Holiday survival

So I survived the thanksgiving Stuff your face till you puke fest. Barley. It all started on Thursday with the Dark Horse cranksgiving group ride. We rolled out a little before 9:30am and I can tell you now, it was rather chilly. From my legs to my waist I was nice and toasty, but me being not able to drop 80$ right away on winter cycling gear, was not equipped upper body wise. Needless to say the first 20 minutes of the ride was cold for me. I think the temp was like 35. But as it warmed up I did also. We were about 12 deep in our crew, it was a no drop ride so we kept a nice speed and goofed off for our 2hr 30 mile ride. It was really fun! I got back to my fiancée n my apt with time to spare, so we hung out untill we had to go to her parents to eat some turkey. After we spent time with erins fam, we headed to my parents for dessert and drinks. After seeing my family and having a bunch of drinks on our two day stay, it was time to go home. Great times!

Everything gets slow in the winter months, as I found out today. On my typical " just need to get on the bike and pedal " 20 mile loop, i can usualy push 19-20 most of the way. On this 38 degree weather day, it was a bitch to hold 17. It's so annoying! Anyway.... I ended my four day vacation/ holiday with a free food tasting with my fiancée at a venue we really like. We were the only guests there and we ate a ton and had awesome cocktails. The two of us spent 3 1/2 hours in a big room with no music just tasting foods, and we both had a blast! We laughed and talked the whole time. No wonder she is the girl I want to spend my life with. Well I guess I'm going to try and sleep. I had more to say but I forgot. I have alot on my mind with planning a wedding and getting ready for my 2011 race season. Talk to you soon.

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mike

It's been a while.

Yeah not in terms of that shitty song. But in it's true self. I have not posted in a long time. Its pretty hard to write every day. But I'll try n let you know what Ive been doing and will be doing on holiday.
First off, it's offically dark at 5pm now. So that means gym time. It's actually going well. I'm on the stationary bike just to keep weight, then hit the free weights and end it with a run. It's not fun but it works. Starting after thanksgiving I will be starting to train for the 2011 cycling season with the darkhorse dudes, and some other riders I can't mention at this time. But what i know is...it will be cold and it will be brutal. Sounds fun right! I've been riding bmx also. It's great cross training and I'm getting great footy for the upcomming scene wolf video. So my weekends usally consist of, up early to go cycling then ride bmx and then spending the best times with my fiancée. Not bad eh?
The dreaded hiday of overeating and drinking is upon us. Yeah that's right, thanksgiving! I'm excited to see my family, and meet some of my future family on erins side from Ireland. So needless to say, I'll be watching football with my fam, Considering my brother in law and myself are hudge eagles fans. So that is that! I'm riding bmx when I can and cycling when it's light out. Either way I'm staying in somewhat form.
Well that's it I guess, so inleave you with my top music for the week
1- Arcade Fire
2- Coconut Records
3- Maritime
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Mike.