Testing....Testing...Testing....

No.... we aren't dead, not yet anyway. Lets just say sometimes life has a way of derailing even the best intentions. The first week of July saw k.rider pay in blood to the MTB gods and I haven't really returned to form yet. Thus, ending my comeback season a little short. All wasn't too bad in hindsight, it kept me from burning out and gave me plenty of time to plan my attack in '13... Since it's my favorite number, i'm hoping for good things next year. I promise to return things to more regular posts etc.

In the mean time enjoy this...

Burnt By The Sun

It is a heat wave in town. The temps are going to push well into the triple digits this week with today’s high near 108 degrees. Burnt By The Sun indeed.


 

 

j.rider out

Stepping Stone

Just because...







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Soundtrack For Monsters

Here is what has been echoing through my head on my last couple of rides.


Come Alive - Doomriders
Road Born Orphan - Sweet Cobra
Rise - Public Image Limited
Set Me Down - Left Lane Cruiser
Sleep - Poster Children
The Protest Hour - Trap Them
The Moan - The Black Keys
He Is Never Coming Back - Gaza
A Ways To Uprise - Kerretta
99 Problems - Jay Z
Hot Air Balloon - Owl City
Fast Fuse - Kasabian
Breaking The Cycle - Modern Life Is War
The Poison Plot - Brothers Keeper
Built To Last - Sick Of It All
Such Great Heights - Postal Service
Pious - A Life Once Lost
Banjo Song # 1 - Hillstomp
Surfing On A Rocket - Air
On A Rope - Rocket From The Crypt
Drowned My Life In Fear - Leaf Hound
Vietcatterpillar - Black Moth Super Rainbow
Think Twice - Betrayed
Wonderwall - Ryan Adams
Come Back Home - T-Model Ford
On The Road Again - Canned Heat
Monsters - The Enkindels
Refused Party Program -Refused
Fear Not Le Loup - Le Loup
Neckwrecker - Electro Quarterstaff
Rock Candy - Montrose
Shadrach - Beastie Boys
Triangle Walks - Fever Ray
Soft Pyramids - Q And Not U
Set The Dial To Your Doom - Black Tusk
Cpai-75 - Bloodlet
Walk Together Rock Together - 7 Seconds
Trouble - Honkeyfinger
Cod Metal King - Strapping Young Lad
Dream Small - Poser Children
I See It In Us - H2O
Gene And Eddie - Brian Setzer
The Prisoner - Iron Maiden
Mandible - Mares Of Thrace
Aint Nothing Wrong With That - Robert Randolph
Super Disco Breakin' - Beastie Boys
The New Year - Death Cab
Carry On - Crosby Stills Nash & Young
Trepanning For Oil - Trap Them
Conquer All - Behemoth
Vent - Snapcase
911 Is A Joke - Public Enemy
Every Place Is A House - Maps And Atlases
Happens Everyday - Poster Children
Overture - 65 Days Of Static
Turnstile Blues - Autolux
Phoenix In Flight - Converge
Weak Brain Narrow Mind - The Immortal Lee County Killers
New Kata - Snapcase
Strange Dreams - Mahogany Rush
Watch This - Danananakroyd
Can't Find My Way Home - Blind Faith
Starship Troopers - Yes
Falsified Mitigation - Noisear
Five O Ford - Reverend Horton Heat
1974 - Cursed
Cardiac Arrest In D - Hillstomp
Ballad Of Hollis Brown - Entombed
Substance - Betrayed
The Pusher - Steppenwolf
Green Onions - Booker T and The MG's
Floating - Jape
Rise Above - Black Flag
Curse Of The Common Man - Engineer
Backslide - Unsane
I Don't Belong - OFF!
Shoot High Aim Low - Yes
Gristle - Gaza
Just Go Outside - Black Cross
Need - Lent0
The Furnace - Disfear
Inner Station - Burnt By The Sun
Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys - Traffic
Returning The Screw - Fugazi
Dazed And Confused - Cave In
Boabab - Mouth Of The Architect


 




 j.rider out

Set Your Goals

Training without having a goal is like driving in the dark without your headlights. You may get to where you need to go but you are likely to run into a lot of other things as well. The problem is I am not  sure what my goals are.





 


j.rider out

Axe To Fall

Race number two is in the books. I finished. I was reminded of a number of things. The starts are hard and fast but I cannot ride in the red for an entire race. I need to hydrate better while racing. Over-tightening carbon bars can cause them to crack but under-tightening carbon bars causes them to slip. Add all of these up and there is an axe to fall. j.rider out

Buried Alive

It's been a long time since I have felt the leg burning of a start like yesterdays race. From the gun it was a mad dash for a wicked left handed creek crossing...That took us directly into a service road climb and finally to one of the many grassy knoll sections. My heart rate was pushing the max after our first few efforts. Add to that the amount of dirt and dust I was sucking in and it felt as if I was being buried alive. It was a brutal wake up call for my body, that is for sure. I did manage to reel in my legs and lungs at somewhere towards the end of lap three. By then, the damage had been done. I wasn't going to be picking up any extra places for my suffering and dust eating. All in all not to bad of a result for my second event in 6yrs. I was able to hold onto 4th Place and finish out the last lap strong. It was good to get a second race under my legs so quickly... Now it's back to studying and training for the next set of events.

I have to admit on of the first things I thought about after finishing. Was, just how brutal the start felt... It was not unlike the first time I got to see Buffalo NY's  Buried Alive. That band seriously felt like they were pummeling you with the crunching of Marshall full stacks. It's was an impressive thing to witness for sure.

Enjoy some Scott Vogel love.

This one seems fitting for my return to cycling