On excitement

The weather expected Saturday looks pretty bad. Probably rain off and on through the day. My Manager has allowed me to book this Friday off so it is my plan to ride out on Friday and return on Sunday. Sadly Sunday is supposed to be cold so I guess I will be wearing a jacket in addition to arm and leg warmers. (At least I have more pockets with a jacket.)

USPS had delivery problems, I sent Jeff, my friend in Rochester, a box of clothing and although the web based tracking info said the box could not be delivered Jeff never got the paper attempted delivery notice. Now Jeff has to go to the post office, not exactly a short distance, to collect my personal stuff. How come I do not have these problems with UPS or FedEx?

I am going to have to start watching what I eat soon. I need to consume the right fuels in the right amounts. There are few things in life worse than severe stomach distress miles from anywhere.

In other nearly totally unrelated news, the editors of an e-magazine, Road Bike Rider, had decided not to bother covering races any longer. Readers had complained that they can get all their race news from other sites and wanted more on how to ride better. As soon as the race content was pulled other readers started complaining that they liked the race news! To the editors of RBR, should you ever happen by this post, I know the feeling, I really know the feeling. To everyone else, WTF? I swear the human condition is messed up. I think people just complain because they can.

For myself I have thought of writing the editors of RBR just to say I appreciate their work, (I don't really have an opinion on coverage of races) but that kind of thing scares me. Let me explain, after I wrote Mayor Miller and asked for a minor road repair the road was fixed. So I wrote a quick thank you to the guy who actually sent out a formal "yes this section of road does indeed need resurfacing" and I asked if there was a general mailbox for posting about bad roads that should be fixed. He responded rather furiously clearly covering his rear end noting the request was dealt with, and CCing his manager - I assume his manager. So ever since I've been worried that my little "thanks, good job" some how gets mistranslated to something a lot ruder.
Anyway someone is probably wondering why I don't care for race coverage. Well sure if the RBR guys want to cover it, great, I will probably skim through it quick so I can get on to the stuff that turns my crank, how to improve the ride. But if the RBR guys want to pull the race news, oh well, at least I still have Versus and YouTube.

Speaking of Races, three time winner of the Hell of the North (aka Paris-Roubaix) Tom Boonen was busted for the third time with cocaine in his system. Probably not the best excuse money can buy, I don't remember taking it, I was drunk at the time. He is sure to face huge fines, possible jail time, possible suspension. Too bad, I really had a lot of respect for him, its like Ricardo Ricco all over again. Sigh.

At least tomorrow I am doing a double century with no illicit substances! Can I be in awe of myself? (At least I know I am clean.)