8.07.2005

08.07.05 - gearing up for snowshoe and my feelings regarding testosterone

next race coming up on the list is the snowshoe NORBA which consists of 2 24 mile loops. race is on a thursday and then the suicide 6 on saturday, so it's going to be a busy week. cool thing is that i'll probably start heading down there on tuesday because i hope to get a chance to ride the full loop early wendesday. sweet.

the newest adventure sports has the speedgoat ad with me in it right before a little 1/2 page article on big bear. has a pic of cameron right next to it.... hmmm...

oh, and thanks to sologoat fan jason for pointing out that the latest edition of Endurance Times has a little blurb about me and big bear. actually, it is pretty much a thank you letter that i forwarded to them. i'll have the links for this up tomorrow, along with a scan of the adventure sports article/picture.

was this the weekend of "lance is so cool, i'll by a trek bike and race every body i see on the bike trail" type guys, or what? i've must of been raced at least 5 times this weekend on the hike/bike trails. jeez. i had this guy riding a cross/road lower end trek racing me today - i had sort of cut him and his wife off (they had matching bikes) when i dove off a little off road trail onto the bike trail.

i shifted up, went hard for a few seconds, then reached down to grab my water bottle when i caught a glimpse of this guy looking like he was ready for action. i calmly put my bottle back in place, and without standing, i unleashed a fury of power. he somewhat stayed with me for a minute (leaving his wife well behind). when i turned around the next time, he was way back - probably was his rest day or something.... ya...

oh, any my favorite of the weekend:
i see this guy way up the bike/hike path and i know he is going somewhat hard because i have seen this guy before. i didn't do enough high heart rate riding that day, so i used this guy as my fitness carrot (so-to-speak). so, for the next 15 minutes, i am about a 170'ish heart rate chasing this guy down (lactic acid kicks in around 187 for me), so i am going pretty good on my asylum. i finally catch this guy when the trail turns to ash.

he's on this prestine super high end calnago road frame with all kinds of fancy schmancy parts on it, including some high end vittoria road tires. i think this guy is going to turn off the path - what kind of nut case would ride his road bike on a ash trail covered with some sections of rocks about the size of quarters? well, the nut case saw me, noticed in horror that i was on a mountain bike and decided to race me when i was really wanting to comment on his nice bike. so, he must of felt like a complete dork when i passed him 10 seconds later.

Testosterone - makes us guys total nut cases sometimes.

anyhoo - links and pics up tomorrow, along with a short recovery ride with teammate EJ down near the 'burgh area.

thanks again solo goat fan jason - and if any of you guys/gals notice any write ups that i don't mention, please pass them on to me. mucho thanks in adance!

gotta run - sologoat out.

2 comments:

Jeff Kerkove said...

The new Dirt Rag has a huge Cameron Chambers National Solo Champ. ad in it. There is also a SpeedGoat ad...but not with you on it. Bummer dude!

Solo Goat said...

didn't see that yet... the 'goat has an ad with dirt rag almost every issue as the dirt rag guys are pals with chris (one of the owners of the shop). if you look through some old issues, i am in one of their ads about a year'ish back or so - can't remember what it was for though.

good for cameron though - as long as some enduro guys are getting some press, it's cool. especially one riding a 29er.

and as a side note - when i just restarted my membership the other day with dirt rag, the girl on the other end of the phone was telling me she was just reading about me in the 101 write up.

small world, eh? (getting my canadian vocabulary up to speed for worlds)