Syntace and Magura are on board for another year of hooking Robin up with their sweet parts. Expect her to be sporting Magura Marta SL brakes, a Durin SL fork, as well as Syntace cockpit components.

Back in the saddle...sort of

So after who knows how many weeks off, I got back on the bike this weekend...on the trainer of course. I rode for almost 2 hours on Saturday while watching the 3rd Pirate's of the Caribbean movie and then for an hour Sunday while watching the Colts game. Now if the weather outside would just cooperate and get warm, I would be one happy camper!

2010 saddle experiment and other tidbits

Trying out a new saddle on Robin's bike this season. Light, sexy, and reportedly very comfortable.

If she doesn't like like it... I can always steal it!

Hopefully we will be able to get some more specifics up soon on the bike(s) Robin will be rockin' on the MTB front this year.

Looks like I've been brought on as a contributor! Something else to help me waste time while I'm supposed to be writing my Thesis :)

Who thinks we should get custom jerseys made up? Oh yea...

DFL

SO, last night was the 1st Ashton cross country ski TT. I managed an astounding DFL. Brian Eppen, who was also classicing, managed to pass me as he was finishing his second lap before I had even finished one lap. He did start a couple minutes ahead of me...but damn. The classic tracks did feel slow, but that is really no excuse. It was a lot of fun. My girl Cara even won for the women on skate skis! Go Hamann!

Maybe spin class tonight...maybe CC skiing out at Hick Hill. Last week was a blast, I think I may have to hit that up again. Although my body needs a good thrashing on a bike. Either should be fun.

Back to clinic.

Bonus post...

I solved Kyle's Rubix cube yesterday. Probably not worth blogging about, but I have been working at it since he got it for Christmas. I figured I would share my excitement.

2010...week 2

I can't remember if I put in my last post the fact that I wanted to try to keep my blog updated weekly. Whether I did or didn't that is my intention and I can now say that I have been successful for 2 weeks.

Nothing ground breaking to report. I started a new semester of clinical rotations. Over the next 12 weeks I will do 3 rotations, 4 weeks each, which are collectively known as my ambulatory block. The first of the 3, which I started yesterday, is outpatient internal medicine and I am doing it here in Iowa City. Then, in February, I will go to Davenport for a month for Community Based Medicine. Finally, in March I will do Family Medicine in Hiawatha.

Enough about ridiculus school stuff. Brian and Cara took Kyle and I out to try skate skiing today. It was a blast. It is very different from classicing. I fell down a lot and was pretty slow, but I could feel when I was doing it right and when I was doing it wrong...so now all I need to more practice. Brian is a great teacher...He doesn't give himself nearly enough credit. We really appreciated his help today!

In cycling news, there was a WOW meeting at Hopson's house on Monday. It went great and the idea of more Iowa City women racing seems like more of a reality and less of a dream. In other cycling new, I'm still not riding my bike. :(

Thanks for checking in!

Happy New Year!

We rang in the new year with lots of good friends. Happy Birthday again to Jean! We had a wonderful time celebrating your birthday as well as the new year! We had to take a rain check on the ski race today because like many others we have chosen to celebrate national hangover day on the couch :)

My next clerkship starts on Monday, so only a few more days of freedom. I am looking forward to starting a new semester and a new cycling season. I plan to make a conscience effort to update on here at least once a week.

Thanks for reading! Have a safe and happy New Year!