TNR Part III

The ride was an all cement loop. Two very fast guys on road bikes came and they were pushing the pace compared to the two previous rides. I much prefer having to work hard if I am going to go to all the extra effort of a group ride. It takes a lot to keep my otherwise cantankerous attitude positive around a bunch I don't know. One of the guys is a Jeff Kerkove/Sonya Looney fan and was telling me about how he bought a few Linda W training plans...that was cool to know what the heck he was talking about. Another guy loaned me his Pi headband b/c my ears were freezing. It was like 37 and wind chill to probably 25-30. That was nice...I didn't get lost b/c my ass was dragging way behind, but I like the feeling of acid in my veins again. I'm alive.

TNR Part II

The second TNR was harder than the first...mostly b/c I am a bit worn out. I have not taken a day off in over a month. Granted M,W,F is always between 1-1.5 hours on our lovely lifecycle at work. I may have to rethink the doubles I have been doing on T,Th. Of course 2 weeks ago I raised the bar with a 100k race in the freezing cold and then last weekend I sprinted my ass off for two hours in what was basically a road race on my mtb against cross nugets. So about 8 or so people showed up and we rode to Swansen park and did two laps. I got lost in the front section and did that area three times and the back section once. I probably went the same distance as everybody else. It is really a shitty trail if you ask me with criss crosses all over the place and virtually no markings...sorry guys if you like that trail...it sucks. Oh well it's not like Omaha has tons of trails to choose from. I'll take friggen Tranquility! For those friends that know...I'll really take Quiet Waters.

The Omaha TNR

The Thursday Night Ride was fun, short, and fast. The loop called the CB Loop had only one or two tiny bumps so was pretty much flat and wound around city streets for about 30% of the ride and on City park cement trails for the rest. RF from the MTB Omaha group went nice and slow to keep the group together as I acted like a complete ass and was going faster and getting lost and stupid crap like that. I am a terrible group rider. I have always known this and can't stand stopping for the group to get together. Drop'em as I have been dropped so many times is my very idiotic and selfish attitude. Maybe next time some of the hammerheads will show up and treat me like the overweight wana be that I am.