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Speaking Powhatanese

So Giusseppe called and wanted me to ride today. I said to him that I had to take a long but easy ride, you know keeping the HR below 166 or so. So he tells me that he too needs a nice long easy ride. Now we are talking two different class of riders here. Let's put it this way, after the first couple of miles we hit a slight hill. Giusseppe asks what my HR is and I say 139 and he proceeds to tell me his is 109. At this point I know the next 50 miles will be nothing easy. I learned the secret- just be a wheelsucker for most of the ride. Once in the beautiful countryside of Powhatan we pause to wonder what it would be like to live in such an area with all that space, white fencing, and rolling hills. Somebody rolls by and yells something that I don't understand. I tell him that the first thing you have to do is learn to speak Powhatanese if you want to live out here. Italian and Powhatanese must be closely related because Joe tells me that the guy said "Go Lance". I really don't think that's what he said. Oh yeah, the HR.....way above 166.

Giving Back to the Community

Everyone talks about, yet few actually do the deed. Today members of the Spin Mafia had the opportunity to volunteer their time and expertise to tune up 45 mountain bikes for the James River High School physical education department. Despite finishing another classic spanking Spin Mafia ride less than 60 minutes prior, Joe, Paul and Cherie were out there wrenching the afternoon away with their new friend Tony from NY. A great time was had by all and we left knowing a good deed had been done for the students.

Crit your teeth

Went down to Langley Speedway to cut my teeth with the crit race. My first one of the year. I had a good time just seeing all the familiar faces from last summer. The race was pretty smooth until the last few laps when some guy got wobbly trying to fight for his position of 30th place going into the last lap. I know this because at this point in the race I decided it was time to make sure all was safe at the back of the race, I was fighting it out for 40th. Thankfully we all survived and the best part is that there was a podium girl waiting for the guy who finished in 40th place.