New treads for the Cervelo... and me.

Bought these primarily for cyclocross, but will get a few rides on them when I cut my teeth with the road races at the Tour Del Sol (Registration finally opened today by the way) 2/23 *Update - cancelled! Booo Hissss! and the Iron Horse Classic along with some local crit's and TT series. Topped the new wheels off with a pair of Conti competition tubulars and a Sram red cassette. Haven't glued tubulars before so crossing my fingers I get the install right and don't end up rolling a tire off the wheel the first time out - give it a 50/50 chance. Got the Tufo glue tape so it shouldn't be to tricky.

And my new Mtb shoes....I'm a fan of the boa system, but not willing to drop the money for a pair of S-works shoes. Pearl Izumi made a few batches of these before Specialized put a stop to it, so when I saw them for a good price I snatched them up.

Annie went to a Yoga retreat today, and I owe her a bunch free time, so I volunteered to stay home with the kids all day. Couldn't join the Zeph on his road ride, so threw in the Alpine Classics video I got for the new trainer and climbed the Alp d'Huez - it really is a pretty fantastic piece of equipment thus far, the motorbrake system seems to work flawlessly with the grades of the mountains/descents. Can't say as much for the rider, I cracked pretty hard trying to be a hero and ended up having to get in 2nd to granny gear and spin my way up it. This thing may be my saving grace for the Leadville goal - plenty of fun and challenging stuff with it to keep me on task with conditioning - and I've got enough conditioning to do that there will be plenty of late nights on this thing... after the day/post work rides with the gang between now and August if I hope to have a shot at it. Like hell week at the beginning of football season - two a days until I'm in shape.

Just got an email from Sam who'll be spectating at the Tour of California tomorrow - said he's going with the man capris vs. the speedo and wasn't clear on if he was going to take a quick sprint with the lead group or not. I've got it set to record just in case, we'll see.

Have a new guy for the hardcore spinners - was about 5 minutes into a class last week when dude decides to one up the full kit and walks in with full length tights - not sure if they were bib tights or just plain ol tights - but really, it matters not, the dude's hardcore and I think he won the spin class.