CIRCA 1993.........................................

Meg and I kinda had a trailer trash thing goin' back then. I mean the wife-beater, the half-a-mullet, and that getup on Meg.... My gosh....I'd like to tell you we were headed to a costume party, but I don't remember that being the case.

I'm sooo embarrassed I just had to post it.

PHATHER'S DAY AT FILLIPS...........................

Having kids that love the same sport as you do makes it easy to get a free pass to go racing even on Fathers Day. Now, we support our creepy little tax write-off's in all their activities (some of those earlier squeeky violin concerts of Meg's were particularly painfull), but I admit I have lucked out with the cycling thing. No complaints.

Meg, on the other hand, was doing a little complaining..... This was our maiden voyage at Phillips and the first 10 minutes of the pre-ride had her barking about the lack of technical singletrack. But 2 times around the lap portion of the course put a smile on her face and confidence in her pocket. On the way back in she says"I don't want to jinx myself, but I think I can do pretty good tomorrow"

And good she did taking the overall win of 20 or so women including some of her best competition.

From whinning to winning....She's hillarious.

Jamie made the move to elite to race with the "bigshots". She was pretty nervous and had realistic expectations. At times she looked very good, and there were times later in the race when she looked pretty smoked. I think she did pretty well and she should improve when she gets used to the extra lap and overall speed of the race.

Then I came home Sunday to Andrea presenting me with this "Monster Wok on Steroids". This thing is SUUUUWEEEET!!!

Now,I just need to make the time to have a few get-togethers.

It was indeed, a happy Fathers Day.

PHILLIPS....................

Here's a few photos while you're waiting for me to post something clever and witty.

HMMMMMM...................WHAT TO DO..........

Let's see... I could stand in front of this for 2 hours tonight or head over to the beatdown.

PURE NEGLECT................................

At first glance you may say, "That's the Rusty Tool Shed and The People's Toyota"...Naaah...just a picture I got off the web to symbolize how I've been neglecting this blog.

Again....I'm sorry.

I, however, have not been neglecting the section of the Menomonee River known as The Bubba trails (They're not mine, but my dogs have marked them as their own). I've opened them up and done a few short re-routes bypassing low land junk that refuses to dry up to higher ground. I have more improvements in mind but I encourage everyone to ride them...even offer some improvment opinions so I can publicly ridicule them. O.K. maybe just privately.

I've been battling some kind of upper respiratory crap for about the last 3 weeks which I am blaming all my poor riding/racing on. I'm over it now and hope to have a good race in Phillips on Sunday.

For some reason, we have never raced at Phillips in 5 years doing WORS. Conflicting schedules and the long drive may have had something to do with it , but we're giving it a go this year.

CONGRATULATIONS ANDREA..........


Confirmation Sunday for Andrea. A big day for a girl of 13. I felt very proud....and very old.


This weekend also had Julie Wolf logging her longest bike ride to date. 26miles.......WOOO-HOOOOOOO.....

CHILLIN' MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND............................




Spent Sunday at Frank's beach house in Oostburg. Look familiar Sheboyganeer's?? Yes..It's on the route of your winter beach ride. I am going to join you guys next winter for one for sure. Maybe drag Russell and Coop with me. I understand breakfast is an added bonus on this ride so I probably won't need to twist any arms.

Anyway, Frank is a high-falootin' corporate attorney for a multi-national company based in St Louis. He works down there but gets to spend about 3 days a week at his beach house here. Having access to a corporate jet makes this type of living possible. When I grow up, I want to be Frank. Frankly, Frank does not act very grown up though. This fire on the beach wound up getting a bit out of hand due to his pyro-tendancies. He has also perfected the art of drinking scotch while jet-skiing.
But you know Bubba had everything under control.

SATURDAY........WEMS..........

Some pics from the first WEMS race.
Props to Brittany and crew for a very well done event and good times. Congrats to Meg, Ron and the other winners.
There was poison ivy everywhere. I glad I kept him at home. He usually waits until July or August before giving me a good case of it.

SO MUCH FOR MY DIET......................

What's with all the frickin' gnats?? I think I've eaten 6 pounds of 'em in the last week.

I had a pretty good race at Lake Geneva Sunday. I killed the singletrack, and the climbs killed me. So we were even.

I did the Wednesday night races at Crystal Ridge. I had a pretty good start, but before I had the chance to blow up I took a wrong turn and did about 3 minutes of extra credit on my first lap. It was a good ride all-in-all.

With all the dumping going on over there, some new re-routes have been done to compensate. It is a work in progress, but the new stuff all seems pretty nifty.

Pressed for time, and rain threatening, I decided to blow off the beatdown last night. I noticed this guy had a ride posted for the Tosa trails billed as a "moderate pace-tempo" ride. Bender was there as well as a few second level fast guys. Let's just say that their easy ride is my Super-Bowl......and I lost. After about 1:45 of that nonsense I had the equivelent of 3 sport races in 5 days. I feel pretty good. My new "nice bike from Gunnar" is a champ........I am not.

I'm hoping to do a 3 hour solo at the WEMS race Saturday. I think I need to get used to riding for 3 hours because that's about how long I'll be out there if I decide to move up to Comp.

Congrats to COOOOOOOOOOOP. My sympathies to Anne.

CALL 'EM BIGSHOTS.............................................

BUT NONE OF 'EM ARE REALLY THAT BIG.

MOREIOLAPICSBYJULIE...................................................

THANKS CARLOS..................................

Alterra fast guy #2 sent me this photo he took at Iola. He said he had to turn up the shutter speed on his camera to get a clear picture 'cause I was HAAAAULLLLIN'. If you look behind me, I even put the hurt on Bender...............O.K. it was his dad, but it sounded good.

LESSON LEARNED..............................

Why is Bubba lined up almost dead last in a wave of near 60 riders???

That's because Bubba is STOOOOOPID........

Takin' his game overseas to the SSWC..............I gave him some beer money.

Takin' his game to a new level....................I need to buy him a beer.

3 overall womens sport and recently turned 21. She should really ride her bike more.....and have a beer.


Let him eat fer' cryin' out load.

Coooooooooooooooooooop don't do beer. He has a low tolerance for stupidity.....Who'd-a-thunk judging by the crowd he hangs with.

Megatron..............................

A COOL DAY................JULIE'S PICS

HUMP DAY........................

So....Anybody riding this weekend??