getting on a team

so this past weekend i went on a ride with some guys from the cycling team up st vrain to peak to peak and down ward. it was a pretty brutal ride, mostly just because of the cold. i really want to do it again this weekend and maybe try to get 100 miles in on sunday morning. the more miles i can get in before winter sets in, the better shape i'll be in when i'm trying to get in race shape in the snow. my next step other than getting stronger faster and lighter this winter is to try to get on a team to race for next season for USCF. I'm planning on doubling up on every race i possibly can next season (racing collegiate and USCF), and i'll be a cat 3 shortly into the season hopefully and by the end of the summer upgrading to cat 2 if i can train enough next semester. i'm looking at Vitamin Cottage, Colavita/Cooking Light, and am going to ask around for what teams are good ones to race for. hopefully i can get some good racing and training advice from these guys. it's almost kinda sad that i'm not even thinking about graduation and instead am worried about bike racing and how fast i can get this winter/next spring. oh well! my new alternate life plan is that if racing doesn't work out or if i go broke trying to make it work out, i'm either going to move to denver, san fransisco, or new york city to be a bike courier for a few years. engineering can wait.

no more boredom

so the basis of this blog was to take the boredom i experienced day to day, find the things that most people would think were normal, and run them through my oh so random brain to make them somewhat funny. since school has taken my life by the balls, i don't really go through much boredom anymore. HOWEVER, my life is about to take a pretty serious turn because i'm turning my back on the systematic "get a job right out of college" plan. my plan is to train really really hard in the spring, race really hard and frequently, then after i graduate, keep racing next summer and training 30+ hours/week and hopefully make it up to cat 2 by the end of the summer, and be looking for a team starting the following spring. people tell me i'm talented at cycling, i love it, and according to a coach i saw this summer, i'm physically built well for the sport. it's scary knowing that i'm not going to the fall career fair on campus tomorrow where i could potentially get a job that'll pay well, pay for a house, food, whatever else i need and instead focus on something where i have a very slim chance of success and won't be making much money. i say screw it though. life isn't about getting a job and making money. it's about living. i'm happiest when i'm on my bike, even when it's already my job. even on nights at work where i can't feel my hands or my feet, there's nothing i would rather be doing. even when i'm high up in the mountains, can barely turn the pedals over and my heart rate is through the roof, there's nowhere else i'd rather be.