Mayhem and confidence: leelikesbikes interview
I did this email interview for Chris O’Brien writing for Examiner.com. Might as well post it here.
Philosophy, self improvement and other goings-on
You know things are lining up when
You’re climbing hard and it feels easy.
You’re descending fast and it feels slow.
Back from the beach
Just returned from a week of family fun time in Cabo San Lucas. It was quite the adventure with lots to tell, but for now:
Off duty, but on it
I’m taking a week off for family fun time, but I can’t get totally soft.
Long but fruitful day
Whipped out a user interface for a securitization document sharing application,
fed babies,
finished redesigning a commercial mortgage origination application,
kissed babies,
submitted a contract to build the Sea Otter pro pump track,
carried babies,
wrangled feedback for a new high school mountain bike racing website,
sang to babies,
edited photo credits for Mastering Mountain Bike Skills 2nd Edition,
rescued Ian after he got stuck in the snow,
helped put babies to sleep,
did two 10-minute strength circuits framed by three 10-minute trainer intervals,
ate awesome food made by the equally pinned Wife,
wrote an important business letter
and told you all about it.
Now it’s time to hang with The Wife.
Sleep (not too long). Repeat.
Testing the off-mountain training
It’s been the toughest but most awesome winter of my life. I did tons of work, finished two books and helped create and maintain two humans. That meant six months of training “off the mountain.”
24 hours of pinned-ness
I’ve always wanted to do a 24-hour race, but I was afraid I couldn’t go that long without sleeping.
For the past five months, the babies have made me tougher and tougher.
I’m ready.
The Twins at six weeks
Whew. It’s already been six weeks. Here’s a quick update and a few photos.
First time alone with The Twins
Oh man. I have seen the other side. And it isn’t pretty.
The Twins: They’re heeee-eeerre!!!
As of this morning, everything is different. Something in my heart got unlocked. It got shaken loose, and now it’s flowing through me. I’ve heard parents say it, but I never understood. So this is love. That unconditional, universal, unbeatable love of a parent for his baby. Make that babies.
Ladies and gentlemen … meet Finley and Fiona.
Fixin’ her hair and runnin’ the stairs
Today I took The Wife to Denver to get her hair done (the last essential task before tomorrow’s double C-section), and I got in a pretty cool workout. It’s rad how much you can accomplish — and how much you can learn — with just a flight of stairs.
Three hours of XC love
Today was my last chance for a big XC ride, at least for a while. I took The Wife to breakfast, assembled an infant car seat then met some dudes at Heil Ranch. We climbed then descended, climbed then descended. The climbing felt good — comfortable and strong. The descending — well — BRAAAP! The book is done for now, and we’re pretty much ready for the kids. What a treat to let it all go for a few hours: railing turns, pumping rocks, seeking good lines but riding whatever appeared in front of me.
Whoa that’s a big rock! Might as well go straight over it.