Montrose Ride...

The last time I did this ride was in 1986. It was lame then, and it's lame now. Except it has 10 times more people, and 14 times more red lights. Today marked my 4th attempt of the year to wake up for and ride to the start of the montrose ride. I'm 1 for 4 now. Thing is, I don't know anything about the route, except where and when it starts -8:00am, at descanso gardens, so it's rough trying to get there on time. So woke up at 6:30, lagged way too much, and left here at 7:33, and time trialed the whole way there and made it at 8:02! Yeahhh. Couple dudes were out there, we waited around quite a bit, which bummed me out cause I could have not killed myself and still made it, ah well. note taken. The rest of the ride was pretty uneventful. A friend of mine got a flat about an hour in, we pulled off, did our own ride for a bit, and took a shortcut back to the group. la la la. Things started to go nuts for a good 5 minute period before the ride ended, and now I sit. Chugging down endurox, typing away. So hungry. I race tomorrow, should be a daisy, but hopefully today's efforts (and lack of sleep) won't be a factor. They won't be.

Sidenote (my first non-cycling related item...): A huuuuuuuuuuuge win for the Edmonton Oilers (i'm a core Oil fan...since '88) last night. No score 'till midway through the 3rd period. Oilers take a 1-0 lead. Sharks (who are right behind the Oil in the standings) tie it up 20 ticks later. 4:30 to go, sharks take a 2-1 lead. Bummer! No sweat, 3 mins to go, Sean horcoff puts it in to tie it 2-2. Now.......1 minute to go. Ales Hemsky. The kid. Completely destroys/embarrasses/annihilates and pummels the sharks D, and puts in the most finesse-goal of the year to win the game at home. YOU MUST check out the video highlights on the oiler website. Just naviagte over to "Video Highlights", and it'll load on it's own. It's only 2 minutes or so. You absolutely MUST hear Rod Phillips (the Oiler play by play guy) go fooooookin nuts after Hemsky's goal. Brings tears to my eyes, and if you don't feel anything after watching that, then well, something's not right.

Burn It.

-Aram