Wave of my future....Team Advil Chapstick

Well 2008 is almost here, and in case some of you were wondering... I WILL be racing!! Yippee :) When the new season comes along I will have traded in the beer and tea (Victory Brewing 2005-2006 /TEAm Lipton 2007)for some lip smacking chapstick and and the best ibuprofen on the market. uh-huh...good stuff!










and of course, we will be riding FUJI BIKES. We are riding that super awesome frame, pretty isn't it :)

happy me. what an awesome team!

interesting statistic

80% of the female executives at Fortune 500 companies identified themselves as former “tomboys” — having played sports.

gogirlgo

Holiday-isms

One of my favorite quotes from this season's holiday:

"I don't eat chocolate, my body is a temple designed to only hold whiskey and In and Out burgers."

just a few holiday side notes:

1.) I'm thinking it's a sign that the Wildman is growing up (Wildman is my baby brother), considering his Christmas present from me came from Crate and Barrel. I mean really, did anyone EVER think it would be appropriate for Todd to get gifts (that he wants!) from a place like that ;-)

2.) Moms with boys go absolutely nuts on girls for Christmas. After all the years of hot wheels and dinosaurs and action figures, it can finally be all about ribbons and bows and pink and princesses!

3.) The drive to family is ALWAYS worth it...even if it means missing out on a lingerie christmas party (yes...co-ed) ;-)

4.) No I don't feel guilty planning a bike ride for Christmas morning.... ahem.

bicycle pimp(ette)

Sorry about the broken camera, it means I don't have any live photos for you...
But let me tell ya, the 2008 Kestrels are looking hot. I've seen 'em myself.
And my dealers are liking them too. yep yep.

Changes

Have you ever noticed that when you head into new directions that there are always a few bumps along the path?
Long story short, I broke my phone and my camera...so no pictures for now :(

no fun......

so i'm driving in traffic and i'm on my cell with my dad. i tell him i better go so i can pay attention to the highway change coming up...on average i drive about 3-5 highways each time i head out for dealer visits. he says to me, "ok but honey please drive safe".. i promptly respond by saying that it's not hard to be safe when you're going 5mph!!! ughhh

More travel adventures...

Lets see... since I am now a traveling sales girl by day, and off-season racer in training by night....I have entered into a whole new realm in the workout world. In less than one month, I have done "gym time" in Temecula, Pacific Beach, Pasadena, Corona and Huntington Beach..

Gettin' around :)

Have to chuckle...

I've definitely had my share of trying out new eateries lately. Lets see...in the last week, I found great fish tacos in Pacific Beach, and awesome sushi in ummm where was I, oh yea Poway (ever heard of it? well there are a lot of people there)...then I had some darn good tasty tortilla soup right here in HB. I reckon by the end of this week I'll have eatery reports from San Diego, Lake Elsinore...and possibly Santa Barbara, but no way in Vegas...(that'll have to wait a few weeks).

Get the picture?


By the way...I AM TRAINING.
(i just sell bikes between workouts now instead of surfing the web..hahaha)

Who was there?

Yes, it was a beautiful and sunny day out here in Southern California, and I absolutely cannot complain about the weather (heck...i didn't even wear knee warmers!), however today's training ride reminded me of the treacherous Oak Glen Stage at Redlands a few years back. No, not the climbing portion that we were all anticipating (and by the way...i am NOT doing big climbs like that right now hahaha!), but remember that crazy wind on that day that drew us out into a single file string for over twenty miles!! It was a horrendous day. It was God-awful bad. Today was just like that. Thank god this time there was no Ina Teutenberg dragging my ass along the gutter....whew...lucky me.

so, in case you are all wondering....yes i am training :)

IN CASE YOU HAVENT SEEN IT........

Allow me to introduce the 2008 PK RIPPER LOOPTAIL. I know where they are........

Back on track and slightly on the attack...

I have not forgotten my blogger life! I have just been VERY busy these days. Yes, I am now a Race Pro turned Sales Pro, but don't let that fool you --I will be kitting up and getting busy racing next year! More news to come on that ... but man, I got to say that I am not at all pleased with the "report" I read on Cycling News about the 2008 NRC racing schedule announcement (no offense to Mr. Mark Zalewski...because it's not his fault!)
It's just that the report reminds me how much the women in our sport are being left behind....and that totally gets me riled up people.

Totally........

Now now now.. you don't have to tell me, I know that there are plenty of way cool people out there doing their part support grow and enhance our sport for women, but it's time that the big daddy (USA Cycling) does it's part too. Make some dang requirements that these big time mens races, at the very least(!), add a one day women's criterium or circuit race to the schedule. Don't tell me it's too hard or that it costs too much money, please don't go there. It's not that hard!

Jeez....

People are accomplishing way more difficult tasks in this world.

puff puff puff...

Hopefully the fires are going to start settling down now.... it's been tough on everyone in SoCal -- no ifs ands or buts about it.

Yo Tony!

I wish these pictures would post larger in size!....this is about as cool as it gets when you are talkiing old school bike shops in the heart of L.A.! Check out the sign and check out the front window. The owner (his name is Joe..Tony has passed away) told me that the windows used to get rocks thrown through them all the time. The solution besides your typical bars? How about a cool piece of art?! LOve it. It was way cooler in person. This shop is something like 60 years old! And JOe?...well he was about the sweetest old man I've ever met :) ...he bought our bikes too.....even sweeter!

Well.... here it is.

First of all... I love my family. I love my friends. I love my job. I love my life. I love my world.

But, let me tell ya.....it's been a long couple of weeks! In the last ten days...my son got in a mother load of teen trouble, my dear grandmother passed away, my luck ran out on hwy 5 and I got a speeding ticket clocked at 90mph (hey... got it down from a hundred before the dude tagged me), I jammed the cd player in my car (very costly repair coming my way), I drove into a cement pillar and got my first scratch on my "new to me" car, and I even went the wrong way on a busy Huntington Beach Rd. ---only to have a bunch of cars come at me head on!!! ---yes, I survived to tell the story!
The good news is that I think I'm coming back around to Earth now.... thank the stars.

Love Birds...

Mike and Lauren tie the knot....congrats to them!

Live and in the flesh...and man that woman can sing!

..took a break from work and mama-hood and training and went to see PJ Harvey at the Orpheum Theater in L.A. last night. That woman is amazing. She's beautiful, sweet, modest, rough, talented, smart, etc etc..... get the picture? Plus... there were some famous peeps there watching the show, but I don't keep up on famous people very welll...so how was I supposed to know!

Track Nationals..

Why don't more people go to watch this stuff? It was SO impressive!!!

INTERBIKE 2007 ... OBEY TRACK BIKE.

I love my job. Look at this sweet fixed gear bike in our line. Shepard Fairy and Fuji.... making it happen.
Trust me when I say that this bike is even sweeter in person (just like me!! hahaha)

Woof!

Got home from Interbike a few hours ago....the dogs are barking louder than ever!