I HAVE THE INFO

as you know, as cyclists, ‘we have it coming’

Chris — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:09:03 +0000

BH emailed me an excellent dissection of the ‘myth of the scofflaw cyclist‘, from WashCycle, the DC version of the Philadelphia Bicycle Coalition blog. Pretty awesome to have someone lay out the stats like that.

Mullica Van Ronde Race Report.

Chris — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:01:19 +0000

2 years running, I have registered…and then not showed up. Awesome!

Both of my friends racing the 5s were taken out in a crash. Not awesome.

Does this make De La Fuente Ralph Macchio?

Chris — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:59:02 +0000

Why does Riccardo Ricco, aka ‘The Cobra’ immediately make me think of Cobra Kai from the Karate Kid?

Sweep the leg, Johnny.

heh.

My Son as a Heat Source

Chris — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:15:48 +0000

Friday night at around 2:30am, I wake to the boy screaming. Now normally, I waken to the end of this kind of thing, ie Mrs. H has gone in and started calming him down.

She’s good like that.

Anyway, I am completely awake and the boy is still screaming.

Mrs. H is not in the bed which means she’s either already in there and not calming him down…or she’s downstairs making herself a sandwich.

The letters w, t, and f are starting to bubble up into my head.

I go to the nursery and there is a screaming woogle and my wife, telling me that we need to take him to an emergency room because he’s too hot.

Luckily for the both of us, I’m too sleepy to panic. I go back into the bedroom and put on some clothes and start looking for my keys. By the time I get it together, Stephanie has come in with the boy, a reference book, and the on-call number for our pediatrician.

The book tells us to lower his temperature with aspirin and keep him cool. About 10 minutes after we figure this out, the on-call RN at our pediatrician’s office calls us back and tells us the same thing.

We try to get some sleep. I don’t think we’ve had a night that rough since he was tiny.

I should take a step back and point out that we have a remarkably healthy little boy. So this was kind of a shock.

Anyway, I spent almost all of Saturday with the boy, keeping him cool, giving him bottles and baby aspirin. He was so tired at one point yesterday that he actually fell asleep laying on my chest. It seems like that hasn’t happened for a very long time. Good thing the air conditioning was on. The kid was like an oven at points.

By around 10am this morning, he was fine. It must have been some kind of 24 hour bug.

Down the Shore, via Bicycle.

Chris — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:55:50 +0000

Philly bicycle coalition thru up a google map of a variety of ways to bicycle to the shore. Thats a good thing as the first 20 miles of my way is not exactly well paved.

New Meaning to the Words ‘Course Obstacles’

Chris — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:17:57 +0000

Remind me to never again pretend to complain about having to alter course on the West River Time Trial because of Canadian Geese crossing the road. This mountain bike racer got attacked by a bear.

The Victory Salute.

Chris — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:41:45 +0000

VeloNews live coverage of the Tour yesterday had a link to an article highlighting the various ways in which pro cyclists celebrate wins. Pretty fantastic.

The Story Ends With Me Putting Him in the Wall…

Chris — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:37:23 +0000

This commercial came up at work today. Apparently, engineering is planning a go-kart racing outing.

I’m so there.

Sausages!

Chris — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:44:09 +0000

This commercial is funny enough to make consider, albeit briefly, drinking the swill that is Bud light.

SAUSAGES!

Tour De Strike

Chris — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:47:39 +0000

Did I see that right? Was there a union blocking the tour today? And did Christian Prudhomme just barely get them out of the way as the 4 man breakaway came up?

Awesome.

Another exciting finish today.