GRASSHOPPER SLAYER
MY SEXY TAN LINES
Originally uploaded by kerkovej.
Well, I just got back about an hour ago from a 6.5 hour road ride on my Giant XTC. I am cooked! There was a brisk NE wind at about 15 mph. This sucked during the whole ride! Going south was fun. Going west was fun. But going north and east sucked bigger than a saddle sore the size of a tennis ball. No, I have not had any saddle sores the size of tennis balls, but I bet they hurt.
My route took me mostly south and west. I rode either thru or near the towns of Dysart, Tama, Marshalltown, Grundy Center, and Dike. I took all my nutrition with me. I mixed my bottle with a high concentrate of Sustained Energy, and also filled up a zip-lock back with Perpetum to fill up bottles while on route.
The biggest pain during the ride other than the wind and the pain in my legs, was the grasshoppers. I think I ran over atleast a couple gazillon of them. I should get a sticker for my car that says "Grasshopper Slayer". It would be cool. Then i would fit in with all the hicks in these parts that run around in beat up pickups with rifles in their back windows, and stickers on their back windows that say "Deer Slayer". Sweet!
I got a chance to further along my cyclist tan. Check out my illustration above. This pretty much sums it up. And NO, chicks don't dig it.
Well, I need to recover a bit.....stretching, eating, sleeping. You know, recovery.
Make sure to look at the post below and try to control the drooling over the Giant Trance. All together now......T-R-A-N-C-E
Jeff Kerkove said at 4:54 PM
