.....ruined my life

I am pretty sure that Consolidated was the first team to make this slogan popular. Wasn't really a fan of the idea. I don't have a stick up my ass and I get irony, but skateboarding pretty much opened up the world to me-from art to music to you name it. Skateboarding was the gateway to it all. So that shirt was funny, but just not an attitude I could get with even as a joke.
Skateboarding and cross seem to have a lot of people in common, so I shouldn't have been surprised to see a "cyclocross ruined my life" shirt pop up. But of course I was.
Not surprisingly, I had a similar reaction. I just can't get down with that attitude and even as a joke it rubs me the wrong way. Cross has done a lot for me, but one thing it hasn't, is ruined my life. It has cost me time,money, and sleep, but for everything I have put in, I have gotten back way more than expected.
PMA

life intervals

Mondays are usually rest days, but that means doing the toughest intervals. Life intervals-mowing the lawn, washing clothes, running errands. All so you can clear the deck for riding the bike as much as possible for the rest of the week.
This weekend I also made way for social intervals-Going to see your friends that don't ride bikes. As the weekends get more crowded with training and racing, you tend to see the same people and loss track of your non cycling friends. Every once in awhile it is nice to go away and spend some time with people who aren't obsessing over gearing for mountain stages-as cool as that is....