Rest day blog post #2

First off, if you want to read something scary, check out the latest Naples Velo Facebook post here. It seems like there are a lot of people here who work to make cycling safe, so hats off to them.

Actually, it's worth sharing how impressive the cycling scene here is in general. It's dead flat, the roads are crazy-busy, and yet at least 20 people show up for group rides every single morning at 7 AM! Each day has a designated format and "speed limit" so you always know what to expect. Only problem is that no one every goes easy...even the "recovery day" ends with a 2k leadout into a sprint. Oh well. Getting up at 5:30 to make it there takes some getting used to, but the reward is often a pretty nice sunrise. Not sure the blackberry caught the full glory of this one:



In other news, after countless hours of staring into drainage ditches on long rides, I finally saw an aliigator the other day. unfortunately, he ran away before I could snap a picture. Our interaction went something like this:



To conclude today's update, I'd like to share what I think is one of the best new jersey designs for 2010. I might be a little biased, but still, check it out on Dartmouth Cycling's twitter, here. (just the two guys in back are wearing the new kit).

Seems like those guys are ready to have a great year, and I have never seen the cycling team so well organized and professionally run. Props to Michael Rea and crew. If I had to miss something about school, of course it would be the cycling team. And roads like these:

Also, if anyone needs any inspiration to go out training:. I don't remember where I found this, but it's one of the craziest racing clips I've seen.

First ever blog post, exciting times!

My goal with this blog is to share things I find interesting and exciting, from both my travels on the internet, as well as on the road racing with Team Mountain Khakis fueled by Jittery Joe's.

I'm currently training in Naples, Florida. Every time I come down here, I'm given at least one good, thorough beating by the locals on group rides. I'm still recovering from Saturday's ride....I'm not one to get too caught up in power numbers, but the profile from this ride looked a lot like one from a mid-summer New England crit. As an old teammate of mine (Chris Rozdilsky) used to say, "tales of the big ring."

In other news, I've been on a mission to watch all of these.. Thank you netflix.

Also saw this on Top Gear the other day. Hopefully I'll do better when I one day realize my dream of being a professional race car driver.