Last night was Thursday night. Usually that means hitting the taproom and/or other establishments where brews are served and also finding some dinner out with the guys. Yesterday I decided to just chill at home in order to get to bed early and save some money and just generally relax before the weekend kicks in. Besides, there has been an outing to the taproom planned for quite some time to coincide with the visit of Thad's parents. So anyway, I headed home after work.

Eating dinner and drinking my gin 'n tonic, I was thinking about the weekend of cross racing and realized that I was completely unprepared (note I am referring to practical preparedness, not training/conditioning preparedness - that is a lost cause). And with the planned activities for Friday night, last night was my only chance to get ready. So I jumped to action.... well, not really.... There was no jumping involved. The first thing I did was put a load of laundry on so that I would have clean bike shorts and wings for the weekend. Next thing I did was to watch the DVD "Pure Sweet Hell". Nothing like a cyclo-cross video (and especially that one) for inspiring a cx racer to get ready and psyched up for the races. I may watch it again tonight. After the movie, I made the necessary bike modifications to the gunnar to prepare him for the weekend. Removed the bottle cages, replaced the brooks saddle with a lighter (and more abuse-resistant) fizik saddle, and replaced the smooth tires with my cyclo-cross rubber.

MMMMMMMMM, cross season.....