http://szwayabrown.com/BeerAndMud Mud. Beer. Coffee. Bikes. Hot Tubs. Rain. Books. Music... Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:18:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thinking of Val Kilmer. Go back before Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang. Back before The Island of Dr. Moreau. Keep going past his mid-90's peak of Heat, Batman Forever, True Romance and The Doors. And step over Top Gun and Real Genius. It brings you to ... http://szwayabrown.com/BeerAndMud/2008/08/14/latrine/ Not much to say about riding today.  It's not that I'm not riding - I am...plenty - but there's nothing tremendously exciting about 20' intervals.  So we'll just leave it at that. What is exciting, at least right now, is harvesting veggies and getting the garden ready for the fall and ... http://szwayabrown.com/BeerAndMud/2008/08/13/green-thumb/ Light rain overnight.  Not bad.   The garden could always use a little extra help.  Got up early to get the Lemond ready to ride over the next few weeks while I overhaul & tune the cross bike.  That should be done by September - just in time to start adding ... http://szwayabrown.com/BeerAndMud/2008/08/07/wake-n-bake/ The week hasn't started all that well.   I spent a little time Monday and Tuesday trying to coax the powertap back to life. Turns out it wasn't the battery - although I replaced it anyway.  So I replaced the hub and chest strap batteries since it didn't ... http://szwayabrown.com/BeerAndMud/2008/08/06/wet-soggy-diapers/ Had a decent weekend.  Spent Saturday out on Sauvies Island.  Not riding but berry picking and hanging out on Rachel's dad's boat.  Pretty nice, low-key sort of day. Sunday was OUCH.  Got myself and the bike ready and headed out to Corbett.  I must have done may math all wrong because ... http://szwayabrown.com/BeerAndMud/2008/08/06/l-l-l-l-l-arch/ Seems like we’re heading into the thick of summer here. The lawns are all drying out. The garlic is harvested. Tomatoes are just shifting from dark to pale green. And the Oregon Brewers Festival was last weekend. Also, August is just around the corner. Shit…August? Really? Like every other year, I ... http://szwayabrown.com/BeerAndMud/2008/07/29/kool-aid/ Summer, at least for me, is starting to hit full-stride.  Spent the past couple weeks doing an all-out sprint to finish some projects that have been ginormous albatrosses around my neck; chicken coop, new (used) hot tub install, cleaning the landfill I call a garage, and rental house stuff.  We ... http://szwayabrown.com/BeerAndMud/2008/07/22/little-stuff/ So I'm finally getting around to taking a closer look at the data from last weeks (7/2) Cat 4 Tabor race.  The graph above is just a snapshot of the race itself and is smoothed by 5 seconds.  The raw data is pretty noisy and I think the 5 sec. ... http://szwayabrown.com/BeerAndMud/2008/07/10/tabor-data/ Rest week this week. Need to fight the urge to ride harder. After this week I'll be adding some anaerobic work in. I'm excited in an S & M sort of way. I feel very fit and healthy right now. A brisk 2-4 hour ride ... http://szwayabrown.com/BeerAndMud/2008/07/10/its-finally-summer/ That low rumbling sound you heard around 7:25 was my legs spontaneously combusting on lap 5. Tabor was great last night. I didn't win. Didn't even come flippin' close. I'm not even sure I'll get an "honorable mention" in the standings. But it didn't matter. I ... http://szwayabrown.com/BeerAndMud/2008/07/03/pop/