Cycling obsession, it is a good thing.... Right?

I have stepped away from the blog for a few weeks in an attempt at the whole "moderation" thing. You see if I have always had this problem, even as a kid I would find something new that I loved, and become so obsessed with it that even my family would role their eyes, or look away when I began to talk or ask questions about the "obsession" of the month. Unfortunately this has happened with cycling, and while I am not that upset about it since it is keeping me pretty fit, I know I need to cut my loved ones some slack! After all I can only expect my wife to listen to me so many times when I come home from a good workout and go on and on about my Lactate Threshold, or the fact that I held on to a faster group longer...

The truth is I am motivated by results and in the last month and a half I have lost 10 pounds and gained quite a bit of cycling ability. I am climbing better, sustaining a high pace for long periods of time, and seeing results in competitive situations, as well as driving my love ones crazy with talk of competition and cycling. For this reason I have comprised a list of ways to NOT drive the people close to you to the crazy house during cycling season.

RULES and FACTS

1. When walking through the door after a hard days work do not talk about your lunch workout BEFORE hugging and kissing your wife.

2. Do not assume that skipping dinner for a Tuesday night crit, Wednesday night group ride, and Thursday night team ride EVERY WEEK is acceptable.

3. When a loved one asks how your day was DO NOT go into detail about your sprinting intervals, they are really just asking to be nice.

4. Do not flex your shaven legs in the mirror and ask if they looked more toned than the month before.

5. Talking about what one must do to make their bike a sub 15 pounder is not always the best dinner table conversation.

6. Sending out group text messages to your teammates daily asking "who is going to ride today" just might get a little annoying to some people.

7. Contacting the City Engineering department to find out if their are any cat 3 climbs nearby isn't always appreciated. Evidently the city has "real issues" to deal with.

Just a few things I have learned since I fell in love with the sport of cycling. In all reality I do need to say that I am so thankful for my family and especially my beautiful wife to allow me to be as obsessed as I am and still love and support me the way they do. (I know it gets old)

Stay tuned, all 2.7 of my readers, tomorrow I will post about some recent race results, and tactics I have learned along the way. Below is the race data from tonight's crit, there was a mix up with remaining laps on the board. I sprinted out a 4th place finish (best yet) and was joined by quite a few of my teammates. Seth got the win today and has been hoovering near the 1 and 2 spot for the last month (SANDBAGGER)