Bones in pieces

I guess after the Dr looked at the xrays over the weekend he said that I have several displaced and fractured ribs. Well shit that is why taking a deep breath hurts a little for the past couple of days. Well he wants me to go see a Ortho specialist on Monday. I made the appt. But told him to look at the pictures and if they are going to say just wrap it, they won't be getting my money. Plus all I'm going to do is wrap my ribs and ride and race the bike no matter what he says. I told my Dr that all I may need is more pain meds. I may call him for a refill but I'm going to keep on riding and racing as the pain is kind of a cool feeling after awhile. Screw it if you can't take a little pain take up knitting or some other shit. Ride on brother.

Got a few bikes out of the way for the Goat and Gage so now they are getting ready to rock the barn with us. As for the rest of you with some time on your hands as it will get bad outside again come and check out the BMX racing. Nate can't wait to help Gage at the track and see how he does. Maddie should be ready to go this week also. Got to go and get some things done. Later..

Russell's Supermate of the week.

I think this is one of the fine girls that live in Tosa. But what do you want with those girls from Tosa. I think the water there has a nasty effect on the people there.

Monday

Well nothing new today. I knew that after I raced yesterday that I would pay the price today. I'm sore but felt better as the day went along. I was able to ride the rollers tonight for a workout and felt fine. Going to try to ride Thursday at the gate practice also. The lungs are feeling better but the ribs hurt here and there. I will try to ride a few gates on Thursday as it only cost a dollar to ride.

Got bikes lined up for the Goat and Gage today so we will be seeing hopefully we will see them at the BMX track on Thursday. Tonight Maddie practiced balancing on the board in the basement and has it down now. She will be on her own in the gates at the practices for now on. Nate worked with her and had her doing it in 5 minutes. On Thursday Nate said he will work with Gage and that should be fun. Nate is looking forward to riding with Gage and helping him. So after a few times with Nate I hope that Gage will catch on real quick and enjoy the time at the track. I think the Goat will be just fine and rocking in no time.

Thanks again to Ron and Russell for the help at the track yesterday. Looking forward to the practice Thursday and seeing the others at the track. My parents just got in and are staying for the night as they are going to the grandparents breakfast with the kids at school tomorrow so have to get going. Later..

Sunday racing

We loaded the truck again and picked up Russell at the park and ride and hit the bmx track. We meet Ron there also. I took the bike along to see how I would feel on it after few gate starts. It hurt but I couldn't sit and let a double point day go past. I felt ok and took a extra pain pill and hit the races. I made the main but in the final gate I pulled hard but it wasn't the best as I ended up 5th. That was good as I really shouldn't have even tried to race as the way I was feeling. But hey why not you only live once and I love to race. I know I'll be paying for it tomorrow.

Nate had some real good races and made the main in age and open. In open main he hit a spot where they dropped some sand and he hit the deck and took 7th. That was ok as he was the only inter to make the main and the rest are real fast experts. Maybe a top 4 finish if he didn't crash. In his age he took 2nd today and was just a fraction from a win. The same guy who always tries to crash him tried again in turn one and Nate just stopped peddling for one second and that was the difference. Nate will have to put this jerk down next week and just end it all. He raced a good couple of races this weekend and I'm super proud of him. I love watching him race and wouldn't trade for anything.

Ron came out again and he had a tough age group today and hit the birm and just missed the main today. As I told Nate after his not winning my placing 5th and Ron missing the main that shit happens. He still did great and brought home a 2 1/2 foot trophy. So he was a little happier after that. He really wanted to win. Ron thanks for all your help with Nate again today he really respects you and likes when you help him. He always talks about that on the way home. Thanks again. And Russell thanks for all your help again, it made it a lot easier for us today. You took a lot of pressure off of us for all the help you gave us. Thank you. Later..

Oh Yea!

We loaded up the truck and hit the BMX track this afternoon. Boy it was real hard not racing and watching. But it was a blast as Ron made it there again. So Nate and Ron were hitting the gate practices and looking good. While that was going on Goat, Goats little guy and Jerry came there to watch. I think that the Goat is going to be mixing it up there real soon like this Thursday. Gage is real interested so that would be real cool. The Goat is going to be buying a bike from one of the other guys that races there so we only have to get one for Gage. He got Gage a real cool full face helmet at the swap corner so now Gage is hooked and ready to try it. Thursday we are going to bring Nates 20 inch with flat pedals for Gage to try. If all is not fine with the body I will be letting the Goat use my bike and let him give it a rip on the track.

Now for the racing. Nate and Ron both made the mains in the open and age class. Nate took a 5th in the open and if he didn't let up he could of been in the top 3 I think. He just needs to keep pedaling and he has it. In his age final he won it again. Like I said now with the skills he has those others have to be worried as he is only getting faster. Thanks Ron for helping Nate and giving him a lot of the pointers that you do. It really helps and he is doing better after each time you help him. Now Ron was on fire today and was pulling some sweet moves in turn one and they paid off. In the open main Ron was sitting 3rd and the 2 in the lead had to take each other out. So Ron just rode his bike right over the others bikes and the guys in back had to clip out and Ron was gone for the win. It was a great move to watch. In the age main he took a 3rd place so that was a great finish also. It was a blast to watch and I wish that I was out there and mixing it up with the guys. That will just have to wait for awhile until I heal a little more. I think I will try the rollers tomorrow after the races.

Tomorrow is the double point race and I'm really bummed that I will not be able to race it but tha is how the ball bounces. Russell is going to come out there with us and Ron said that he is going to be there also. It should be a good day of racing so if you are bored come out and watch as we race at about 12:30.

The side and ribs feel a lot better today as I'm to take a full deep breath for the first time since Thursday when I crashed. It still hurts when I make fast movements and cough. I think the lung bruise is what hurts the most. The ribs don't hurt but the lungs are what are killinmg me. But they feel way better today. Later..

Stiff but better.

I got up this morning and I was a little stiff but not as bad as I was yesterday. Still a no go for the racing but I'm going to go to the shop to put the new freewhell on to be ready for anything. I'm a little crazy and may try to race tomorrow if the stiffness is less. Just have to see. going to try to ride a bit laterr to see how I feel. The drugs do make it easier to move so why not try it. Plus I sat with the heating pad that has a messaging unit in it for a hour and that really helped. Just have to see. Jerry is coming ou to watch the racing today also because his daughter spent the night and is meeting us there to pick her up. As I was not going to be able to ride it also allowed Jerry to ride today with the group ride. So it worked out as the kids got to play last night and today.

Russell stopped by and showed me how to post a few links so now as you can see I have a few up and will add more when I get a chance. So if you are not there just give me a little time as I 'm not real fast at that. Going to play later and make the blog a little different also so stay tuned. Time to get to the shop and get the wheel fixed and looked at. Going to have the wheel looked at to make sure that it wasn't the problem that messed up my shit. Later..

No News

I went to the Dr and had xrays taken. They didn't read them while I was there. But it looked like no broken ribs but maybe a few cracks or atleast really bad bruised ribs and lungs. The good is that I got some good pain pills. Vicodin and Valium. I took each right away and will make Russell drive the car to the meeting. I hope that they will make the breathing easier.

Going to take the kids to spin class and then hit the meeting. It should be fun that Cece is spending the night at a friends house and doing some shit with a couple of friends tomorrow. I just hope to be able to get out of the bed in the morning. Will have to see or I may have to call the Boy to pull me out. I may sleep in the chair to make it easier to get up. Have to see how the pain meds work. Have to get the kids ready. Later..

Pain

I'm in alot of that today, PAIN. I iced and showered last night got ready for bed and layed down and didn't move all night as the pain wouldn't let me. Surprised enough I got a good night sleep and all. Now this morning was a different story. I tried to roll over and get up out of bed. That was a no go for sure. I had to get Cece to come over and pull me up to get out. Once standing up it wasn't that bad as the moving caused the pain to kind off streach away alittle. In the shower I let the hot water run on the side and it felt a little better. Getting dressed really sucked and had to have Cece put my socks on. Got the coffee in me and it was off to the work meetting this morning. Sitting there made me alittle stiff again and had trouble at times breathing. Once I got out of the meeting I called the Doc and I have a appt today at 3pm to make sure nothing is really messed up. Crossing my fingers to only have bad bruises.

Stopped at the shop on the way past to the office and I picked up a White Industries 18 tooth free wheel. They had one on the shelf and all so now just have to put it on and hope it wasn't the hub that messed my shit up. Got anyone who wants to test the wheel for me? I'm ordering the 16, 17, and 19 for the single speed I think after this happened.

So after this I don't think racing this weekend is a go for me but I will take Nate as he is just flying and ready to go. It will be kind of weird sitting and watching and not racing but I will be back on the BMX bike as soon as the pain is a little less. I kind of move and take deep breaths every now and then to just feel the discomfort. I know I'm messed up but the pain is kind of cool every now and then. Well I'll let you know what the Doc says. Later..

Ouch!

I hit the dirt at the BMX track tonight. I mean I hit it Mother F'n hard. I had a good gate start and the cranks just spun and I went over the top. I hit the first bump with the right side and I hurt my ribs. My head hit and I seen stars and my left hand is a little swollen. I tried to go back out but the ribs hurt to much. I will ice them and will try to race this weekend. Ron said I may have broken the free wheel. Some of the pul's must be shot. I'm ordering a White Industries free wheel tomorrow and should be good to go next week with that. I will buy a new 18 to get by until then.

Nate is jumping the step up and almost the double. In a week or so he will have it down and the others will have a new force to deal with. Maddie was doing good this week as I didn't go up to help her at all. She still needs to learn to clip in faster so she can get better in the gates. Russell and the Magatron were looking better this week also. Sami and Maddies were doing good again also. Samantha and Little fast girl were doing good also. It was good to see Ron there as he was looking smoother then the weekend. Thanks for the help to all who helped me get up off the ground and load the truck. I will keep you all posted about how hard it will be to get up in the morning. Time to go get new ice. Later..

Enough?

That is the funny thing every racers ask themselves at this time of the year, is this enough training for the next year? I think yes I am and the kids are doing more then enough for the next year. As I have always done, I ride the rollers a couple times a week with specific training and doing it for shorter times then 2 plus hours each. I seem to do fine on all the rides and have made the entire Bone ride every year. Again if the rides are amped way up I would get dropped even if I rode 10 hours a day. I have accepted the fact that I will be 42 and with the limits that I work with I'm just happy to be able to ride every day.

Yes it would be great if Nate would be riding the weekend rides with us, but he has just turned 11. He does a few every year and holds his ground in the rides, so that is enough for him for now. Plus with the BMX racing on Sunday and a few on the Sat also I like him to be fresh for the races. So for now no Sat rides for Nate.Nate seems to be holding his own rather well in his age group in WORS with the training that he is doing. Maddie rides but not the same level or mind set that Nate has. She is getting better but it will be a awhile before I even think about pulling her in on a group ride with us. It is good that Maddie is riding at the BMX track as I hope that will help. They work out on the rollers in the basement for about an hour 3 times a week to a specific program also. So being their age I think that is enough for now. As they get older the training will get more intense also.

Now as for Cece if she did any training that would be a good thing. But with her teaching and all she might get a ride in on the bike once every couple of weeks. She could do well in sport if she tried but she won't ride in the off season. For that fact she did not ride her bike once even during the season last year also. She just rode at the races and then not again until the next one. So with her training that is a NOT ENOUGH but it works for her I guess.

There are a couple of other enough's in my world also. Do I have enough money? NO. Do you think you drank enough beer? NO. Do you think you are working enough? YES. The list could go on and on but those are a few enough's for now.

So everyone has their enough at a different level and it plays to where they want to be at the level that they want to play at. I'm happy with my enough because it gives me time to do what else makes our family happy also. Later..

Crapiest day of the year.

I read in the paper this morning that today is the worst day of the year for most of the people. With the holiday season gone and the bills coming in it makes for the worst day. I know the pain as I got the bills from the gifts this past week. We paid for more gifts with cash but we still over spent and that will take a couple of monthly payments to get it back to nothing. Plus now there is no holidays off until Good Friday and Easter. So many a people have a bad time until then.

I have to say driving at work and part of the day is driving in the near south side ghetto you get treated to some great sights. Today's treats were more then the normal day at work. I got to see a fine lady (250 lb plus) standing on the corner with both hands up her ass holding what I think was a big old Krebs in. She either was debating let it fly live with what happens or by forcing 2 fists up her ass that might stop the action. It was a sight as every car was hitting the brakes to see what they might miss. I just laughed and drove on. Next was several cars through out the day driving with flat tires. I mean one was going like 45 and was on the rim and not slowing down a bit. The other 2 cars were just moving and not a care in the world as a string of cars were behind them. I just laughed and drove on. Then the guy that never even looked and just walked off the curb into the road and the cars hit the brakes to not hit him. He just never looked and never broke stride and kept going as the cars honked. It was great. Then there was also the normal funny stuff that I will save to post for you all later.

I love it as I didn't have a crappy day at all. Matter of fact I had a good day and a bunch of laughs that went along with it. I hope that most of you had a good day not a crappy day. Later..

Russells Supermate of the week

I know that Russell has super powers but I think this girl would confuse him. Where do you start on this one?

Awards day

We hit the track today and it was a blast as always. We got a surprise visit from Ron and he was there to race. It was cool to hang with Ron a the track again. He is back from the ankle injury and looking as smooth as always. He needs to push it a hair and then he is back in all the mains again. He just missed our making the main and I'm sure that is because he hasn't raced for a couple of weeks, but I know he will be back soon.

Nate did well as he made the open main and placed 4th against mainly the 11-12 yr old experts. I know if he hit the gas through turn one it would be a different story and he would be in the top 3 for sure. In his age he just got edged out for the win and took 2nd. Again he could have won but I think he knows what he needs to do to win. The same guy pushes on him and I think Nate knows he needs to keep the needle down and he will win. All I have to say to the other racers watch out as he is getting better each race.

I took a 3rd in my cruiser race and it was a harder race then in past weeks. I had to move down to the faster age group as Bryan the winner every week was in Florida racing the Gator Nationals where he won both of his races. That guy is smoking fast and a great racer. I had to pull the secret track racing skills out to pass in the corners. I didn't hit the gate start as well as I hoped and was 5th or 6th going in the first turn. A tiny hole opened up and I hit the gas and went for it and was 3rd over the first table after turn one. In the 2nd turn I hit the gas in the apex and hoped it would stick it did. In the rhythm John was getting close on the outside but I pushed myself higher in turn 3 and forced him to hit the brakes. I pedaled over the last table and came in 3rd. I was happy for that finish with the group I had to race.

Little Sam is really getting the skills down. He finished like 4th or 5th in the open again. There was 18 kids in that open. They had 3 semi finals before he finally made the main. I would have been tied by then foe sure. In his age he won again by a straight away again. He is looking real good and getting better each week. Way to go Sam.

Tonight we went to the Cross banquet as Nate had to get his 3rd overall award for the year. He did well and I thank Russell and Pat for taking him to a couple of races as I had other things and they were great for that. He got a real cool trophy as did Pat 3rd also( maybe Pat can take a picture and post as I'm still not that far with posting pictues). Russell came to see about 200 pictures of himself in the video. Also Samantha, Kattie and Patrica our 3 national champs were there. It was a cool day today as Nate did well and seeing all the others that did well also. Later..

Ouch!

Yea I'm not going to be out done by the little kids at the track today. Many of them little kids have mad skills and leave me in their dust. Well I hope not today. Pat this is how I feel when they blow past me. Later..

In House Gym

I lifted weights in the basement to not have to look at the sights that Russell's chases at the gym. I know he goes there in search of these called camel toes as the one in the picture above. I prefer to lift at home and not see these such things. I could not pay a place to work out that allows such things to happen in the presence of others. Of course they would say that about my leg and backside also, but I still wouldn't pay to workout at a gym when I can do it at home.

I did not meet with Russell this morning for a ride as there was 6 inches of snow on the ground. I called him he didn't answer but I wasn't going as I figured he would still ride just because he could. Nothing to prove here as I will spin in the basement later as I'm BMX'n tomorrow and don't want to be all stiff and cold from a ride in the snow. So join the Goat and come and watch some fun BMX racing at the Walworth BMX track. www.walworthbmx.com It is easy to get to and we are there at about 10 am for practice gates and the racing starts about 12:30 pm. See you there.

Got the shovling done and now the kids are out there messing up the clean side walks as I speak. I will have them clean up the side walks before they come in. I only hear a few screams so they must be behaving as the back door isn't flying open with cries of Nate is doing this and Maddie is doing that. That should last about another 5 minutes.

Tonight Cece and I are going out for dinner as it is our 12th wedding anniversary tomorrow. WOW it has been 12 years with 3 kids and a great time for the 2 of us. Ceces mother is coming up to watch the kids while we go out for dinner so that is nice. We haven't deciced where to go for dinner yet but it won't be a sushi bar or anything. I like sushi but not enough to celebrate our anniversary eating it. We will try a place in the area that we haven't been to yet as there are a few new places. Well nothing else new. Later..

Looking 4 something to do.

Just looking for something to do as I took a vacation day today to spend it with the kids as they are off. It is parent teacher conferences and we don't have to go in and talk to any of the teachers. The kids are doing well in school and the teachers said that they behave and are getting good grades. It was nice to sleep in and kind off just sit around for a little. But as usual right now Nate is getting Jessica all goofy and I had to bif him one to get him to stop. Any one what a kid? Just kidding he is all right but doesn't know when to stop every now and then ( thanks Russell) . I know where he gets it from as he hangs with a few of my friends and they get him going and don't stop until I hit them also.

We went to bmx practice last night with The Boy and Russell. We loaded the loser cruiser with the bikes and hit the road in fine fashion. We got there and then Bubba, Magan and Randy arrived. We brought one of The Boys extra bikes for Magan to try to see if see liked it. She picked it up pretty quick and was doing fine by the end of the night. She only hit the deck once I think and almost or maybe fell out of the gate once. I think that she will be coming out there every week and maybe racing soon. The Boy is beginning to do manuals in the rhythm section and jumping the step ups. He is getting faster and I can't keep up anymore with him out of the gates or on the track. I'm glad that he is enjoying it and doing so well. Little Sam J. Is getting faster every week and Maddie J. Is looking better each practice also. As always Samantha is fast and Skyler is getting faster every week. Even Russell is looking better each week believe it or not. Come out and check it out as bmx is a blast for the kids and fun for us parents.

Last night on the way home from bmx practice we stopped for some wings at BW3's. We ordered 50 wings and the 3 of us put them all in the grave with no problem. We did the trivia thing and missed the first round and I don't think it mattered as Russell proceded to win the next round and at the end he placed 2nd for the night. Now I know that the melon of his is full of a lot of useless shit as it was no match for most of the others playing. I did all right as placed like 4th at the end with the help from Russell in a lot of the questions. I don't know that much use less shit but I had a few right with out any help.

Well off to the bike store and then home for a workout. Later..

Going to the barn

All I did was lift weights today. My parents drove down from Rhinelander to pick up a glass block window and run some errands. We ate dinner together and then they hit the road back to Rhinelander. They are a little crazy but needed to get things done and get back. Tomorrow we are going to the BMX track for some gate practice. Here is a picture that shows the gates at the barn. Come out and check it out of you have a chance as it is a blast to do and watch. Thursday practice is from 5-7pm and then on Sunday you get to practice from 10am-12:30pm and racing asap after that. Later..

Secret Training

I have been spending about the same amount of training in the saddle as this guy is. With the swap meet and the BMX racing just haven't had the time to train. Nothing else is new. We are going to the BMX gate practice and racing BMX over the weekend. May try to go to the ride on Saturday, just have to see what is happening. Later..

A car for Jim

This is a skud car that can be seen in Jim's area.

Russell's Supermate of the week.

I think I found our super hero Russell's mate. I think even with all the powers that he has this gal would have the upper hand. We all know that Russell has the powers but this chick would pick him up and toss his around like the jr.'s do on the track. I will be posting a gal of the week until we find Russell's Supermate.