:: seanlangford ::

Fun weekend – finished the basement work w/ Chris and then got to hang out with jh and the guru. Dog adventures, epic bike rides and even a trail run. (Phone was on the fritz so only this mediocre pic available). Thanks chris for the double flat rescue. Kudos to Lakeside Pizza and Seafood in Tyngsboro for the tasty veggie pie.

then go skiing with your bro and 3 dogs.

Here’s a great recipe for walnut chicken Jen and I made the other night.  We used our new wok for this culinary experiment and were pleasantly surprised with the outcome.  It was our first attempt and it wasn’t as hard as I thought it might be.  Now to somehow remove the smell of ginger from the house…

Is it time for Spain yet??
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this is a test

“Let the bodies hit the floor.” — Drowning Pool

So the Johnny cake this past weekend was going reasonably well for me until I hit the deck. I was half wheeling the guy ahead of me on the climb when he responded to something next to him by veering into my front wheel. I had nowhere to go except down. Luckily it was fairly low speed and the sliding on the pavement was fairly minimal. Serves me right for being that far back in the peleton. Some skin, a front wheel, a right hand glove and right kneewarmer were the casualties; as well as my hope of beating Gerard O’Shea to the line for the first cat3 finisher imaginary prize. All these things were crushed against the cold, hard Coxsackie pavement. This season incidentally isn’t shaping up especially well so far. Lets see: 2 midpack finishes, a DFL (which got logged as a DNF), a real DNF and a crash.   I am going to chalk this up to bad luck because objectively I am in the best form ever.  As coach CM would say, “You are in need of some results, man.” Well, the end result of all this is that I am motivated to bring CCB a good finish this weekend at Turtle Pond. I think I have some anger in the legs I need to work out. I also know I will have some excellent teammates there with me. And I think this course suits me to some degree. Finally, its meant to rain, which is actually a good thing for me as I do well in the rain. We’ll see how this all works out; stay tuned.

Yeah, I’ve been hiding the first half of the day hoping that no one would remember, but instead I’ve gotten a lot of phone calls and emails from friends and family, all of which I really appreciate.  My lifelong buddy John Hirsch even wrote a little birthday tribute too; thanks John!  And thanks everyone else for all my birthday wishes.

Old man Sean signing off…. 

Did the first Johnny Cake and then the Micheal Schott Memorial Circuit Race in Marblehead this past weekend.  The Johnny Cake was really hard; lots of wind and lots of fast men.  Was feeling in control the first 1/2 to the point of even going off the front a couple of times.  Didn’t plan my efforts very well so ended up off the back.  A similar thing happened at Marblehead this past weekend.  Strong at first, covering moves, then tired for the finale.  Definitely feeling some life stress plus I wonder if I’m eating and drinking enough in these races.  Anyways, tomorrow I am psyched for the Johnny Cake finale.  This will be a great race.  Hopefully it’ll dry off and warm up by the 11am start.  Here is a snip of me at Marblehead.   Thanks to MZ and BB of cyclingrevealed.com for the great shots!