I fell asleep!

I know I missed my blog post yesterday/ last night, but I have a really lame excuse at least; I laid down on the floor to stretch out my back and ended up falling asleep around 8:30 instead and didn't wake up until around 11:30... so I just got up and went to bed. Apparently, I was actually tired.

Yesterday was also the long-awaited first doctor visit with my wife's new doctor- the one who will be delivering our baby in April. This was Ann's first ever doctor visit in the US, so it was a totally different experience for her. I'm glad I was there to keep her company and help with "translating", not to mention just simply having the chance to meet the woman who will be holding my daughter even before I get the chance. As it turns out, she also delivered one of my nephews and comes highly recommended. Needless to say, we were both really put at ease. I think we both left feeling a lot more relaxed.


Meet the newest Jackson! I can tell by the fist pump she's giving me here that she's gonna be every bit as awesome as her sister.


And she's already showing signs of a meaty brain. Hopefully she has the brain of her mother, just like her sister.

She was being stubborn and was lying face down and looking away for the entire sonogram, so I didn't get a chance to see her eyes yet, but I'm sure they're beautiful!

Yesterday was also the 3rd day of sushi for lunch... and I loved every single morsel of it. However, since Ann has to avoid certain fish because of the pregnancy, telling her about my sushi dining has me sleeping with one eye open these days. (A man can never be too careful around a pregnant woman.)

If I can manage to keep from falling asleep tonight, I'm hopping back on the rollers tonight. I need to burn calories! The weight isn't falling off as quickly as I'd like- guess I might have to go back to watching what I eat... maybe. I did make a few detours to our little weight room at work today whenever I was downstairs in the warehouse. A quick pit stop to the weight bench to bang out a couple sets of leg extensions... just a little. You know... just to keep a little power building. (It's killing me to not be down there every day doing squats!)

For all the weather-related trash talking I was doing recently, things are about to get a lot ickier around here starting Sunday with a good week+ of rain expected, along with cooler temps. We desperately need the rain though, so it's worth the lack of sunshine for a bit... even if it does turn me into a huge whiner.

To cap off the cavalcade of Masiguy-ness, I leave you with this;


It's like 1983 all over again... just more glossy.

Tim

On a roll(ers) still...

Today was another very busy day, of course, especially after being out of the office the past two days. The highlight of the day was having a "working lunch" with Lance Camisasca and Chad Battistone of Lifeboat Events. Sure, getting to have sushi for lunch was a big part of it, but I sincerely enjoyed the lunch that Jill Hamilton (Haro MTB/ Adult Brand Manager) and I got to have with Lance and Chad. It is the people you meet and get to know in this industry that make all the difference. Truly. The sushi was good, but best part of all was the conversation... and we all know that I live for conversations.

Since today was such a busy day and I had to leave the office early to get Masidaughter 1.0 from school, there was no lunchtime ride. This meant hitting the rollers tonight, which I haven't done- apparently- in a couple months because I was suffering like a pig! The short 45 minutes that I managed to survive was anything but pretty. The first 10min were bad and I really had to talk myself into staying on the rollers and getting the ride done. My goal going outside tonight was 40min... hoping I'd go to 45, which I did. So, small victory... of sorts. Riding the fixed, I was able to lay down the following- 46:11, 19.0av/ 39.0mx MPH, 14.68mi, 86av/ 178mx RPM, 125av/ 162mx HR. Nothing spectacular, by any means. The first 40+min were pretty easy and I kept things as smooth as I could. Spinning 46x16, holding a cadence of 90RPM was the goal, but I was just short of it. I finished up with one good hard effort and seated sprint... then I rolled up and down the street for a few minutes to cool down a bit. The legs were stiff and heavy at first and finished stiff and slightly less heavy feeling... but it was a good starting point and momentum keeper.

Some stupid stats; weighed 210.6 before the ride and 209.6 after, quads 25" and calves 17.5".

Tomorrow morning is the rescheduled doctor visit for my wife and I. Her first US doctor visit and our first visit with the doctor who will- hopefully- be delivering our daughter... Masidaughter 2.0. We're excited, of course, and a little apprehensive... but we're more excited than not. I have to admit that it's awfully "cute" to watch my 5' wife slowly adapt to being pregnant with the child of a 6'3", 200+lb bike nerd. She's got a slight "waddle" now (and she'd kill me if she read this) and is just beginning to strain to sit down or stand up... but she's still in the pool at the YMCA every single morning. She looks as fit as ever... just a LOT rounder in the middle.

I will leave you with this, since it played on my iPod tonight during my roller ride and is one of my all-time favorites...


Rock on!

Tim