Weekend Report
so, it's been quite an eventful weekend. On Friday, I made Tarte Tatin #2, which turned out quite nicely (although I discovered I like using salted butter for the apple topping better than unsalted butter), and I brought it to the gathering for the Toronto Photo Marathon, which I participated in last month. (http://www.torontophotomarathon.com/) I was a winner in one of the categories, so I got a nice big enlargement of my winning print, which is awesome. (Unfortunately I can't tell you which category.....that would compromise my anonymity here.) The party was pretty lame because not enough people showed up. We had a huge hall, and out of 100 photographers only about 20 or 25 showed up! How disappointing! But it wasn't too bad anyway, talked about photography to some interesting people.
On Friday I also found out what camp CC will be moving to in Oregon, for her bird field work. It's going to be the most remote camp they have out there...great for bird watching and for being far from civilization, but also bad for being so far from civilization...no running water, no electricity, and most horribly, no phone! I hope that she can find somewhere to get cell phone connectivity...no talking to her for 3 months would be really really rough. I might go down to Oregon in June....stopping in Van and Portland on the way.
Saturday was a most annoying day, because I was getting kicked out of my room by my older sister. She is pregnant, and my room was (much) bigger than hers, and her husband is coming back, so it made sense for us to switch, but I'm still allowed to complain about it! So we spent most of the day moving our stuff back and forth, and we (read I) moved her furniture around, because she can't really lift anything at the moment.
Sunday was a race day. I brought my homemade power gel. The race went ok, but I didn't push as hard as I could have. I wasn't sure I could rely on my legs not to cramp, but it seems like with this power gel and gatorade in my camelbak, I don't need to worry. In the flats and in double track I tended not to push too hard, worried that I might run out of steam before the end of the race. This is apparently unnecessary! I should HAMMER in the flats and false flats, and use my pretty decent technical skills to flow through the windy singletrack. I also reconfirmed (as discovered in the first race) that I need to do some weight training on my legs. I tested the theory that all I needed was to ride more between races, and this theory proved false; I really need tons more power to increase my power to weight ratio (while at the same time reducing my weight a bit, which is a bit high for my height and for a mountain biker). However, I was talking to a friend who noted that you see all sorts of physiques excelling at mountain...short stocky guys, skinny lanky guys, tall behemoths, and small gnomes. So there is still hope for me! I just need to work at it more. In terms of results, I didn't finish as well this race as in the first race, because I didn't push as hard, and also there were other factors...I haven't been sleeping, I had a tiring day Saturday, I didn't preride, and also I fought off a potentially nasty cold in the 3 days leading up to the race. Hopefully with some weight training, healthy sleeping, and good diet my next race will be better.
Ok, I guess it's time to get to work finally for the day!!!
I'm such a slacker.
GSM
On Friday I also found out what camp CC will be moving to in Oregon, for her bird field work. It's going to be the most remote camp they have out there...great for bird watching and for being far from civilization, but also bad for being so far from civilization...no running water, no electricity, and most horribly, no phone! I hope that she can find somewhere to get cell phone connectivity...no talking to her for 3 months would be really really rough. I might go down to Oregon in June....stopping in Van and Portland on the way.
Saturday was a most annoying day, because I was getting kicked out of my room by my older sister. She is pregnant, and my room was (much) bigger than hers, and her husband is coming back, so it made sense for us to switch, but I'm still allowed to complain about it! So we spent most of the day moving our stuff back and forth, and we (read I) moved her furniture around, because she can't really lift anything at the moment.
Sunday was a race day. I brought my homemade power gel. The race went ok, but I didn't push as hard as I could have. I wasn't sure I could rely on my legs not to cramp, but it seems like with this power gel and gatorade in my camelbak, I don't need to worry. In the flats and in double track I tended not to push too hard, worried that I might run out of steam before the end of the race. This is apparently unnecessary! I should HAMMER in the flats and false flats, and use my pretty decent technical skills to flow through the windy singletrack. I also reconfirmed (as discovered in the first race) that I need to do some weight training on my legs. I tested the theory that all I needed was to ride more between races, and this theory proved false; I really need tons more power to increase my power to weight ratio (while at the same time reducing my weight a bit, which is a bit high for my height and for a mountain biker). However, I was talking to a friend who noted that you see all sorts of physiques excelling at mountain...short stocky guys, skinny lanky guys, tall behemoths, and small gnomes. So there is still hope for me! I just need to work at it more. In terms of results, I didn't finish as well this race as in the first race, because I didn't push as hard, and also there were other factors...I haven't been sleeping, I had a tiring day Saturday, I didn't preride, and also I fought off a potentially nasty cold in the 3 days leading up to the race. Hopefully with some weight training, healthy sleeping, and good diet my next race will be better.
Ok, I guess it's time to get to work finally for the day!!!
I'm such a slacker.
GSM
posted by a bike rider in the big smoke at 12:47 p.m.
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