17 Piece Cycling Kit?

Silly me for thinking all there was to a "cycling kit" was a jersey and shorts. Vicki found a company that makes really nice custom team cycling kits with very small minimum orders (we don't need 100 jerseys!). She received the sample kit and it contains 17 pieces! We may end up needing another support vehicle just to carry the team kits!

I'm excited to start designing the jersey layout and start wearing our team logo!

BRING IT Tony Horton!

I've been a multisport athlete since 2000. And for the past 10 years I, like most active people, have grappled with how to incorporate strength training into an already "full" training schedule. Well I've decided to try something new. Hello P90X!

P90X is a 90 day workout program facilitated by a ripped, ubber man's man who actually yawns while doing massive amounts of pull ups. His name is Tony Horton. You know those exercise infomercials you see at 2am with the amazing "before" and "after" photos and people gushing about how they've never been in such great shape...EVER? And then the guy who comes on and says YOU CAN DO IT TOO?! Odds are, it's Tony.

I've tried a few of the P90X workouts here and there since May and with workouts like "ab ripper", how can you go wrong? Last week I did "legs and back" and I didn't walk right for four days. But last night Leary and I decided to get serious and "BRING IT"! It was day 1 of officially starting P90X in earnest and our approach is to tag team it. Perhaps it's my first timer's enthusiasm that I feel compelled to write about it but I have to admit Tony's quirky, funny, enthusiasm is contagious. Ask me how I'm doing at day 18, or even day 42! Something tells me I'll have other names for Tony.

There is another underlying reason for my wanting to do P90X. I want legs of steel so I can tackle all those mountains and hills that feel like mountains during Race Across America in June. And when I climb Wolf Creek Pass and cross the Continental Divide at 10,000+ feet, I will have no qualms about yelling at the top of my lungs, "THANK YOU TONY!"

So Tony...in your own words, I'm ready for you to BRING IT!

The List Continues...

Team Name - check!
Registered for RAAM 2011 - check!
Beneficiary partnership - check!
Non-profit partnership - check!

Raise money, buy gear, train, reserve RV, finalize crew, book airline tickets, train, order team cycling kits, have fundraising activities, attend related GoRed events, go to Interbike, train, schedule several team training events, contact a bazillion possible sponsors, train.......NOT CHECKED!

If I look at everything we need to do between now and next June, I have a mini freakout.
Breathe.
I'm going to go ride my bike now!