Quote the “Al”

 

Late last year I received a blow to the “dad” ego. My daughter lives in another state for most of the year. So to keep in touch we communicate through email sending pictures back and forth and talk on the phone a couple of times per week. She has been very supportive of my Mt Biking. She was very happy when I got my first sponsorship (Evomo).   She wore one of my E ware shirts to one of my races (it was more like a dress on her but she wore it with pride). For the summertime she wanted to experience Dad’s Mt Biking world. So on our annual summer camping trip we went to the Mongollon Rim (outside of Payson AZ for the out-of-towners). Our first night we saw a black bear about 100 feet from our campsite. The next morning we went on our adventure, we rode approx 15 miles on some easy trails. She was a pro (in that she didn’t complain) we finished our adventure and had a big dinner (bear not included).

Fast forward to Christmas time, for xmas I sent her the following picture. 

 (notice the E ware shirt...)

Excerpts from her response were:   “Dad, you are so White & Nerdy. Make sure you don’t Eat It again on the trail. We don’t want you getting hurt or seeing you on the Headline News .”

And included with her email was the URL to the Weird Al song “White & Nerdy”. Pretty bad when your own daughter burns ya….. Because of the explicit context of my reply back to her I am unable to post my response……. j/k like all dads you just have to laugh it off. Thought everyone would get a kick out of this, since my wife can’t stop reminding me about it. Oh well.

Think About it:

Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

Well the new year is here and I was able to start with a ride. It’s starting out great already.   I was riding at South Mt. (SoMo), my wife who was walking the Dogs caught this photo of me. It was a beautiful 70 degree day, gotta love Phoenix.

 

This year I was able to secure a new sponsor, Kenda tires. They will be my official tire for the 2009 season. Like most avid Mt Bikers I buy things on sale, so I have ran many tires on my bikes. At last years National event I won a new Kenda Small Block 8 29er. So I thought I would give it a go, and I forked out to buy another one for the front. Boy was I amazed at the performance difference over the other tires I have ran. The responsiveness, quickness and all other ness this tire was awesome. So I am very happy to be a spokes person for Kenda Tires.

 

Also new this year Evomo has asked me to be on their Factory Team. And naturally I jumped at the chance. When you wear Evomo gear it is like you are a rock star. And it is by far the best racing jersey out there. So this year Rockin with Evomo, Kenda and Intense. Cann’t say enough good things about my sponsors.

 

Now on to my goals for 2009:

§ Participate in at least 7 of the 8 races in the MBAA series

§ Participate in 3 races in the Dust Devil series

§ Achieve at least 3 Top 5’s and a total of 7 Top 10’s

§ Improve personal times set at each course

§ Ride clean and no mechanicals

 
2009 Tentative Race Schedule:

Date	Event	Class	Results
1/17/2009	MBAA-White Tanks Whirlwind	Cat 2-Rock Crusher
2/7/2009	MBAA-McDowell Meltdown	Cat 2-Rock Crusher
2/21/2009	MBAA-Estrella Hedgehog Hustle	Cat 2-Rock Crusher
3/14/2009	MBAA-Gardner Grind	Cat 2-Rock Crusher
4/4/2009	MBAA-Prescott Punisher	Cat 2-Rock Crusher
5/2/2009	MBAA-Mogollon Masher	Cat 2-Rock Crusher
5/17/2009	MBAA-Flagstaff Frenzy	Cat 2-Rock Crusher
6/6/2009	MBAA-Flagstaff Finale	Cat 2-Rock Crusher
10/10/2009	Dust Devil-Estrella	Cat 2-Rock Crusher
10/31/2009	Dust Devil-McDowell	Cat 2-Rock Crusher
11/21/2009	Dust Devil-White Tank	Cat 2-Rock Crusher

Currently I am in training, riding about 3 to 4 times per week and hitting the weights as well. This year I will be working more on my core strength instead of typical weight workouts.   That is all I have for now, until next time……

Things that make you go Hhmm:

What happens to an 18 hour bra after 18 hours?