Are You a Slacker Mom?

so i'm doing the usual web loop- click, click, click and i end up at mike c's blog, where after reading about his 'newborn' adventures, i find myself clicking through to this quiz of sorts. sucker. ;)

click, click, click- in no time at all you can lie like hell and get a quick little ego boost in the mom-ability department.

Your quiz score makes you: Zen Mom

How do you do it? Even when explosions are all around, you are able to take a deep cleansing breath and chant your mantra "this too shall pass." You are a calming influence on your kids in a hectic world.

now i wonder where that test is for slacker dads...

serious training on the liver tonight in anticipation of the lansing brewfest this saturday. takers report 9am, old town lansing parking lot. it's amazing how those little beers can put the spin on quick after a nice ride. unfortunately, scotty moved to colorado so the front row seats to the wwf after the brew gig will be sorely missed.

now for the retroride report...

01.10.07 - blue diamond, nv.

well, since i now have a bikebox for traveling, i figure i would put it to fair use and ride the trails outside vegas, since i'd never done so. in the 30 days prior, i had ridden 710 miles, so i figured i would have a good day of training in the warm weather. i took two days off prior, pack day and travel day. usual fanfare of work til last minute pack crap get to airport sit on runway for an hour fly cab hotel assemble bike sort clothes buy/copy/outline route maps eat dinner sleep. whew.

up early and out on the road, the village of blue diamond was ~18 miles from my hotel. a quick stop at the bike shop to orient myself and i hit the trails. it was fun, quite a bit of gradual climbing and some fun bombing downhills. i was out for about an hour and a half when i decided i'd better get back to town and thinking of my return trip to the hotel. a quick chat with the mechanic back in town revealed that he rode from vegas and back every day on his 'trail bike'. 36 miles on the computer and the rush of a redbull later i was turning left and heading the long way around back to vegas.

riding on the road through the canyon was fun. unlike the trail, which was lined by cacti so i had to pay attention, i could look off at all the scenery. including the scene of a roadie trying to catch me as i rounded about the entrance to the 'pierce stocking drive' of red rock canyon- a supposedly hilly 13 mile paved loop. he gave up just as i peaked the last climb before the long downhill back into town. another-different shop stop on the way back for some 'official' trail maps and a way too much traffic wigout missed a turn action type moment put me missing the strip and rolling about 2-3ish miles out of the way. i could have made it shorter but this being a virginal run, i was reluctant to cut through the neighborhoods. a loop around later, i was rolling full lane down the strip taking in the sights. it was sweet! what a way to see the show! it was a great training ride: 71 mi - 5 hr 11 mins.

epilogue

hotel shower dinner ugh. i couldn't eat. drank quite a bit of water and sugar rushed myself with some chocolate sweets and a warm cup of coffee. next morning i was spiraled down into the flu from hell.


looking northwest from the top of badger pass into north cottonwood valley and the wilson cliffs. i think the sign at the top said 4600+'.
















the entrance to the canyon on blue diamond highway, just west of the village.