ENZO...NO-MORE-O

Had actually seen a report on this accident a couple of weeks ago on the Fox News Channel...Of coarse, considering the source, I didn't believe it at the time! :)
I was sure it was a completely fictitious report dreamed up in some back room by O'Reilly and Hannity as part of a sinister plot to keep Hillary out of the White House in 2008. Anyway...I digress :)

USA Today had a mention of it today...so I'm sure it's SOLID! :)
Apparently, some rich schmuck in LA (That's Los Angeles, not Louisiana) managed to crash his $1,000,000 ENZO and slice it in half. Check out the video recreation of the accident and what was left of the car. Or some pretty good still shots. Before you start feeling too sorry for this poor schmuck, rumor has it that this was one of his two ENZO's.
I know what you're thinking Eric...I wonder what that family of eight in the Sudan with no clean water, electricity, shelter, food, medicine, education or hope would think of him and his two Enzo's. :)

Check him out....

For those that know me...I'm really not the nature loving, tree hugging type.
However, saw this guy hanging out on the wall here at the courthouse this morning and found him to be picture worthy.

Snapped this shot right before I smashed him!

Just joking, Of course! :)

The Human Body...truly Amazing!

No matter how many times I experience it...it always amazes me. If you remember last week in my "Ouch...That Hurts" post, I described a somewhat sadistic workout...compliments of the Doc. In the days following that workout my legs were unbelievably sore. Well, I did the same workout yesterday, and while it was equally as challenging, I basically have no soreness in my legs...

I've experienced this a number of times with everything from lifting weights to jogging and the same two things always amaze me:

First, No matter how good of shape you think a particular muscle group is in...if you hit it in a slightly different manner, YOU WILL FEEL IT, BIG TIME!

Secondly, How quickly the body is able to adjust...It's ability to handle a given workout the second time around is exponentially better than the first.

Wish it was 2007...

Well at least for riding purposes!

FYI-
Starting next year we get an extra three weeks of Daylight Saving Time on the front end and one week on the back end.

That's an entire month of after work rides without being caught by darkness...I'll take it!

Cheaha Motivation...

With Cheaha quickly approaching...I thought I would throw out an inspirational quote to help us remember; Why it is we do what we do?

"To be a cyclist is to be a student of pain....at cycling's core lies
pain, hard and bitter as the pit inside a juicy peach. It doesn't matter if you're sprinting for an Olympic medal, a town sign, a trailhead, or the rest stop with the homemade brownies. If you never confront pain, you're missing the essence of the sport. Without pain, there's no adversity. Without adversity, no challenge. Without challenge, no improvement. No improvement, no sense of accomplishment and no deep-down joy. Might as well be playing Tiddly-Winks."

- Scott Martin

OUCH...That hurts!

Well, with Cheaha quickly approaching @ T minus 2 months, I'm trying to avoid getting lazy by finding ways to keep the inside workouts exciting while waiting on DST to arrive .

Actually, got lazy yesterday afternoon and skipped my roller workout. Therefore, I decided to hit the rollers this morning...Partially because of guilt from skipping yesterday, and partially because I wanted to try a roller workout that the Doc mentioned to me yesterday afternoon.

One Hour Roller Workout: (12 - 5 minute segments as follows)

• 5 minute warm-up
• 1 minute standing - 4 seated
• 2 minutes standing - 3 seated
• 3 minutes standing - 2 seated
• 4 minutes standing -1 seated
• 3 minutes standing - 2 seated
• 2 minutes standing - 3 seated
• 1 minutes standing - 4 seated
• 2 minutes standing - 3 seated
• 3 minutes standing - 2 seated
• 4 minutes standing - 1 seated
• 5 minute cool down

The Doc is a very sick man.....

Bridge Out...Actually GONE!

NEWFLASH!!! I'm sure I'm one of the last people to realize this but the bridge in Spillman on Hwy 421 which has been closed for years, but was always "passable", is now gone. Given that the only other choice that I was aware of would have added about 15 miles to the ride, we opted for a little bike-swim-bike!
Now that I've had a chance to look at a map, looks like going back and taking Morris road would have gotten me back to JVC and only put us about 1.5 miles out of the way. I'll have to try and find out if Morris road is a viable option.
Speaking of surprises...What happened to Hwy 66, it looks the same but I thought it rode like S#it, I couldn't wait to get off of it.
Other notable surprises...Captain Doug's Bait Shop and General Store in Rosemound is a WiFi Hotspot...technology, got to love it!
To top off the day we stopped at Lola Blue's for a bite to eat on the way out of town, due to the pretty weather they had had a busy weekend, therefore they were out of about 90% of the menu choices...literally! No seafood, no bread for sandwiches, limited salads and dressing, etc. etc. That being said, the burgers and onion rings were slamming!

Classic Signs...

While admittedly, it's not as good as the "Help Wanted...Brain must be working" sign from Yousef. I thought this one was pretty good, I snapped it Friday at my local barber shop.

Froth IT!

YES! It's the little things in life. Nothing quite as good as a late afternoon cup of coffee amongst family and friends...but to really send it over the top, the addition of a Froth Au Lait machine is required. My sister acquired this little number recently, and while I will admit I was very skeptical at first...it's becoming habit forming.