I'm in Paradise!

I didn't think this trip would this amazing. Our first day was unreal. We flew into Belize City and had to take a little 8 person jumper plane to another smaller island. And if that wasn't secluded enough, our resort picked us up and from there we took a private boat about 20 minutes out to our resort. Of course Tara and I had em stop at the local store to get some beers for the trip:-) As we docked at the resort our host greeted us with drinks! I love this place!

Needless to say we didn't do to much but relax and snoop around the first day. We took the boat back into town for dinner but ended up headin back and chillin at the resort bar... nothing like a bar on the beach with your own bartender!! The boat ride back in the dark was pretty freaky but super cool at the same time. Gonna plan some excursions today, can't wait for those. Time to be lazy and lay on the beach!


The view from our little "Fantasy Island" plane


Our resort


What a view!


Me and T being lazy...


What a great name for a liquer store...

Time for some fun in the sun!

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. Our day was great as we spent it with the family stuffing our faces. Training has been great but I have a nice relaxing week off this week and then I return to start buckling down on the training.

Tara and I are heading to a little island in Belize... Ambergris Caye.. We planned our honeymoon perfect.. As much as we wanted to go away right away we decided to wait and go when it was cold outside. So as we are leaving, Columbus is expecting snow..and its 87 in Belize.. perfect! So I will be MIA for the next week kicking around the white sand and swimming with the dolphins! I actually have to spend a week without my Blackberry which is gonna be crazy.. but well worth it. I will shoot some pics up here during the week and keep in touch with the fun stuff Tara and I are doing.

Hope all is well!

Florida weekend

Last weekend I traveled to sunny Florida to do a bit of practicing and mix it up from being in the cold. My buddy John was going down there to do the Horrible 100 ride and I thought I would meet up with him and get a couple days of good training in.

So I flew in Saturday and hit up the 100 mile ride on Sunday and a nice little spin on Monday before flying back to the cold. Was a good time as I spent some time on the beach and met some great people. Monday we did a nice leasure ride up and down the coast with this guy Mark, a buddy of John and Daryl's from down there. Mark was fresh back on the bike after having some heart trouble and it was inspiring to hear his story and to see how excited he was to be back on the bike. I am looking forward to heading back down south and catching up with everyone soon. It was a blast!


The view from the condo


John, me, Daryl, and Mark



Beautiful backdrop for a ride

Great Sunday Ride

Our Sunday ride is turning into a great ride. We have done it the past 2 weekends and it is starting to grow. This week it was a cold and windy 38 degrees and we still had almost 20 guys show up. You know its cold out when Grisvard actually has sleeves on...:-) We even had people drive in from Granville to do the ride. It was a nice 3 hour ride at about 20 mph. This is a great ride for this time of the year since everyone is at different fitness and skill levels. We even had a new guy show up that has only ridden for 6 months. So if your thinking about coming out.. come out.. this ride is for everyone... Hope we can keep this rolling and get a good casual social ride through the winter. Its nice to have a ride where everyone gets along and just catches up... even if it is cold out... Just what we need in the bus!

Ride Info:
When: Every Sunday
Time: 10am
Where: Starbucks in Old Dublin on rt161 just west of the river
For who: All catagories, All levels
Info: very casual social ride just to get some bike time in. There will be no hard efforts, just a constant 20 mph.. no sprints, nothing hard. We will wait on riders with flats and will have designated pee stops if need be. Don't be scared come ride!


Cold day.. had to wear every piece of cycling gear I own.








Isiah trying to catch snow flakes...

Back on the sled...

Getting some good practice in.



So we have been super lucky so far and have had some nice weather here and there. I got back on the bike last weekend and got some good riding in. My good buddy John talked me into doing this 85 mile ride with over 6000 ft of climbing on it. Good 1st ride after not touching my bike for almost 6 weeks:-) I finally took my bike out of the case on Friday to make sure it worked and right before the ride on Sat realized I hadn't even tightened the headset or put my seat at the correct height. Good stuff. Anyway it was a great ride and wanted to thank COBC and everyone that was involved. They had a nice food stop and some food after.. was a great ride and well organized event!

We started up a pretty chill Sunday ride last week as well. I think we actually had 14 guys show up which is nice. Was a nice easy long ride which ended at Starbucks for some afternoon coffee and treats. If anyone is interested we are doing this ride every Sunday, 10am at the Starbucks in Dublin on 161 by the river. Its 3ish hours easy...EASY!