jorge merle racing notes.

GOOD START FOR THE 2010 SEASON!!

2010-03-07T16:43:00.000-08:00

Ended the 2009 season raining and started the 2010 season raining. after a 60 mile ride yesterday i got up this morning a little sore and tired, still have some soreness in my back from couple weeks ago when i hurt my back at work , stretch some and waited for jimmy at my house , about 8:30 am we load the bike in the car and headed to denton for the bicycle plus crit . yeah on the way there , guess what ,raining all the way there . we got there , pin the numbers and started to warm up ,at the starting line men i was cold and wet .the race started pretty fast , chris hamilton and i stay in the front as much as possible so we can help nicky , well not much help for nicky but he still manage second i got fourteen, not bad for not being riding that much, all my new kit was dirty ,when home and cleaned ..... great start for the 2010 season

Snow again and again.....sucks!!

2010-02-14T09:43:00.000-08:00

well 2010 is here and have not been able to ride much ,sucks. got up this morning motivated to go for a ride even if cold and foggy. got a message from Steve dodge in my phone . the elite team was having a mini camp close to Waco ,TX . well was too far for me to go , to many honeydo`s to do today , so i gaot ready and headed out ,was cold and a lot of fog , ride to Renner and wait for the 9:00 Am ride . no one show up . i rode back home thinking well i ride with the 1:30 ride in the afternoon , got home check the weather . BAM there it is more freaking snow coming .so i rode in the indoor trainer for an hour, if this continued like this i might be force to buy some all weather gear and ride rain or shine , dam snow....

COME ON 2010 !! I AM READY!!

2009-10-29T18:59:00.000-07:00

After the state championships i was really burnout, did not wanted to ride or see my bike at all , but after two weeks of not riding that much and weight work outs , men i am ready for next year already , i can wait for January , i am exited too because my wife is thinking about racing , ill be hard but that will make it easy for me , we will be able to have quality time while we race that's awesome , another reason to be exited is a new bike the new orcas are lighter and stiffer than last years , COME ON 2010 !! I AM READY !!

GOING SOUTH TO THE SOUTH RIDE !! FEEL GOOD !

2009-02-16T18:29:00.000-08:00

Last sunday i went south .Meet with steve and the gang ,matt ,jimmy ,derek,gary farang and steve , felt good to do something differrent , i thing ill be doing this ride more often , we head down hwy 80 . at a good pace by the time we hit 20 the ride was on , it was awesome to see so many team mates , see you guys next week

MISTAKE ? YES BIG ONE.

2008-05-31T11:15:00.000-07:00

Well , today was a big waist of time , I decided to do the Saturday north ride instead of doing intervals on my own , big Freaking mistake, end up crawling home ,too tired and too hot to go fast or at least keep a good pace ,so let see how I did today , sucking wheel in the group 99% , tired 100%, take one pull 0.5 % maybe , speed work and intervals 0%. Sound like zone 3 back all over again . Hopefully I will not make that mistake again this year .

weekend of speed!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-05-19T19:03:00.000-07:00

This weekend we did some serious speed work, first we rode the wildride, it seemed like it was going to be a slow ride from the start, but as soon as we hit plano parkway going east, the pack was going 35mph. It was a steady pace, untill we made a left into a neighborhood, there Mike Brown and Mark Ross drilled it! David Tomkinson bridged the gap, and at the last second i decided to do the same, 1k down the road i joined the group of mark, mike and david. looked like we were doing preety good untill mike brown hit a dog, and we scattered all over the road, we almost all crashed, i thought we all were going to crash, but it was realy close. There we slowed down then we got caught about 1k down the road, me and jimmy wern't thinking about riding that hard because we planned to go to houston on sunday to race for the houston grand crit. so i was hoping my other teammates would cut the slack. Well guess what... they didint, so jimmy and i ended up doing alot of work. at the end of the ride david tomkinson rode preety good. at the end of the ride we took some pictures with lance armstrongs mom, visited the park place lexus booth. we had some fun on that ride it was preety cool.

that afternoon we prepared to go to houston, i planned to stay with my aunt, she lives south of downtown houston. we woke up early sunday morning and headed to down town houston. jimmy and i entered the masters 35+ 123 at about 9:00 in that race we had some bad luck even though we were in the front group most of the time. when coming to the sprint jimmy was in the best position, but he coudent close the deal i was still in a good position to atleast place in the money. when we were taking the very first turn some guy crashed in front of me, and i had to slow down. at that point i completly gave up. we finished 23, and 25, but the race was preety fast in the afternoon we entered the p12 race we got 64 riders including the orven team from mexico, the race started preety fast and we started against the wind, despite the strong wind the pace was very fast, 31+ mph 30 min. into the race the pace was still fierce! 31+ with the headwind and 35+ with the tail wind. it was a little brake of four 20 seconds in front of the pack, wenger kremke and 2 orven guys. they held us 20 seconds behind for the entire race. they got caught in the last lap, i lasted 70 min. of the race and jimmy on the other hand finished the race. it was preety hot the entire race, when the race was over we paked our stuff and headed back to dallas. it was a tough weekend, we rode about 130 miles of pure speed the whole weekend, hopefully i can do the same next weekend.

MS 150 WEEKEND !!

2008-05-05T18:53:00.000-07:00

MS 150!
Finally the MS150 was here .Friday night my wife and I went out looking for a air bed to put in our tent . We spent 3 hours looking for the right one .3 hours latter we still have not found a good one . Last stop SEARS .we were tired of looking .my wife pick one out and we left. Pack everything for the MS150 .
Saturday morning was here ,wake up about 4:30 am . First I check the weather well it look good 57 degrees, winds blowing out off the north about 20 mph, that was looking good until I opened the front door to load Jose’s Tacoma with the bags , it was cold and super windy .oh well ,time to repack some more stuff in the bags . WINTER CLOTHING !!!.
At the Frisco rough riders ballpark we find the meeting spot and waited for people to show up .
I was looking forward for this weekend, but at the same time I was nervous . rob summers the marketing director at PARK PLACE LEXUS was doing the ride with us , so I was hoping everyone show up .
We had 22 riders registered and only 15 show up .Robertito Marc, Frank, Kenneth, nick, Chris , Jeff layne, Jimmy, Bill, Rob, Pete ,katty ,my son Jorge and I. that was good . I was doing the tandem with my son Jorge . Since we had our own photographer , we took team pictures and decided to leave before the regular start so we can stay together .that did not work out . We end up all over the place . Saturday was super windy and cold . I got the greatest time riding with my youngest son ,even after I got a scare , we stopped in the 3rd rest stop to check his blood sugar ( he got type 1 diabetes ) his sugar was 66, oh gee I freak out and told him to start eating everything with simple sugars, after we eat some stuff we were back on the road. After the lunch stop the course was pretty rolling and cross wind , then it was me who was in trouble I started to feel shaky, my blood sugar got low , lucky for me my son was having a picnic in the rear of the tandem, so he had plenty of food ,I started to eat as much as I could , two miles latter I felt great . We started to go south I was relived , we had a tail wind all the way to the track , my son and I finish I five hours not to bad for 86 miles ,stopped 3 times I my son never has ride more than 15 miles before .
When we got to the track we had some little trouble we the logistics , but we go it going . We went to the camp ground set the tents and the BBQ. We have a great time ,AWESOME!!

Sunday morning , wake up at 5:30 am ,Bill ,Rob and Jimmy got to the camp ground early . About 6:45 am Jimmy and I ride to the starting line, they already have about 300 riders lining up . At 7: 00 am we start . I was cold so we started slow ,small ring and about 20 mph . two miles down the road I look back ,I could no see a soul back there , so we keep rolling till we got to Justin and make a left going west on road 407 . We started going much faster 26 mph . jimmy was pulling must of the time , next , in a hurry we were at the lunch stop , and started to go south on hwy 703 all the way to hwy 114 , jimmy was pulling must of the way , I have to tell you that was a great course , we had the official car in front the entire route, and when we got to the city limits of fort worth the police motor bikes escort us all the way to sun dance square , jimmy pull for the last 10 miles , when we got to the finish, we did the 76 miles in 3 h 18 m . not bad for that course ,windy and hilly . While in the parking lot ,we were surrounded by a bunch of people , they wanted to take pictures with Jimmy and I . that felt good . We had a great time hopefully we will do it again . Even if I was felling like crap for the rest of the day I will do it again .

LAST FEW LAPS ,TNC ,IN PLANO. 04/01/2008

2008-04-09T16:22:00.000-07:00

BALTERRA ! FLAT MY ASS ! NOT FLAT AT ALL!

2008-03-30T18:53:00.000-07:00

BALTERRA ! FLAT MY ASS ! NOT FLAT AT ALL!
Well jimmy and I headed to Austin this weekend . Got to the race about 1:30 in the afternoon , pick our numbers , get the bikes ready , and went to warm up , we started to go around the course , first thing that caught my eye was that after the finish line the road started to elevate a little , so we keep riding . maybe about half a mile up, there it was. that elevation turn into a hill steeper than the first elevation we took for half a mile . that’s when I realized this course is not flat at all. When we made it to the top , wow there you can see how high we were. We went down the hill back to the starting line , it was almost time to start
When we got there the officials did the row call . Kremke ,Matt Gordon ,Justin wolf ,OOPS that’s when I knew that the race was going to be super fast .we were doing 16 miles 4 laps . Time to start , 2:50 pm, we started pretty normal speed , that was till kremke attack on the left side of the pack , and dude he was going on his 53 x12 up the hill , never seen anyone do that in a long time , after that the entire race was at that pace , up the hill the lowest gear I used was 53 x 17 , the first lap we went up the hill in 53x15 , it was a group of 6 that got away and we never caught them .I think I got like 4th in the field sprint ,we were back in the road going to the hotel about 3:50 pm , that race was so fast , I did not got the chance to warm up during the race , it was a great course , not flat like they said ,not flat at all .

TUESDAY NIGHTER , TOUGH,TOUGH!

2008-03-25T19:56:00.000-07:00

Leave work about 5:15 pm , going down alliance boulevard across the hospital parking lot , and in the corner of my eye I see someone waiving at me , first I did not recognize it but it was Marc Corbin , but I was in a hurry so I did not stop , I went down hillcrest and wham there it was a freaking 30 mph headwind I think I was going like 15 mph all the way home . I got home at 6:00 ,put my mavic wheels and got in my new skin suit and head it to the Tuesday night race . I new it was going to be hard when I went down Shiloh road and I was coasting about 30 mph . when I got there all the guys were there ,jimmy ,farang ,Steve , Jamie burns , awesome , we got ready to start the pack was about 60 , the weasel and we were going , in the very first lap the second turn I made a move in the inside I cut about 20 places after that I hang in the front as much as I could ,the first five lap was single file them all the attacks started and a brake was form I did not see who was in it but the got a big gap then another group left the field so it was 3 groups I was in the last group . With 5 laps to go all my team mates were going and all hell broke loose I got drop with gacki and Hamilton and every time we catch an attack happened and we get drop again , take another pull to close the gap and as soon we get behind the group , wham another attack we were going like that till the last lap, wow I think only 15 people finish and I was the last one . Tough .it was awesome , when I was done pick my heart rate monitor from Gary and went home. tough day specially after a full day at work standing up for 11 hours. tough.

53 X 12 EASTER SUNDAY !

2008-03-23T10:55:00.000-07:00

Sunday morning , getting ready for the Sunday morning north ride , the temperature has change from warm to cold in a matter of hours ,stiff wind from the north and I feel like crap from the TT yesterday .8:30 am time to leave , headed down Plano rd to Renner . By hwy 75 I caught up to Mike Steeves standing at the light I road with him to independence and Renner were we meet with a small group of 6 Crawford ,Mootz ,Glanger ,Grant and other guys from Velossimo couple of miles down the road in independence Gonzo caught up with the group , them Fletcher and the group was getting bigger. By hwy 121 I had to speed up ahead for a nature call when I rejoin the group the little guy from Toyota (don’t know his name) start to set the pace hard at that point I was feeling stiff and cold and not feeling well . We were going pretty fast down south Custer rd ,when we turn right on south Stonebridge drive gonzo attacked hard there I was force to close a gap against the wind . By Virginia pkwy we were in the gutter ,strong cross wind and hauling ass , and the guy from Toyota in the front pulling . Velossimo took couple of shots attacking the guy but did not work . Finally we got to I 75 service road , the light before the first sister was red but suddenly we accelerate to the light and I find my self sprinting to catch up and just like that the light change to green . We went of the first sister pretty fast ,we had a tail wind from the north so I use that momentum to carry me over the next two hills and from there on was 53 x 12 all the way back . I was pushing the pace some times pretty hard specially at the end when I took a flyer by the last light when I timed perfect and got a big gap with Garry glanger on my wheel I gave up 100 meters from the line . Them we roll back to Renner were I ride back with Mootz and Mike I made it home about 11:15 . I was glad I ride this morning ,I enjoyed especially with the big Easter tail wind.

EXCITED AND DISAPOINTED !!

2008-03-22T19:01:00.000-07:00

Alarm went off at 6:00 am , oh men I was all beat up ,the night before went to bed at 12:00 am after coming back from Tina’s birthday party ,(Mootz wife). Did not rest at all went straight from work take a shower and my wife and I went to the party , well any ways ,6:00 am Saturday morning looking forward to do the Denton TT, I pack wheels and TT bike , when we arrive to the school ,wow I could not believed the parking lot was full ,great turn out , Jimmy Jeff and farang were already there. When I got off the car wow again super freaking windy ,well so much for excitement. Pick mine number and got on the trainer to warm up . Before I started to warm up I get a phone call from Steve dodge he is not going to make it , he is really sick and taking antibiotics I told him to stay home and hang up , warm up for about half hour . Do some hams stretches and headed for the start , when I got to the start little less was starting behind me . 5,4,3,2,1 go . With the tail wind I was doing pretty good , but I made a small mistake , my selection of wheels was bad I used my 100 mm front wheels instead of my 50 mm , I spend a lot of time controlling the bike in the cross wind and when pass by vehicles ,but despite the problems I made it to the turn around in 12 minutes and less caught me right before the turn when we turn wow here we go again that was a wall of wind we stay together for a small amount of time when suddenly get caught by the guy a minute behind me , gee! he was hauling ass . I try to keep a steady pace till the end but the wind and the hills made it tough , I finish in about 32.32 minutes , I got 9th jimmy got 6th and farang 5th . I ask Jeff if he wanted to do the TTT with us, but he denied . I drank some ultra fuel and change my front wheel and they were already calling for the team TT, air the front wheel and hurry to the starting line , with only 3 people ,jimmy, farang and I , 5,4,3,2,1, go , we started pretty good, going smooth and about 40 mph ,made it to the turn in 11 minutes we keep it pretty steady but at the end I started to feel tired and we lost the redom and we fall apart ,100 meters from the finish we get caught by the bike mart guys(Max ,Andrew, Reeves and Gacki) , they went two minutes faster than us , I thing we did great ,we only had 3 people and we did the individual TT, bike mart only did the team TT, I was excited because it was promising , what I saw today , we road pretty awesome we stay together longer and smooth , plus farang awesome team mate ,disappointed on the other hand ,a lot of people did not show up ,I gave away a lot of kits and skin suits for people not to used them or maybe I just gave them away to the wrong persons . I guess no one wants to get in shape! , today exciting day .

Wiiindy!!!!!~~~~

2008-02-23T20:10:00.000-08:00

Today was great. wake up early pack all my bike stuff and head it to Walburg. Running late . 8:00 am ,pick Jimmy Olsen , Pack his bike and hit the road . My car was loaded 4 bikes ,4 people and 4 bags full of cycling stuff .on hwy 35 going 80 mph . made it to Walburg at 10:30am . While my wife register my kid to enter the 14 and under youth race Jimmy and I pick our numbers up. I have not seen jimmy for two weeks now and I notice something weird about him ,he is using this word for everything he like’s , PREMO !!!
Yes that’s the word , well anyway we put our numbers and got ready , we made it to the staging area 5 minutes before the start, the blue was giving the instructions to the 35 + , DO NOT CROSS THE YELLOW LINE TODAY, Well a lot of people cross the yellow line. Even better they attacked on the left lane . Well we were off , neutral for half a mile , when the race started I was in trouble two miles into the race on the first hill , did not warm up at all . A brake was form about 5 miles into the race we all miss it .
I went to the front of the field and try to keep it Rolling but when I hit the front of the pack , boom there it was . WIIINDY!!!~~~~~~~ OOOPPPS super freaking windy . Despite that I went to the front and surge .
I notice no one was following me , now I was in no mans land for a little while then I close a gap to Jt Cody and John Eder . THEN I FIND MY SELF ARGUING WITH EDER , he did not wanted to pull because he was blocking for his team mates on the brake , I reply ,MEN THAT’S NOT A BRAKE THAT’S A PACK ,ITS 15 RIDERS ON THAT GROUP BLA ,BLA ,BLA ,BLA . When we head it south on the course we had a big cross wind . I can believe it , people still do not know how to start another echelon.
We all are getting in the curb , so I try to start another echelon . guess what no one moved over ,I find my self all the way to the left of the right lane by my self . People please . Learn how too ,ill be much easier.
About 3 miles latter I got shell in the big hill , after that I just coast home .it was super wiiindy !!
But I will not change it for anything in the world it was fun , will see how I will wake up tomorrow ,I am hurting now will see tomorrow morning .

63 DEGREES !!!

2008-02-03T17:21:00.000-08:00

On the way to the ride today , I was thinking that I needed to get in shape for Walberg. I was feeling really motivated, plus the weather was great already 63 F ,so I was going to ride much harder than normal today ,When I got to independence and Renner I road south till I find Brent Fletcher so I stopped and chat with Brent while we waited for the group . When the group was coming we notice clay in the front of the group putting the hammer down ,well it was perfect . He pass us pretty fast I went to my big ring and chase . When I caught clay we maintain a god pace until
Some of the young guys start getting involve in the pace line . At that point the pace went from 25-26 mph to 32 mph plus ,by the time we were going on Custer I saw 36 mph in my computer . When we got to Stonebridge Dr and make that right turn I took a hard pull ,surge hard . A quarter of a mile later and done . A group of 8 turn left in el dorado pkwy and take a short cut . We work together all the way back to Bethany, when we went across Bethany dr look like clay wanted to sprint for the line and he kept looking back looking for the people in the back of the group ,finally he sprinted and got first I road back with ed Wilkinson to Jupiter rd , I was pretty sore , I spin home , wow it was pretty warm when I got home almost 70F.

COLDEST and FOGIEST 57 miles i have done in awhile!!

2008-01-26T13:34:00.000-08:00

This morning I got up ,drank coffee ,got ready and out the door , I was late for the Saturday morning north ride. While watching the weather forecast last night the mention the temperature was going to be like 33F ,well this morning was like 39F so I dressed light ,ooops !! What a mistake , today was humid, foggy and cold . On my way to the ride I was feeling ok . I got to independence and headed north , I find Marc Corbin. we road pretty slow waiting for the group , that’s when I felt how cold was today ,my toes ,fingers and ears they hurt. When the group caught up with Marc and I they were going slow . After we crossed hwy 121 I decided to step the pace up a little more, so I moved to the front of the pack and tried to work some more , oh boy I felt much better , I was tired but much warmer , today I was not going to do the sisters( the 3 sisters , 3 hills ) , so I took a short cut with some other riders, we met them in ElDorrrado pkwy. In road 326 they were going to take a brake but nobody stopped , but Jaime burns , then suddenly before the fruit stand they start to go hard again . When we hit Stacy rd we were still going pretty fast , that’s when I blow up , I stop pedaling , and gave up , I was going to continue at my own pace but they were still in front of me for a while . When I turned right on E Stacy rd I saw a group of 4 people behind me, so I waited for them and make a little short cut down Goodman dr when we got to Angel pkwy we could not catch up with the group , then some of the guys start to take pulls and we cut up with the group two lights latter , from there on it was pretty steady , today I road better than expected , but it was pretty cold , I road home with David Mootz . When I got home I had 57 miles great day .

I don’t think it is really that cold !

2008-01-23T17:21:00.000-08:00

This morning I got up at 5:00 am ,check the weather ,it was 23F, wind about 15 mph blowing out of the north , oops that’s really cold so I bundle up , I put about 3 layers of clothes , then it got exited because I was going to wear my new long sleeve jersey and vest . I got outside the door and head out to work .
A mile down the road I notice , man I am sweating a lot , and it was 23F and windy ,well after a 10 mile ride I got to work and I was really hot and sweating . I guess I’ve gotten used to the cold weather , I have spend a lot of time in the outdoors this past week, I don’t think it is really that cold !

Riding with TEAM HIPPO..!!!

2008-01-13T13:22:00.000-08:00

This morning I drove to Bill Ross’ home ( TEAM HIPPO) to go for a slow 3 hour ride , it was pretty cold 35 degrees ,but no wind , we drank some coffee and then we headed out the door , we headed down to the lake . I have not been at the lake since last summer , so it was almost like a new experience. The lake looks completely different , the west side is being fixed , when going up the west side of the trail we saw a bicycle police woman riding ahead of Billy and I , that’s when Billy decided to remind me that I might get a ticket for not wearing my helmet , I only have my SOBE beanie , so we road behind the cop for about a mile really slow ,just waiting for the right time to pass her , maybe she wont see me without my helmet. When saw the right moment I sprinted pass her and drop Billy , I took off down the west side and time trialed for several miles ‘till I didn’t see her anymore . I made a big effort . I waited for Billy (TEAM HIPPO) . when he caught up to me he told me “you don’t have to worry she’s a friend of mine.” “phew that was scary.” , after that incident we road for 3 more lap talking from cars to cycling , it was a nice ride .
Thanks to TEAM HIPPO for riding with me , I enjoyed see ya guys next time .

ROTARY ENGINE RUNNING,FINNALY !!!

2008-01-02T19:33:00.000-08:00

HERE IS MY ENGINE RUNNING ,

FINNALY ,NOW IS TIME TO RIDE .

Disaster week!!

2007-12-08T12:52:00.000-08:00

This week has been a disaster ,from not flagging enough hours at work ,not being able to get a support car for the ride , my wife nagging at me to put the charismas lights and now the first Dallas racing training camp ,only 6 people show up. It was pretty disappointing , Jeff Burnett drove from Keller ,Jimmy road his bike from Dallas ,then it was Gary, Marc , Robert and I. I brought the sample sunglasses for the team to try and we can not agree in witch to get , then it was time to go . We left at 9 am from the parking lot and headed west on Plano pkwy. From there we got to parker road and turn left then right in Josey lane headed north , the road started nice and smooth ,3 lanes , and not to many cars ,ten miles latter it was a lot of traffic and only 2 lane road. 3 miles before el dorado pkwy we decided to turn right going toward McKinney. Man that road was worse than the one we were on , it was a lot of traffic and chip seal . Before we got to the toll way Jeff and Jimmy went to the bathroom ,after the toll road robert started to get tired so we had to wait for him in the next intersection and traffic was really bad there too,
We got going all the way to independence road and road back to Plano . Well when we got back we took a picture , while in the parking lot I notice Jeff Burnett have a mark in his right calf, man he had a category 7 tattoo in his right calf ,we told him he has to removed and don’t get any of those any more , if not he wont be able to be in the team , that was funny .
Talking about funny I was at work on Wednesday and I was telling the guys about my wife nagging at me, about the Christmas lights, they told me what I needed was this remote control they had found on the
internet , I was thinking yeah right. That was until they pull the picture out , it was funny .
well next week will be better, I hope more people show up , see you guys next week

UNMOTIVATED!!

2007-11-18T10:55:00.000-08:00

After taking a beating at work yesterday today I wake up pretty tired and unmotivated , I stay in bed for an hour , got up and drank some coffee with couple of toast. I play in the computer until I felt I needed to ride.
I call Robert longoria to see if he will go with me for a easy ride . By the time we start riding it was 10:00 am . Robert one of my best friends ,i've knew him sense the early 90`s. we road super slow until we saw a small group of riders ,we chase for about two miles in Renner road , finally we join them under the I 75 over pass . We stay with them for about a mile ,they turn north on Custer road, we continue to go straight all the way to independence and turn around.
On the way back we saw the bike mart guys , still killing themselves as if it was still racing season.
Robert and I turn right on Collins going south . It was super windy ,as soon as we hit that hill by the palisades, we die ,going about 14 mph, from there we went straight home .
when I got home ,my son Jorge ,10 was waiting for me to go ride. So I went with him for a short 5 mile . he’s funny , he gets all exited when he wear's his team type 1 jersey . For those that don’t know
My kid was diagnose with juvenile diabetes last august. He like riding his bike. so I ask the guys from team type 1 if I could get a jersey for my kid .They were pretty kind and humble, they would answer my e-mail as soon as possible . we donated some money for diabetes and they sent me the jersey , I want to say thanks to phill southerland and Joe eldridge for being so kind . My kid love's that jersey ,.

after finishing the 5 miles with my kid . I was feeling good ,that little ride made my day after I was feeling pretty unmotivated when I woke up this morning . Hopefully next week will be better .

80 degrees in November.

2007-11-11T11:41:00.000-08:00

Got up late this morning ,8:00 am ,drank some coffee and chat with my daugther and my mom . they are visiting for the weekend. Send a text to Marc Corbin to see if he was riding , look at the time , it was 8:20 am , i got dress up and continue chatting ,8:35 am, now Iam realy late . I was planing to do the Sunday north ride, so i was really late sense from my house to the meeting spot is like 6 miles . Leave my house about 8:42 am and time trial to the meeting spot , I got there a little bit ahead of the group ,I saw Brent Fletcher and road with him for couple of miles until the group catch up with us in Plano parkway .

The group was pretty small and did not see Marc or any one from my team .I notice we had a big tail wind and was getting pretty hot , today was suppose to reach 85degrees, when we reach Parker road I saw a rider chasing , it was Jaime burns .The pace was pretty steady about 25 mph. When we cross hwy 121 a small group of 3 riders went across and we got stop by the light. By the next hill I saw the 3 riders meet with another 3 riders that left early , we catch up with that group of 6 riders on Custer road , Marc and F rank were in that group, we took a short cut trough Eldorado parkway and head up to I75 . when we turn south on Hardin road we felt the wall of wind about 20mph head wind at least and warm . Today was pretty warm for November . We road at a steady pace all the way back in the I75 service road ,we waited for the group by spring creek pkwy . and road back to Renner road were i split to go home ,i got home by 11:15 am , today was pretty warm so i was a little bit dehydrated, I wanted to go ride with my younger kid but he was not interested so that was the end of my riding today ,a hot and windy day in November.

I WISH I WAS THERE!!!!

2007-11-08T20:08:00.000-08:00

Today I wake up early , take my wife to work and my younger kid Jorge to school . When I got home my older daugther Eunite ,27 and my grand son Jaiden,3 were eating breakfast . My daugther is visiting , for a week before she`s deployed to the middle east . I sat down and eat some breakfast with them , about 10:00 am I take my daugther and grandson to White rock lake. while we were walking and fishing around the trail I saw a group of riders.It was Jimmy Olsen ,Carlos (my brother ) , Stuart Crow and other riders , at that point I really wish I was there riding with the guys , men I wish I was there!!!!!

FRUSTRATED.

2007-11-06T16:43:00.000-08:00

The past 2 weeks i have been trying to get people to register for the MS150, well i am really frustrated . We only have 10 people register. At this point it is not that bad , but i want to have an idea how many people are committed to this club .
I was able to get a new sponsor by using the MS150 AS A GOOD REASON for Park place Lexus to sponsor our team . This next year it will be no free jerseys ,either do the MS150 or purchase the kits . Today in the middle of the day I got a phone call , it was the park place Lexus marketing people , wow I got all exited , but they only needed some info about the colors and materials ,I gave them Sugoi`s phone number so they can call and get the info. After hangin off it was back to the frustration .

I was pretty tired when I got home , but I needed to do a work out. So I got on the rollers and ride for 30 minutes , while riding the only thing I can think about it was the people that have not register for the MS150 yet. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. Maybe when I check the roster we'll have more than ten people register .

Too fast for November.

2007-11-04T09:32:00.000-08:00

today i decided to go ahead and ride the north ride. i meet the group in independent and UTD , the pace was pretty steady at 20 mph for a little while , then suddenly the pace started to pick up, next thing i notice my computer is reading 26 mph, we road at that pace to hwy 121 , at hwy 121, Chris Carlson and his son catch up with the group ,after we cross hwy 121, Carlson was trying to keep his son with the group and teaching him about drafting ,but the group was going way too fast.

heading north in Custer we were going 36 mph. Carlson and his son could not keep up at that speed , i waited before i turn into Eldorado pkwy but i did not see them , on Eldorado pkwy i find Jim Purcell and road back to I-75 service road with him .

on the way back we stop at the 7-eleven on spring creek and I-75 to wait for the group ,from there i road back to Renner and I-75 , were i turn left and went home . riding back i felt tire and beat ,i road way too hard, especially for November .

today was a great day.

2007-11-03T20:31:00.001-07:00

WELL TODAY WAS A GREAT DAY , BUT I WAKE UP LATE AND AFTER I TOLD MARC I WAS GOING TO DO THE NORTH RIDE ,I DESIDED NOT TO DO IT , INSTEAD I ROAD 15 MILES WITH MY SON JORGE , I WAS IMPRESS ,HE ROAD ALL THE WAY , PREETY SOON WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER RIDER IN THE CLUB . WELL I WILL TRY TOMORROW TO DO THE SUNDAY RIDE ,