Blinded By the Light

If I never post again it's because I have been blinded. Bill just purchased a new bike light. A light that is brighter than the sun. He just pointed it at me and now I am seeing spots and blue blinking flashing things in front of my eyes.

Thanks, Bill.

If anyone needs to pretend that it is daytime while riding their bike check out the CygoLite Mity Cross 400.  Also a good choice if you need to burn holes in your retinas.

In other news, after polishing off a bottle of wine over dinner we almost talked each other into immediately registering for a 24-hour race at the end of April and a 48-hour race in July. Fortunately my lightweight self couldn't find my credit card so we didn't, in fact, drunkenly register for 72 hours, 250 miles and 700 bucks worth of racing.

The hazards of racing with someone you are stuck with for better, for worse, in sickness, in health.

Additional hazards of racing with your spouse (I hate that word)/husband/wife
/partner/boyfriend/girlfriend/insert appropriate label here
 include looking like we do in this picture in front
of each other. And a shoutout to our old teammate Ryan, who
I couldn't crop out of this picture because my photo editing program
apparently ate some acid for dinner and is thus being weird.

Segue-Free Tuesday

• Bill is currently putting new tires on our mountain bikes. Supposedly the lil' knobs allow for smoother road riding with less effort. Not sure if I buy it but the upcoming 60+ miles on Skyline Drive are hanging over my head so I will take whatever help I can get.
• In addition to currently putting new tires on our mountain bikes Bill is also cussing at his bike breaks and the low ceiling in our basement that he keeps hitting his head on. Anyone have any good suggestions for disk break upgrades? His basically seem to suck and are constantly giving him problems.
• But he did make vegan goodness for dinner, complete with every vegetable currently in season. And he scrubbed basically the entire house. Hooray! Happy Tuesday to me.
• He also got my mountain bike overhauled. New bottom bracket, new chain, new thingy on part of my rear derailleur.
• Training has been going fine. Nothing amazingly good or bad. I've decided to focus more on the run/trek than the bike this week. I just realized that June's 50k isn't too far away, actually, and that I therefore need more time on my feet right now.
• It is supposed to snow here toward the end of the week and Saturday is supposed to be cold and grody out. Spring, come find me. I am ready.
• I have a guaranteed entry into the New York Marathon this year. Running it in 2010 was a giant ball of fun and I am tempted again this year. I have a month to decide. And will probably take 29 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds to do so.