What a week

This week was one for the record books. I got my butt out of bed Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Tuesday morning I did a brutal workout and then rode Tuesday night with a group of guys using lights, and man did we hammer. I held my own though and rode really strong, which kind of surprised me after my hard workout in the morning. I ended up with over 3 hours on Tuesday. Man if you have never ridden at night you are missing out on a very interesting experience. Pace lining at night is a interesting mix of danger and excitement. Riding at night also plays with your brain because all you can see is what your light lites up, which is about 7 feet of road ahead of you and nothing else. The only part I didn't like was on climbs because I could not see where the end was, but overall I am looking forward to next Tuesday. I am racing on Sunday at the Banana Belt race in Gaston which is about 25 miles south west of Portland. It is a 100% chance of rain and 10mph winds which should make for and interesting day. On top of that is the over 700' of climbing each of the 4 laps. I should have an interesting race report for you on Sunday.

Morning workouts

Well morning workouts have been going great. Heather took Friday off and I went Mountain biking in the morning. I totally wrecked my body by riding as hard as I could. I spent over 18 minutes in Zone 4. I actually felt really good on the bike. Then things took a turn for the worse, I woke up Saturday morning puking my guts out. It was a great time had by all as Zach followed suite in the afternoon by puking sometime during his nap, then continued to puke a few more times before he went to bed. To make the day extra special I awoke at about 1am to a screaming child, as I came down the hall I noticed the bathroom light on. It was Heather and Zach in the bathtub, Zach had puked at some point during the night and Heather smelled it when she went in to check on him. So while Heather got Zach cleaned up I got the sheets changed and the puke mopped up and went back to bed. Everything was ok on Sunday and Monday till Heather started puking at around 11pm Monday night. Needless to say she did not go to on Tuesday. So the puke bug has gone through the Hill family. What a weekend.

I have been busy

Well it has been a few weeks since my last post and I am sorry for that. I know you are all on the edge of your seat waiting for posts. So here you go.

Life has been busy the last couple of weeks, training is still going ok, but I really need to pick up the pace and get all my workouts in. Right now I/we workout after Zach goes to bed which means I start at about 9 o'clock. I am quickly finding out this is not working so well anymore. After a full day of chasing a 2 yr old around I am bushed and training is being put on the back burner. So I have made the decision to start training in the morning. So starting tomorrow I am getting up at 6am and training. Zach usually does not get up till 8 so I should have sufficient time to ride.

I have been reffing some, but because their are only 2 teams in Eugene, the Generals (Juniors), and the ducks (college) you get pretty sick of each other fast. Not to mention the coach of the ducks is a real a$$hole. I am pretty burnt out. I am looking forward to the Junior A game this weekend though, it should be good. It will be between the first place team Seattle and second place team the Eugene, a week before playoffs. It should be a good game.