I thought I would add some photos to the old blog:

Havoc jr’s new commuter rig.

Ok, the sign that you are getting old, is when you are surfing some results on cyclingnews and you see a bunch of guys you used to race with dominating the masters results.  I am not really sure how to feel about that whole situation.  A lot of my friends in these parts keep talking about me racing masters after retirement, but I am not sure I want or can do it.  But, nonetheless, it is crazy to see a bunch of guys who used to race the pro circuit racing the masters categories.  Those guys just better hope Gord or Scott don’t lose their minds and decided to race masters (and yes Gord is Canadian, but he has a green card so I think he is now eligible).  Things that make you go hmmmmmm. 

The US Swimming Olympic Trials have been on in a big way in my house.  My wife was a very dominate high school swimming coach in Tucson.   Her teams won states titles in both men’s and women’s for 6 straight years….pretty good.  She also ran the aquatics facility at the University of AZ so she knows a lot of the swimmers at the trials.  Some of them she had on her high school team so she has been as pumped as those of you who are tivo’ing the Tour.  I have to say that Phelps is a man-child, freak of a human and most likely the baddest dude on the planet.  And how about those track and field trials?  It is cool to see a human run faster than I can go on my bike…if only for a short time.  Still very impressive!

I bought a bike rack for the SUV.  Now I have not had a rack for a car for like 10 years, but with retirement looming and with expectations of family outings, I felt it was time.  I bought a Thelma from Saris and today I used it for the first time.  It only took me about 15 min to assemble the thing and about 30 sec to put the bike on.  Let me tell you, if you are going to buy a hitch rack, this is the one to get.  Very cool, very easy and a really nice design.

For those of you who know the name Victor Rapinski, he is back.  After a melt down of a season with Colavita, and a complete no show with Phonak, he is back racing here in Norcal.  He is still a big unit and he is still a pretty damn fast rider, but how the mighty have fallen.  To think this guy was on Phonak 2 years ago and now he is riding for a local team.  I am not sure how he is making ends meet, but he is Belorussian so I guess he is putting together.  By the way, he smoked me in the 4th of July Crit today.  My director John Legangue told me some stories about Victor when he was on Phonak, and how the guy knows how to tie his shoes is beyond me, but he is back.

That is about it.  Heading for BC in a week or so.

Havoc

This weeks post presented by the side effects shortness of breath, irregular intestinal movements, oily discharge, headaches, dizziness, four hour erections, a decrease in semen, scaly skin, liver damage, acne, decrease in sexual drive, increase in sexual drive, growth of wings, inability to control verbal outbursts, yellowing of skin, skin splotches, bleeding gums, loss of teeth, growth of teeth, growth of antlers, hair loss, excess ear hair growth and growth of extra digits.