Well, it's the big day. My birthday. I'm 26 years old today. Isn't it odd how one day you're automatically a year older? Birthdays get less exciting as you get older, but I'm still a youngster. When I see some of the older guys and gals on the trails or in the gym, I'm reminded that calendar age really doesn't mean anything. The last time I got my body comp test done (about a year ago), my physiolocal age was 21. I wonder what it would be now... I bet I'd still be 21. Maybe younger.
Still no plans for the big day yet. I am still doing my TT after work, and I think I might do a 7 A.M. ride tomorrow at Blackstar, which means I need to get to bed early. So maybe Jason and I will just get a quick dinner and go watch the races at the BMX track. That's always fun, except when it's cold out. Today is supposed to be about 90 degrees, though. So it should be nice out tonight! Maybe we'll go for a ride on the Stella.
It's my second day of blogging and I'm already addicted. I never thought I'd feel the need to have one, but now that I do, I like it! I think I'm amused at how much we like to know about other people, yet in person so many of us are shy or hesitant to share things about ourselves. Or worse yet, we don't ask questions about other people and their lives in fear of coming off as nosy. The reality is, most people love to talk about themselves. If you start asking people questions about their life, their feelings on a subject, or what they did over the weekend, you'd be surprised how much you have in common with other people.
Anyway, back to my self-importance :) My biggest and best birthday present was a new bike. It's a Surly Cross-check cyclocross bike and it's rad!! I'll edit the post later tonight or tomorrow with a picture. I'll confess, I did get my present a bit early because I'm spoiled. Jason, our friend Randy, and I rode to Newport/Huntington Beach a couple weeks ago via the Santa Ana River Trail. It was 43 miles round trip and it was fun! Riding on a fast bike on cement is totally different from riding on the dirt. First, I'm hardly using the brakes at all. On the mountain bike, my hands are almost always on my brakes. Second, on the mtn bike, a lot of the time you're either climbing or descending, so you don't have many opportunities for a lot of speed. On the CX bike, it's all about speed... it's fun!!
One of my goals (I'll have more about my goals very soon) is to ride my bike to work at least once a week. It's 9 miles each way (14.5 km), so it's relatively close. Plus, I can take the bike trail almost half way, then it's street riding. Once it warms up a little and I don't have to bring all my school books with me to work, I'm going to give it a try. It'll be a great way to get some exercise on my "rest" days between TT. I still need to try it one day on the weekend and evaluate different routes and safety hazards, etc. Cars still freak me out a little, and we don't really live in a bike-friendly city. People still don't realize that it is state law for bicycles to be on the street and obey the same laws as car drivers do. You still see people riding their bikes on the sidewalk (and the wrong direction at that) all the time. I'd love to see more bike-awareness efforts out there. People just don't know.
I'll probably be back later because blogs are like crack, apparently. But for now, I'll leave you with a quote from Iris Murdoch:
"The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in the heart."
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