Fruita Weekend! (well,not so much)

With real snow season right around the corner the desire to get out and enjoy the last scraps of any summer sport is thick. Ok Fruita weekend cancelled.. My desire wasn’t great enough to go camp in sub-freezing temps, desert wind, and mixed precipatation. No visit with Tater Tot, the unofficial mayor of Fruita and well deserving of his own blog. If you make it to Fruita, (If you don’t know you better ask somebody) seek out this amazing local personality. Be prepared for hugs-a-plenty and be careful when he goes in for a cheek kiss. If you’re slippin he will sneak one pass the goalie and get you on the lips.

So I guess that leaves riding whatever is dry around here and watching Mike race cross.

Mike, off the front.

American Cross fans, all six of us turned out in full force. You know hundreds of people in Europe come out to these races to watch, cheer, and drink. We have football and nachos.

“Frenchie” turned 72 on Saturday and was out to race both days. On Sunday he had a few too many post race “recovery drinks” and drove his car onto the snowy course… race officials were not pleased.

We got off our bikes Saturday just in time, the weather came in hard. 10 inches in the valley, who knows what we got up top. The weather channel says we are getting some warmer temps this week,,, lets hope we can keep some of this early dump as base.

Best part about cross? Hot racing action rain snow or shine!

Including snowman, 7 race fans on day 2.

Deep in the pain cave

Wet clean up, aisle one.

I did manage to schmooze my hands onto a bunch of FRS this weekend. I had tried this stuff a little before and I have to say it rules! I am pretty particular about what I consume before, during and after training / racing. When you find what works stick with it. Personally I have found a mix of Accelerade/Hammer Gel/Endurox/Big Mac’s to be what makes my engine purr.

FRS now added to the regement for pre-game /maintenance. Try some, tastes good, tell your local shop to get it. I’m not usually a sucker for endorcement, I personally would tout about anything for a check. However, Lance sees fit to put his name on this stuff instead of the newest male enhancement formula.

2 comments October 21st, 2007

The Web Host with the Most

We announced to the public this week that we are offering our members a benefits package that expands beyond the boundaries of Outdoorzy. Many of you are aware of this already and may have taken advantage of one of your benefits already. Things like a 15% discount at Moosejaw.com, $3 off a subscription to WEND Magazine… possibly the best thing to hit print. But I also wanted to mention another benefit today… a discount on web hosting!

This might interest our Business Directory members quite a bit since you are running businesses and may need a web presence, or may want to switch hosting services to a more economical plan. And some of you might be interested in creating a blog site or a even an e-commerce site of your own. ImOutdoorsHosting.com is providing a great hosting discount for Outdoorzy Members. They’ve waived all setup fees and are offering their very robust hosting plan for just $4.95/mo (normally $6.95).

So if you do want to start your own site up, check these guys out. Its a steal on web hosting. But just like our other benefits, you have to be a member to get the discount. But then again, Outdoorzy is free, so quit yer whinin.

PS - we’ll be announcing another benefit next week…. then hopefully, another, and another…

3 comments October 21st, 2007