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There’s a New Sheriff in Town

The Good, The Bad, and The Barry, originally uploaded by Sabine Dukes.

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Did you know that the Vuelta is going on right now?

Its been on for a week, and I just realized it yesterday. Levi is in yellow. And I haven’t been paying a lick of attention.

It might be because I am too busy riding and swimming and picking backsplash tile. Or it might be because I am sort of over it right now.

I hope not, because I love the sport of cycling….but I am a little weary of it. Not just weary of the euro stuff and all the drugs and bad hair. But of cycling in general. The myopic training hard and talking about heart rates and carbon nanograms and calories and watts and I would have won if only type of cycling.

As I seek to regain fitness, its not racing I am thinking about as the epitome of fitness. Its the effortless gliding speed of a tailwind, the power in the last two strokes at the crest of a climb, the body language to scuttle over a tricky rock garden, the glow of a smile at the end of an awesome singletrack.

Cyclocross season is coming up and its colorful wackiness and plentiful beer might be just the ticket to reignite my love for the racing…until then, I’ll be honored to enjoy the ride.

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9 Responses to “There’s a New Sheriff in Town”

michael September 8th, 2008 at 3:51 am

that shadow rules me

michaels last blog post…..Surf’s Up, Kitty … surf’s up

marscat September 8th, 2008 at 7:20 pm

way cool pic…and I am right with you on the
racing thing…

ippoc amic September 8th, 2008 at 7:27 pm

i’m not into la vuelta much either. i hate getting hurt and watching friends get hurt doing stuff we love to do. but, i really like your idea of getting fit for the good feeling it brings and that it doesn’t have to be related to racing just yet. i’m keeping that that thought close right now.

ippoc amics last blog post…..Motivation

morgan September 8th, 2008 at 7:37 pm

It’s important to have cycling vacations, where you take time away completely from your normal cycling milieu, but, if you want to stay in it somehow, start on a totally new path. Like, say, load up a touring bike and go ride around chasing the sunset for a week. Or ride a singlespeed mountain bike and drink beer on rides. Or ride with a kid you like. Or whatever. For me, whenever I’ve had enough of one part of cycling I can usually find another kind of pedaling that is totally fresh. But I am another one of those people in the cave, watching the reflection on the wall; it’s only cycling for me, no time for another avocation, too focused on my little world. It was really nice to focus on one big thing this summer, and now cx feels fresh and different. I hope you get your cycling jones back in one form or another. Meantime keep taking pictures.

sabine September 8th, 2008 at 11:29 pm

I have no motivation problems as it concerns cycling. I am so excited to be able to ride my road bike this week.

I’m just not very excited about racing.

Tracie September 9th, 2008 at 2:03 am

when you get better enough we’ll throw together a fatty mountain bike ride. I will share with you the endless joys of listening to me sing non-stop Billy Joel and Fleetwood Mac while climbing singletrack.

Tracies last blog post…..because my bike is still in the closet

Jayme Otto September 10th, 2008 at 5:01 pm

Sabine - We’ve been trying to contact you to profile you in VeloNews. Are you interested? I’ve left 3 messages on your phone and sent 3 emails. Are you alive?

bunny September 10th, 2008 at 11:31 pm

on the bike–woohoo!!

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