Cosmic Brownies

I noticed a box of these in the pantry the other day:

Seth, our 8 year old, picked them out for his school lunches. At first glance, I didn't even have any interest in these but by the time 3am rolled around, I woke up and couldn't get these out of my head.

I resisted.

As I left for work, I grabbed one. Figured it would be a good pre-ride sugar rush.

I kept looking at that brownie on my desk all morning. Wondering if it really was a good as it looked.

Finally at 11am, I ate it.

Little Debbie makes a mean cosmic brownie. Highly recommended before a ride (and not half bad post ride)

Meeting Invite

It's lunch ride season. Time to get back on a schedule.

I've been trying to come up with a good business sounding name for the Utah County Lunch Rides. Something to put on the Outlook invites so it looks like an official meeting that people will respect and schedule around.

These are my two ideas:

UCCA- Utah County Cycling Association
UTLRA- Utah Lunch Ride Association

I consider all of you prospective buyers of Adobe software. These lunch rides are sales calls for me. Eventually, I'll need some of you to buy. If not buy, at least dress up and come in and meet the Executive Team and help me explain why the deals in my sales pipeline keep getting pushed out in my sales forecasts.

By the way, there is a lunch meeting tomorrow at 11:45 from the shooting range. Hope to see you there.

Reality Check

I promised free FLY socks to all those who beat me up the AF climb this morning. I counted six of you at the top when I rolled through the parking lot. But my vision was a little blurry so if I missed anyone, let me know.

Brandon
Nick
Corey
Bagley
Darren
Stan

4 of the 6 are riding for SALT cycling next year. I think we have a strong team in the making.

Thanks for the reality check. It felt good to get worked over. I need to pencil in some bike practice if I ever want to ride in a group again.

Kris- Thanks for the fritters

Mark- Thanks for the post ride muffins. I could have eaten one of each. They were amazing.

Dug- For the record, the roads were "damp" with spots of "wet". I don't understand how you can descend like that and drop everyone. You are crazy.

Green Light

Doctor gave me the green light to resume normal cycling activity. And no more crutches.

See you tomorrow at 6:45am base of AF ready to ride.

Fast Friday is going to hurt.

As for this afternoon....hold all my calls. I'll be in CC after work getting dirty.

You Will Love Me. You Will Hate Me.

In an effort to fatten up the competition before CX season kicks in, I am posting this recipe.

I demand that you make this.

You will love me, your spouse will love me, your kids will love me. Then, you will hate me. Your kids will never eat syrup from the bottle again. You will start putting this on anything and everything. You will want to put in your water bottle and drink it straight up during your rides.

1 cube butter (1/2 cup)

1/2 cup buttermilk

1 cup sugar

1 tsp. Karo syrup

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. vanilla

Bring butter, buttermilk, sugar and Karo Syrup to a boil. Remove from heat and add soda and vanilla. Serve with pancakes, waffles, or french toast, cheeseburgers, pasta, cereal, pizza. Put in your water bottle and drink it.

(It will keep in the refrigerator for a few weeks if you don't use all of it.)

Your butt will be on backwards after a few weeks but it's worth it.

Mark Your Calendars

Friday, August 27th, 2010 is going to be"Hurt Rick Day".

After 7 long weeks off the bike, I think I'm finally ready to ride again. And nothing would make me happier than sharing my lack of fitness with all of you fast guys. (I was going to organize another Thur Night Ride World Championship Race, but I don't want to crash on my first ride back, so I'm playing it safe and staying on the road for now. But don't worry, the next night race isn't too far away.....).

Seriously, I need a good beat down to motivate me to get back into shape so please come and put the hurt on. But I'm warning you. I'm not going down without a fight.

Friday morning. AF Canyon. From guard shack to the summit and back down.

Every rider who beats me to the summit gets a free pair of FLY socks (that's a lot of socks!!!).

DFL to the summit gets a pair of used crutches.

** I reserve the right to reschedule if the Dr. does not give me the green light**

2 Goals

Before I die, I want to learn how to:
1) Ride a wheelie for more than 3 sec
2) Bunny hop a barrier during a CX race



It's ridiculous that as much time as I spend on a bike, I haven't learned how to master either of these tricks.

I know, I know, I've set the bar pretty high in life. Thanks for noticing.