Soggy Day

So it's really soggy today and I'm not happy about it. It needs to clear up soon so I can ride the track this afternoon and test out the knee. I won't have my track bike because it's a) it's not built up (sigh) and b) I want to have my road bike so I have the ability to go into lower gears if possible. So please be sunny this afternoon!

I can't say how PT is going because a lot of things have progressed but yet there is still pain whenever I ride or do any kind of resistance so that's not the greatest for bike racing or riding in general. The aqua classes are going well, and I'm not being criticized for every little thing that I'm doing. I will probably race (ride) PIR next Monday in the women's field just to get the feel for how it feels to spin with a pack of women. I'm sure I won't finish the race because it's too long and I haven' ridden more than 30 min. in the last 6 months so yeah, but it should be fun to at least remember what it feels like to line up at the start of a race and practice race tactics.


So for everybody that might now know, I am going to go to Reed in the fall!!! Yay! I'm super excited! I had to fill out a "freshman/transfer" survey yesterday for statistical purposes and they had the greatest questions: "do you think you'll be exploring gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgendered identities at Reed?" and "should marijuan be legalized"? etc...Hahah...It was fun filling out.





Steven and I went to watch the Mt. Hood crit last Sunday and it was awesome and inspiring! We got there in time to see half of the women's race - where 2 women were off the front with a huge break and eventually match-sprinted it to the end. It was so great to watch! The men's race was wicked up and pretty intense; some little Navigators guy was constantly attacking and counterattacking and easily made up his entry fee 5x over by winning all the big money primes. It made me really want to do this race. I don't know - I dont' really think of myself as a stage racer at all, but I really like Mt. Hood for some odd reason; it just draws me; it's so tough, and scenic and transcending. I want to race it again sometime and do well and have teammates and just do it, especially in the crit. I told Steven we should do it next year - more for training than anything. We better do it soon, because the way it's going and the continous addition of stages and miles, it will be like Tour de Hood in a few years - and I really am not up for any grand tour style races that involve multiple mountain stages, etc...although Danilo DiLuca was amazing in the Giro this year - scary, but amazing.