point that in the coming weeks I will give it 100%.  No turning back now.  Everyone else is getting better, there is no option if I want to compete with the thinner guys.

Cyclist Hospitalized After Being Struck by Car...

Cyclist Hospitalized After Being Struck by Car

Looking at the that picture it is a miracle how he could have just a couple broken ribs.  Manny is part of our cycling group and this could have been any of us.  It's crazy out there and you can do everything right but you never know how the others are doing.... we can only pray and hope for the best, no matter how hard we try to be safe anything can happen...  

Cold GO AWAY let me ride....

Another day on the trainer. This time we distracted ourselves by watching the waterboy. Come on warm weather, let me ride.

We need to get out there and RIDE!...

Got in one good 45 mile ride this week before the weather turned horrible again today.... THIS IS KILLING ME!!! We need to get out there and ride! Think and hope that this is the last cold front for this year.  We got a 100 mile ride next week so thats something to look forward to...  I remember last year it was hot and it is call the Jalepeno 100 because of the heat, so I'm stoked for the warm weather. I remember when I was fat and lazy, I prayed for the cold weather, now I despise it!

The real training begins NOW...

How do you get better when everyone around you gets better, the never ending battle of reaching the top.  Everyday that you don't train there is someone out there giving it all they got.  The past couple of months we have not given it the 110% that we needed to because of the weather and holidays.  Weather has killed so many miles that we could have and should have done.  But there are no excuses now. TODAY I got to start up again.  I pulled out my caloric intake app and I'm ready to start counting calories again.  The only way to really lose weight is to count the calories.  That way you know what you are putting in and see how much you have to work off.  Got to put in more miles.  Got to wake up early again and ride.  Got to stop eating so much.  SO MANY GOT's Now on to the do's.  

Taking off on the TT.

Billy riding very strong. Came in 2nd place on TT overall,  TARGET #1

Serg.    Thats all.

Cindy trying out her first TT.  Now she knows what she needs to do

Second one out, First one in!

Individual Time Trial...Get Faster Every Time...

26:58  Not a bad time to post on the first time trial of the year. A number that I know I can and will improve on. It's a baseline on where I am at at this moment, and shows what I need to do to get to the next level. Beast Mode ON!

Keep on training...

 RIDE RIDE RIDE.....  TRAIN TRAIN TRAIN....  well what is there more to say about this morning.  I am in training mode.  Have been for the last year.  Going out there every chance we get.... taking advantage of the good weather,  getting better every day.  These guys are the guys I ride with everyday.  You need people like these to keep you motivated on achieving your ultimate goals.. You have to have your support system, when one slows down the other will push harder.

We went out for an hour ride that turned out to be 3 hours. Enough said.  Get out there and ride!

Sunday club ride or race?...

Came out ready to ride today. Felt like a beast. My heart rate was steady, my legs had power, I was in the zone. Last Sunday I got dropped three times and I was ready to prove myself today. So off the elites went and me and Billy went out for the beating along with them. Today from the beginning looked as if it was gonna be a torture fest that I was willing to endure. Well was having a great ride felt good, was not even breathing hard, and all of a sudden I hear my bike making clunking noises. My freewheel hub locked up. I was in fixie mode and if I slowed my pedaling the chain would snag and fly off crank. Scary. Well took it in easy and was glad that that's all that was broken.


Billy did great today. Getting stronger and stronger everyday. Getting out there and riding makes a big difference and he has the advantage of being young. He can get faster in a shorter amount of time. He too was a little larger before and is another example that hard work and eating right will make you a healthier and fitter person.

Tacos to fuel an army....

We did a great ride this morning, putting in some interval training to get ready for racing season. Burned a good 1500 calories riding for around an hour and a half.  We also ruined it with great tacos. Here is an example of the choices we make. There is one choice of keeping your diet and getting the taco that has less filling, less potatoes, less tortilla and the other choice of getting the beast taco!  The MEGA taco!  That taco that other tacos look up to with respect and fear!  A taco that all other tacos are compared too, but can not match its glory! The taco that will also keep you on the toilet for days. Make your insides rumble as its fighting its way though your system, clogging every artery and expanding every inch of intestine.  These are the choices that you have to make when you are a big dude.... Every big guy wants the MEGA taco, but in order to lose the weight, with sufficient amount of working out, you must pick the small one.  Always think about how many calories your gonna put in no matter how many calories you say you burned. Just because you worked out for hours does not give you a free pass to choose the MEGA taco, it gives you the edge on your diet to pick the small one and fill yourself to a level that you are not hungry anymore and still going to continue losing weight.  Yea if you eat the MEGA taco your gonna probably maintain the weight your at, but its always better to keep a daily caloric deficit, in the end you will get better results and feel so much better for yourself.

Which one would you choose?  I chose the little taco and Sergio got the big one...  Serge has been missing since then....