It's Been Ahwile....

Wow it's been.....what???... A month since the last post... Nothing new...



I'm sitting here drinking a cold one (damn near frozen that is) waiting on the game to start and going to catch up here.



So.. since I last posted - I had to run out of town for a funeral. Go Back to work, etc. Doesn't work suck. I think back then I weighed about 248lbs. Well with hard work and determination I've managed to bring that down to 235 as of today!!!



I've commited to doing the 24hrs of Big Bear - but I'm not so sure if there is even a team, we'll keep you posted as that goes.



I did manage yesterday to get out and ride offroad for the first time in the new year. Heck probably several months if you go back to the Old year.



The ride was just at the local Boy Scout Camp, started at my place rode down Howells Mill and did a little connector trail over to Big Cabelll creek. Normally this trail sucks in my opinion, but today it was frozen and solid, and they've actually done . Only the latter portion was in bad shape due to some horseback riding.


Then over to the scout camp for a small loop and back to my place. Lot of walkin' uphills, chicken shit ridin' down hills. Feet got cold near the end. Of course back home to sit in the tub...

Cold beer and a Hot Tub

well I'm missing the game have to run...

Almost 2008 OU approaching and NO COACH!

Really there's probably more important things to worry about than your favorite College Football Team... Anyhow... we still have no coach...

It's Official - I've lost the playlist for the 2007 CD - I know you're devastated. Get Over it. Drink a Beer.

here's one...

I'm drinking one now.. Straight from my Holiday pack of beers from Krogers. Yummy. I grabbed this image from a neat site....

RateBeer.Com Seems you can go there and get beer ratings... Something to do if you're bored...

This one scored a 2.8 out of 5.

And after swigging it... I see why....

I just don't like this type of stuff... That's ok.. I got a few more to go.. Maybe it'll grow on me.

So what else???

Basically been out of town running here and there...

Wed eve - To Buckville to visit Susan's parents... then Thursday to visit my family in Grafton, then home.

Skully managed her bladder well!

Today got up and ran for about 15 minutes at Susans, then came home and did some spinups on the trainer.

Other than that busy busy busy.

Well I won't bore anyone with senseless dribble.

The CD part II - not today....

well somehow I deleted that playlist.... the iPhone is in the car......

I'll continue my great commentary at a later date...

However I'd like to comment on the complete ineptitude of WVU to hire a coach..

Eddie Pastilong needs fired... Mike Parsons Needs Fired.. Mike Garrison is in over his head... AND GOVERNOR JOE (I need my face in the press) Manchin needs to stay out of the search..

According to the PITT Post Gazzette - we renigged on the deal to get Jimbo Fisher!!!!! Fire them all...

What the hell does a governor have to do with searching for a college football coach.

Should he not focus on making us 48th in something instead of 49th????


merry christmas!!!!!!!

Merry Christmas.... Still No Coach!!!! pt 1

Oh crap.. we still have no coach.. But that's a story for another day...

This morning, had a great brunch with Susan's parents.... The Queen B even dropped by.... breakfast casserole, macadamia nut french toast, pomegranate mimosa's, pumpkin pancakes... Delicious...

I'm stuffed and am having to go eat Mexican later this eve.....

Mexican's good though.

But anyway, many of you (or the few the proud and the bored) may have gotten your Christmas cards and wondering what that crappy CD is... Well I'm here to tell ya...

2007 The Mellow Years....

I Give it that name as I'm gettin' old... my tastes in music either default to 1980 or I pick up something new and just don't like it... But this is a taste of what I picked up this year....

The CD starts of with these men who've been residing in the "Where Are They Now File" the scorps... This is "HOUR I" off of "Humanity Hour I". This CD is actually pretty good... I wouldn't be too scared to pick it up if you like the scorps... It's not Cheesy other than their pictures of 50year old men trying to look cool. Reminds me when I take off my shirt.....

The Next song is DEATHSTAR by Sevendust... This song is one of the few that will satisfy the Hard and Heavy crowd... Comes off the album Alpha, released back in the spring I think. It's good, but typical Sevendust, as the shit just runs together. (Remember I'm an old codger reviewing new music).

Velvet Revolver and "GET OUT THE DOOR" - brings you to the days of when you picked up that ugly chick and wanted her out of the room before your roommate buddies woke up. This as a good rocker - sounds like you should enjoy this band as it looks like Scott Wieland is facing about a year in jail after his last encounter.

FAR CRY - RUSH - is there a drummer out there that doesn't like Neil Peart (spelling) This is the best Rush Album I've listened to in years.... If your a Rush fan and have given up on them pick this disc up - It rocks. "Snakes & Arrows".

TESLA - "I've Got A Feeling" - Disc: "Reel to Real" - pretty good from another band from yesteryear. Cover's disc seems to be what everyone want's to put out these days. I'm not even going to bother looking up the cover for it.

That's followed by Hillary Clinton's wet dream - Terrible Ted Nugent - the man the myth the legend - and by all accounts he'll be glad to tell you how great he is. I don't know what to say about this disc... it mostly sucks.. songs like "Funk U", "Spirit of the Buffalo", "Bridge over troubled Daughters"..... "Love Grenade" is by far the best song, the album is way better than craveman, but it won't be album of the year by any means. If you're a Ted fan, check it out. it's fun, nothing more.

Ok well on that note I have to run..... I'm late for dinner.... I'll finish this tomorrow or the next day...

so long....

PITT Sucks, but Rich Rod swallows...

RICH ROD IS A DICK

What more can you say??

How about a MOTHER FUCKING DICK!!!!

I can't say it enough

Pitt Sucks but Rich Rod Swallows

LOL.

American Metalhead

Sorry for the delay folks as I’ve been under a lot of stress since loosing to PITT and the subsequent fallout from Rich the Dick.......but because no one still realizes I’m writing this, who cares right???? So let’s get to it…

Sebastian Bach – the name alone screams Hair Metal… Dickhead, you name it. But seems the only thing good one could say about him is that he has some pipes and can scream his ass off. Well he’s finally came out with an album “Angel Down”. First album I guess in like 10years. He’s been touring with Guns N Roses, hell he even got Axl to sing or contribute to three songs on this album – Sebastian seems to be telling everyone that will listen that very fact also.

Anyhow, Pornstar gave me this CD during the Pitt / WVU fiasco, and I’m glad he did, some good Rockin’ going on, on this disc!

Here’s my unmusical review -

Angel Down – kicking song… very modernized version of something off Slave To The Grind… Slow intro.. almost a “Long Intro Violation”.
You Don’t Understand – not as hard as Angel Down or fast, but not bad either. I’d call it filler.
Back In The Saddle Again – “Ridin’ in to town, alone by the light of the moon” – once you hear that you know that voice. It will make you want Chinese Democracy to come out now. Sent chills up my spine. Overall a very good cover, “like a loaded gun”
(Love Is) A Bitchslap – A good song to play on a Friday eve leavin’ work and headin’ to Happy Hour…. It will get you going… Axl is featured on this song also, but in my opinion he’s buried and if I didn’t know he was on here I could barely tell.. great song… I think it’s the first single.
Stuck Inside – This has a more harder edge intro, then slows down, and the chorus is unimanginable, very simple “Stuck Inside, Stuck Inside”… Axl contributes again, not singing, just gives a very short verse about midway through the song. More filler than anything.
American Metalhead – If you grew up on Metal, and are still a true believer, then hell you have to love the title of this at least. – Kicks off with a nice riff, and the Sebastian kicks in screaming… pretty cool tune, I’d recommend it.
Negative Light – another harder edge song… similar to the Skids Subhuman Race lp. I like it… you should to, if not well what can I say.
Live and Die – About now you going to start to see a reoccurring theme in this LP. Hard riffs, and Anthem type songs…This one starts off much like the last two songs, if not the last five, however the chorus is more harmonized I guess you could say… Pretty good song, but things are starting to run together.
By Your Side – Oh those 80’s bands where always known for their ballads, well here’s the first on this LP. I can’t help but think I Remember You. This song isn’t bad, but well I think it could have came earlier on the LP “Bad Mix Violation”. I’m just not buyin this one.
Our Love Is A Lie – Isn’t everyone’s???? Hard faster tempo, this is a good song… grooves you into it.
Take You Down With Me – starting off similar to the last one, then Mr. Bach comes in screamin’ with in my opinion too high of a pitch. But it seems to work as the song progresses… Somewhere between filler and not filler.
Stabbin’ Daggers – Pretty good song, because it blends so well with the rest of the LP, just doesn’t stand out. Thus it’s a waist of a perfectly good title. I expected more from such a cool title.
You Bring Me Down – That’s what OJ says to all the women. Honest Effort, but falls flat.
Falling Into You – the second and last Ballad – the one he talks about a lot. I wouldn’t because it’s nothing special. Well put together song, just Sebastian isn’t selling it – least to me anyway.

Overall a pretty good LP, especially from some 80’s Has Been that everyone has written off. He’s made a pretty good album, and shoved a big middle finger to everyone that thought it would suck. I don’t think he will be selling out Madison Square Garden after this release, but it’s a good album and hopefully will get some airplay. Because my American Metalhead wants more albums like this.

So there it is for ya….

BTW....

PITT still sucks.... But Rich Rod Swallows....

Yesterday, Today, Tommorrow

Well not much is new...

Yesterday...

Did a jog for about 20 minutes, you probably felt the earth shake... Did good watching the diet, had a Christmas Play to attend, then ate some mexican. Drank some Bushmills or was it something else??? Don't remember. And organized some photographs, while the misses decorated trees.

Today.....

Got up snow.... The second snow we've had this winter... but not this year. Pretty good accumulation, was planning on Jogging at the City Home. But didn't... So plan to do a ride on the trainer for a little bit courtesy of Spinervals

Tommorrow....

hmmmm well I hope to get up and ride in the morning also... that may not materialize, but it may.

I think also we'll have an album review..... The first....

CHOKE!!!!!

Oh man..... what else can you say????

We Blew IT!!!!! Screwed the Pooch......

WVU 9 PITT 13....

Pat misses two FG's, White goes out.... Rod and in my honest opinion - unimaginative play calling. The Offensive Line just wasn't getting it done. So instead of the BCS Championship game.. we are off to the Fiesta Bowl in Arizona to take on the Sooners of Oklahoma.

That in and of itself caught some people off guard as we felt we would be heading to Miami to take on VTech in the Orange Bowl. It's all good... dropping the ball is nothing new for this team.

First I want to point out a blog by John Radcliff...... Click his name and you'll get the link... He does a song after each week in college football... This is good...

Well other than LOOSING TO PITT.... I managed a good jog on Saturday.... Sunday lounged around... went to the mall... and moped around about LOOSING TO PITT.

Today back to work... came home rode on the trainer for a bit.

I should thank Pornstar for the beer Saturday Night, Rebecca making the Galactic Aliens that put my girlfriend out. And for making the awesome hamburgers. It was good.....

But unfortunately we lost to PITT....

So everyone of you WVU Haters ...... keep sending the "Heimlich Maneuver" Jokes...

as yes we ChOKED.

My Couch Is Going To Burn

Ok... so it's about 9:30PM on Friday the 30th. Got Paid Today...

Friends coming in from Out Of Town.... PornStar AKA Derek "Fucking" Chapman. We'll be watching the WVU Mountaineers trash the Pitt Panthers tommorrow and subsequently play for the BCS National Title..

But that's not what you want to hear is it...

Ok.. Last night did a short jog around Susan's neighborhood...then we had fried wild West Virginia grown trout for dinner.

Then today after eating Mexican... came home and did some time on the trainer. 30 to 45 minutes.

After That, back to inventoryin' my CD's.

That's right folks, I have almost 1000 CD's of the greatest 80's Hair Bands you do not want to listen to.... In two CD changers, and sometimes finding what one to listen to is a nightmare. So I've decided to use ITunes to inventory them.

Right now I'm listening to Judas Priest and Demolition with Blaze Baily. yeah baby...

I won't bore you with this much

but stay tuned for more.

Happy Holidays (re-intro version)

Welcome Back My Friends to the show that Never Ends.....

Ok. that was gay....

To get you up to date since my last post....

WVU is on the verge of going to the BCS National Championship Game... Hell has frozen over, and we've sold our souls.

I've basically quit riding since I last wrote... Off and on yes.. didn't manage to do any races....

Why??? Marital Stife - Team Fell Apart, the list goes on and on.... Time commitments... you name it.

So what happened.. Pretty much back where I started.... Beer Drinking Couch Potato From Hell......

Yeah Baby!!!!!!

So at 248lbs.. The BetterHalf is on her Low Carb Diet.... She's doing good.... So Far...

So Today I VOW To GET BACK IN SHAPE.....

Probably never in competition shape, but whose to say I shouldn't be able to ride some hard rides????

We'll See

Stay Tuned.....

Another Nice Day

04.24.07

As you can see my posts are typically a day behind...

Nevertheless.... Afterwork yesterday.. stuck on the interstate for about 30 to 40 minutes. Got home about 5:30.

Did an easy spin up Howells Mill through Big 7 Mile (that was about 5 miles on a downhill grade - got to love that) then up and over Skyhigh and home.. About 1 hour of easy road riding, but two little hills thrown in.

Then cleaned the barn up some, smashed some mole holes.

And my better half picked me ups some Applebees for dinner.

Soothing Cool Amber Liquid

Well I've been like butter last week. "On a Roll". Just to coin a phrase (and a bad one at that).

Well thought about racing this weekend but after it was all said and done, it should come as no surprise that I didn't. Let's see $100 in Gas, $30 bucks in fuel, food, etc.. it adds up fast when you consider all the misc costs associated. Not to mention the costs of not doing all the shit you need to do around the house.

So alas.. I wasn't able to hook up with A'hole or Diesel over the weekend.. this is probably due more to me than anything else.. just that well. Didn't get a chance to get ahold of either. But going into the weekend it appeared that my schedule was going to be different.

So thus after a soccer game and trip to Elkview on Saturday morning, I spent the afternoon at Kanawha State Forest. Managed about 17 miles and a couple of hill climbs, and good singletrack. The weather was awsome.. 80 degrees plus.

After the ride.. little nap and some pilsners then the betterhalf and I had dinner at Blossum's in Charleston.. If you want to pay a penny but eat some decent food.. you should check it out.

Sunday... it was even more fun. 3 hours of mowing the grass.... spraying round up, cleaning gutters...

But the soothing cool amber liquid eases it all away.

Drizzly Run

Sick Kids... Home Early..

Well did manage to piddle around outside.. clean yesterdaze ride off the bike. Should lube. Always good to use lube before you rub.

Ran the vacume. Ate an Icecream sandwich, fed the little one some Tylenol, let the dog out.

Took a short little jog 10 to 15 min down the road and back.

Ate some peanut Butter and Jelly and nacho's and watched last week's episode of the Soprano's.

All in a Day's non work.

OH and I should mention it was rather drizzly out.

After work at the KSF

04.18.07 Kanwha State Forest

Another Nice Day... Had to pick up the girls at 7:45, thus decided to take a spin out at the KSF after work.

Awsome Day..

Basically parked at the pool did the Davis Creek Trail - lower portion, then up Middle Ridge fire road, and did the Middle Ridge trail, afterwards.. thought about going down Black Bear, but decided to just cruise out the fire road, and then down through the Camping Area, and back to the pool via the upper section of the Davis Creek trail.

14miles total, 1hr 45.

Afterwards, picked the girls up and home for some pilsners and a Red Baron Pizza

3 Weeks and Counting

Yes, it's been about 3 weeks since my last post.

In that time, not really much has happened. But here's a short rundown, and hope to have some more timely posts coming soon...

First, I did manage to reach 225lbs by March... So that's about 25lbs of fat off my frame since January. Now unfortunately since that lofty goal, I haven't really lost much. I've been too busy relishing in that success that I may have gained a pound or two. Sure enough, the recreational beverages have picked up. YUMMY.

However I did step on the scale today, and I'm still hovering around the 224 to 225 range. 215lbs by June is the next goal. To attain that goal, I started keeping track of everything this week. So far so good, although, did pig out on some Ruffles chips and Kraft French Onion dip there one night. But what's wrong with a binge or two here and there????

So let's go back a ways... My last post was back around March 20th or so.. I've posted some pics on Flicker from the St. Patrick's Day Party.

03.19.07

That week I managed to ride about 62 miles, had to mow grass for the first time - this takes me about 3 hours. So I included it in my time and logged it as walking. Everybit counts. Also managed to get some jogging in.

03.26.07

This next week was my first week of Build I think. Build I. Planned for 11 hours and actually got that in. Basically from "the Plan"... I have to work out harder. More hill climbs and sustained efforts in Zones 3 to 5. It's lovely and it sucks. Nevertheless the summary is:

122 miles on the bike, 10 miles MTB, and 6 miles of jogging. Not to mention some weight workouts. All good.

04.02.07

Easter Week... oh what a long week this was. My better half was fed up with all the riding. Had class in morgantown.. was able to get a 2+ hour MTB ride in at Cooper's Rock. Then did some easy Rail Trail riding. Agreed to reduce the plan some. So well that will allow more time with the better half and hers.

Totals: 60 miles riding, 10 on the MTB, but again I included my 3 hours of mowing (for the second time) in this.

04.09.07

This week I had thoughts of racing the Mountwood Race on Sunday the 14th. But lucky for me a NorEaster moved in and my fairweather racing ability prevented me from even thinking about attending that. However Diesel and A'hole did do the Dragon's Back race in Virginia... Check those out. Most of the rides were on the road or trainer

Summary: 105 miles of riding. No runs.. just looking at the rain.

So no fancy pics this post.. No nothing.... No news on the 24 hours....it's getting close.

Check back

IM STILL ALIVE

Sorry fair weather readers...

I've been Lazy!!!

But coming soon a recap.

252

Rides

Totals

I know you missed me

Where Have I been???

Oh like your really care!!

Just hidin' out and layin low. To be honest, my lack of prose has been offset with a somewhat increased busy schedule, coupled with some serious breaks in the weather, and then to smooth over the time spent on the bike with my BEAUTIFUL BETTER HALF. (yes I'm told to be mushy)

But paybacks are hell..

Anyhow... I think it's been about two weeks since I posted. I'm in the Base III period of my plan now. Well now I'm practically over it. The big difference here - if you even care - is a little more duration and some higher intensity workouts - Z4 for me. To make it sound not so spiffy, add two Zone 4 interval workouts each week.

To be honest, this is good and I can see the point, however, when the weather breaks and it's 70 degrees out, one rides for two hours, then the next day these interval rides are hard for me. But I'm also a puss.

I didn't print out to review what I did two weeks ago, so I'll only bore you with what I did last week, and what's going on this week.

03.05.07

Monday - knowing I had a training class in Clarksburg on Tuesday, I decided to ride out at Kanawha State Forest, here in Charleston after work. Then go to Grafton to visit my old man. So after work that's where I went, my normal thing is to ride up Middle Ridge fire road and start out that way... well there must have been some gas well issue as that route was closed. So up the fireroad which was fresh bulldozed mud. I think it took me 18 hours to get to the top. However the Edge worked fine.

03.06.07

Tuesday after my class I stopped in Roanoke West By God to check out Stonewall Jackson State Park. Well I found one nice trail - Heavnor's Orchard Trail. This trail was about 3.5 miles long mostly all single track, and very scenic. If it wasn't so cold out, I would have probably turned back around and rode it back the way I came. But because I'm a _____ss I didn't. My feet were cold and headed to the car. But most of the pics here are from that ride.

03.07.07 - NOTHING Didn't do crap.. however it wasn't supposed to be a day off, tried working out in the evening but I guess I was too tired, so decided to catch up on some 24, and Heroes that were DVR'd.

Thursday was nothing special...

03.09.07 Friday - the weather was awesome, took off work a few hours and managed a nice little road ride for just over 2 hours. Then dinner with some of the betterhalf's friends.

03.10.07 Saturday - another two plus hour day in the sun... this time it was an intentional flat ride as on Sunday I want to do some intervals. After this ride, it was dinner at Red Lobster with the betterhalf's parents, and a baby shower or birthday or something with some other relatives. Noteworthy stuff really, if you want to hear about it you can pay me.

Sunday - well I guess I was too tired for the intervals because I stunk up the joint on that workout. So managed to ride some hills, then proceeded to drink more beer and some errands around the house.

So to conclude that week...

227lbs, about 120miles on the bikes.

New Week

Now just to catch up, I'll make this short story that much longer.....

Monday, rode after work on an empty stomach - well I basically bonked..... cut the ride short and came home and ate some Reese Cup Easter Eggs, and a salad.

Tuesday - well that's today, I'll tell you later.

Sunday Morn

It's like 7:30AM Sunday morn, the snow is coming down? Who knew it was supposed to snow? Guess those that paid attention to the weather! Not me.

It's also my Girlfriends - Susan -Birthday. I have done nothing. She says don't worry about it. BS. LOL That's an invitation to disaster. I'm thinkin' breakfast maybe - but that requires me to go to the store. We'll see.. needless to say I'll probably hear about this day in the future.

As for the riding...

Well the weight's hovering around 228 to 230.... Knowing that the goal by the end of March was 225, I think that I skirted the diet some this past week. Ryan's Buffet, and a conference didn't help or they encouraged.

This week I managed 113 miles riding about 3 jogging. About 1/2 and 1/2 between trainer and outside. On the trainer it was mostly intervals. The Z4 intervals. The first day was tough on my fat behind. The second time seemed ok. Then I also did some hill climb intervals outside on Friday. These actually kicked my ass so much I bonked on an easy ride on Saturday. You'll have that.

Because I'm close to my goal I'm creating a Shadow goal of 220 by the end of march. By this I mean, It's a success of 225, but the intent now is 220.

Stay tuned.

(oh yeah, sorry know wonderful pics...or fancy google maps, hell you probably didn't want those anyhow. Maybe this week I'll have my head in a noose if I don't have a B'day gift for Susan to show.)

Base Touching

Wednesday February 22nd

Just touching base as I haven't posted in a bit.

Weather's broken a bit, it's been in the 50's most of the week so far. Motivated to get out more. Taking the day off today. (naturally it's supposed to be the nicest day of the week)

The Z4 intervals are a pain. Or I'm a puss... probably the latter... but more tomorrow.

As I said... nothing worth mentioning.

Not Ready To Make Nice

Sorry..

I'm listning to the Dixie Chicks... If you know me - or I should say - if you've known me from my glory days.... then this isn't me. So it is a testament to the human spirit that I'm telling you this.

However the subject song is good. If you don't think so then you yourself are an idiot. PERIOD.

Ok so Summarize.

I had planned 6:22 of workout time... I actually did 6:17.. Yeah we're splitting C hairs.

I did about 55 mi of riding 10 off road, 20 on the road. So yeah it was very little trainer rides this week. That's about to change again. As I have some seminars to go to this week. So I'll make up the lost time on the trainer.

OH BY THE FUCKIN" WAY>>> I LOVE SNUGGLING SUSAN

Ok.. so.. where was i..

O yeah;..

well by the pic above you can see that more time has been spent in z3 the past 4 weeks. As opposed to jan.

(for you idiots, it's the red portion of the graph)

The next 4 weeks try to emphasize more z4. I have to say, 6 minutes on the trainer in z4, doing intervals is difficult.

Will I succeed.. doubt it. but we'll see.

The problem arises because that now, I'm sick of riding on the trainer, the weather is breaking every now and then. Riding outside is better. etc etc

So why would anyone want to be busting their ass on a trainer? I have no answer other than that I can better control the workout on a trainer. For example in the real world in WV, if you were to do an all out interval, chances are that you will do part of it on the down hill side of a hill. IE it's not helping you.

Anyhow..

For week 4 6:17 65 Mi riding (10+/- off road). I broke the 229 barrier.

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