siglo en mis el propios

a friend last year, while completing our first century, stated that he could never ride another century again. why? because naturally, if he never road another century, he could always claim that the july 4 2006 century was his best century ever. the pressure is on after the first one and so enters the risk of the downward spiral!

however, i think that i'm on to something. last year - first century. last week, fastest century (by FAR) and today, one week later, the first century on my own... well not completely on my own, fearless leader rito was also present... but the century was sans drafting so i had to pull my own weight - all friggin day. i felt like crap waking up in the am - couldn't eat - but somehow managed to muster through on 1.5 bars and lots of gatorade and water. i was grumpy and not very talkative, but so it went. my new heart rate monitor said i burned 3000+ calories today. is this even possible? and if so, where did they (said calories) all come from? My ample ass? :)

ben joined us on the way out and we got to catch up a little. we're contemplating a new sport - it's called Muay Thai cycling - and naturally it involves cycling & kicking ass (2 of my most favorite things). i think our first lesson will involve unclipping - you see in order to efficiently sneak up on your opponent, one needs to learn how to unclip in silence. it's a challenge, but i think we're up to it.

my mind is still consumed with the question "what am i going to do when i grow up". i'm not sure where i should be right now. the last time that i checked, i think i fell into the "grown up" category, which makes the question that much more bothersome. riding down to and through altoona brought back many memories - good and bad - of the ex - places we used to go, drive through, visit, etc... ironic to be contemplating the future while on a ride through tour of the past.

but so it goes...