I saw today that Texas' own Andrew Yates wrote in to VeloNews. He wrote about his story of booting a tire with a dollar bill. Pretty cool that he made it, but is it worth putting in another dollar for a tire that is trashed?
The weather isn't very favorable today, I guess around 70 degrees, and a little moist outside. I think I'm gonna watch this and get pumped up! http://youtube.com/watch?v=HjcZNR6MiRE

If Lance can do it with half of what I got, then there is not one reason to get out there and Just Do It. I'll be on the cross rig though, getting ready for the long dirt roads on the Torture Test. And although it might be cold going 20mph on the road, I'll cheat and go 15mph on some dirt road....maybe 12mph if it's muddy. Twice as slow, with the same workload. Thats winkology for you!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY8jaGs7xJ0

It's a catchy song, with funny lyrics, so I had to share it. Thats how you rhyme Lewd, food, nude, and dude together!

So, right now I'm wearing a Shirt, shorts, and sandals....and it's the middle of December. I am not complaining one bit, I'm actually loving saving the extra 10 minutes of a daily grind to find and put on winter clothes. I know some people like to think that Alpine Shop and Dynamic Earth will be a good subsitute team, but I look at it like this: Team Two Tired started off on the bottom rung, racing two person events, primarily because there was no other teammates equal enough to race with them. In the events that followed the next year, Two Tired was upgraded to a fully functional team, as backups or a subsitute second team. So even though Two Tired was together, and opperational, given the new team parameters of actually doing a race as big as Primal Quest, it wasn't deemed ok to keep the name. Especially since the TWO was now Four or three, and the tired part was more 1/4 of it.

So with all the doing of what I do, I want to do something good, and wish the fellow Texans heading out for Cross Nat's to Go Fast! Good luck guys

MOAT ain't no slow poke

My first race with the current National Adventure Race Champions, team MOAT, was everything I hoped it could be. Besides getting off track 10 minutes here or there, the race was smooth and steady. We seemed to take the normal approach to the race, as Shaun was on time at being late. Carlos was flying on the run. Leslie was complaining all the time, more of a ritual than actually hurting. Even Dr. Dave was out in support, riding a bling bling single speed.

The bike and run went very good, a steady base tempo was all that we needed. The canoe was cool in a 4 person boat, but the hurt left chest muscle made it hard to paddle correctly on the left side. And then my weakest event was even pretty good. The 400 foot zipline of doom..... it started just below the stratusphere where the platform stood, and the view was incredible, I could see my house from where I was. And you gotta keep in mind that we were over 60 miles from the house, that is how high up we were. I got attached to the zipline, and the guy who was helping me was telling me, I got you blah blah blah, yadda yadda yadda.....anyhow, I tell him to get out of the way, my nerve was up and I needed to jump now. And so I did. It surely wasn't as bad as last years, crying and shaking at the top.

Afterwards, we had fun talking about the race, poking fun at what we did, and eating some of mom's chicken tortilla soup(which was the hit of the day!), and Leslie downed about half of the cookie tin again.

Horrrray

So I recieved the powercranks, but I need to get them to a shop to be instaled. While I'm at it I'll try to fix a pedal I somehow trashed.
I like the message portrayed in SNL's Digital Short with Andy Samberg: http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2007/10/15/andy-sambergs-people-getting-punched-in-the-face-just-before-eating

PUNCHED!

I wonder if the people that Bruce Lee fights are stupid, or if Bruce is that good. It makes you wonder when a whole school can't beat one guy. Then you wonder why, if 5 other guys couldn't get him, do you have a beter chance of doing so? I guess it's like a punter in the NFL...the whole team missed, but he'll try anyways to get the runback.

I liked how new his stuff is and will be. I've yet to see any other movie attack someones feet with nunchuckas....Jackie Chan, can you do that?

I'd only walk into another dojo like Bruce did, if it were a bunch of kids....or Woody's. HI YA!



Bring it on!!!

Welcome to Texas

I've yet to recieve my powercranks. The anticipation is tingling my legs.

TEXAS DARE PRE-RACE NOTES:
MEET MEMBERS OF TEAM MOAT. THE 2007 USARA ADVENTURE RACING'S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM FRIDAY DECEMBER 7TH, FROM 5PM TIL 7PM, TEAM MOAT MEMBERS WILL BE ON HAND TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A CHAMPION AND ALSO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT WILL HELP GET BEGINNERS THROUGH THEIR FIRST RACE. MOAT HAS WON THE TEXAS DARE FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS AND WILL HAVE SOME TIPS FOR RACING THIS YEARS TEXAS DARE.

That is the hype I'll have to live up to this weekend. I won't be there to meet, I'm sure people would love to meet a guy that didn't win the national championship, and has only races a handful of times. Oh and yes, I'm very skeerd of heights, so the 40 foot zipline, which had me pale white and crying last year, will be my biggest obsticle.....oy vey.

I got kicked out of church last night, and it wasn't for throwing the frisbee in it....

It's the most wonderful time of the year

Yaaaaa! Chirstmas time is hear! I made a promise to Magan to not be a scruge this year, so this is my attempt to not ruin Christmas. I'm getting the shopping out of the way, only one more person to finish up and I'm done. It's weird how you spend so much time with your friends, but when it comes to getting them a gift, you space out. I did manage to ride in our wagon for the local Christmas parade....throwing candy to all the little kids and making there day. But some kids just don't need candy(see above)

On a side note, I'm getting ready for the next race season, and the first long race is the Torture Test, Excruciation Exam, Irrate Investigation, Suffering Quiz, Persecution Essay, or the Affliction Against Agony And Anguishing Ache Assesment Approval.....whatever they call it. So I took 3 mile at the Hunstillve State Park on the Cross bike to feel it out. I found a sweet little section going backwards, that was super fun. Unfortunatly I hit a turn with a wet root at mountain bike speed, and found myself on the ground, direct!

Ah Snap

Remember this post, next year I'll be flying! (barring any injuries or slackoffeniss)

My run seems so easy right now, and although I'm not riding much, when I do ride it seems with greater ease. I'll try a group ride tomorrow just for good measure.
But speed has a price to pay, I've got two black eyes from fighting on Monday. I need to work on reflexes, hmm?

nathanwink.com=10.5 courics

"And so he said upon to thee, go....GO FAST. And I did. "

I've never really had a ghost....er, any God figure appear to me. But I have had a dream where someone stood next to my bed.

It's freaky, no doubt. I don't know what I'd do, but before my mind could wake up, I'd probably hit the guy, as I do in my dreams. So sorry God, in advance.

PowerCranks

Yes, the return of the training bug has hit me, and I intend to keep folks informed. This is were, you, the reader come in.
I just got a set of powercranks ordered, I found a cheap price from a triathlete and couldn't pass up. Whats digging in the savings for a supreme year next year?
I'll keep you informed if they work, and I'll also keep you informed of anything else this boy is up to.....maybe doing an adventure race soon!

Le Tour

It seems to me that I haven't written on this thing in awhile, and if you read this you must really be looking for some sort of entertainment.
Well, luckily for you the tour is going on, and the frenchman Christophe Moreau got OWNED today. The kind of lashing that Bobby Lashley himself would lay down.
I'll tell you who is going to kill the TT...Cancellera...who will suck:Rasmussen. I estimate 5 minutes difference.

So, what else has been going on, besides me training nil, I've done races in fact that have had a rather good outcome, leaving me to suspect why train at all?

So I finally remembered the password, and I might blog a bit here and there, so hope this gave you 2 minutes of time of not being bored....I will probably post more funny stuff later though.

Duathloning

I was worried about the knots in my calfs, normally a crippling pain. I found that even though slow, and dangerous behind the wheel, that my bike can still serve a purpose. I did some average running on an average course with some average pain. Hit the bike section and made some time then put in some more for good measure. The knots where hitting me in the bike, and I thought the 2nd run would hurt, but luckily I thought about running a heif marathon later, so it made it easier. I ended up in 1st overall. Pretty cool, I've never won one of these before.
Now all I have to do is get ready for Jason's 4th Degree test/ceremony, and the Texas Dare...in the Same DAY!
Funny story time. So while in my car,I have lots of appiphany's, or whatever, so I write them down in a book, I call it my 'to do' list. One is to Sell Bikes on ebay. Well, when writing when driving I guess the handwriting got sloppy....so bikes, kinda looked like bibles. So when a friend glanced at it he saw Sell Bibles on ebay. And inquired about my doing so. Jokingly I said YES! And then he wanted to know 'where' I got the bibles. And I answered, with pure genious, "From my church....they have them at the end of every pugh!"
So imagine this new way to make money...selling stolen bibles...possibley to the church that needs them the most b/c they keep running low on them.

Life

Life is super busy, but at least you can get a great deal on a great bike: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=004&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&viewitem=&item=140059142423&rd=1&rd=1

I'll give anyone who mentions this ad a 5 dollar discount.
Basically, I hope you don't laugh at my non-ebay self too much. or should that be anti-ebay.

it's munday

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Tuesday

Dumb people, with funny...ah, just watch! http://ebaumsworld.com/2006/11/dumb-crook-full.html
It's official, I signed up for the 1/2 marathon, Jan. 14! Now I just hope I don't laugh to much with my running buddy to derilict and not finish!

JAILBREAK!

Mindset, set to win. I went into the race today thinking that NOBODY would beat us, not even our heroes in the event which we looked up to them in. Adventure racing is a pretty greuling sport, and few do it better than Doctor Dave and Shaun. I knew it would be a tough day, but it was better than going to basket weaving class while wearing my pink and purple Tu Tu. And Toninator thought I was gonna talk about his flamingo socks.
A hard faught 2nd place, and a few scratches, on top of scratches, that were on top of more scratches.
I think I'm doing a half marathon sometime in January....but I don't know, lets just pray that oneday they'll clone one of these hotdogs.
And the other big news, is I finally got a doggy, we think it's a Boston Terrior, but maybe he's just a Terrior from Boston.

WHAT?

Not much time to post, but lots to post about.
Sager got naild, and all I can say to the haters...well, just rap to that T.I. song"what you know"...what you know about that? I know all about that. Like forest gump say's "shit happens"
I've been getting ready for my off season, and an adventure race seems like a fun thing, so I've been paddling, running, and NOT riding! Ah, it feels good to not have to dress up for 20 mph winds.
I treated myself to a massage, McDonalds and some lay'd back fun times with Jason. And I have to say each one of these seems to have mixed feelings.
The McDonalds is SO tasty, but I notice that I put on the poundage.
The massage FEELS so good, but I hate the fact that they push and prod on you and, well, lets face it, you build up pressure....and it's not like you can release it while she is near your rear.
Then hanging with Jason, it's always fun, like going to a cage fight...er, really it's the Lonestar Beatdown! With tons of people there you can release your build up and nobody knows, it's great! But the bad part is I can now slam dunk a basketball, from doing calf raises to see the fight.
I'm hitting the renassance festivel tomorrow, with the fellas, and lets hope I can make it home after Pancho's!

ROCKY 6!!!!

I have footage of ROCKY 6!
http://ebaumsworld.com/2006/11/boxer-falls.html
Maybe not.

hometown

Huntsville, home of the worlds best mountain bike trails! They are so much fun, just place your chain on the big ring and zip zop zoobity bop you'll be riding through the woods!
The race was pretty rad, a couple of sections that were different, but the same philosophy....try to get ahead of everybody else.
The normal suspects were there, Fawley and Heming....the main front runners lately.
Marcus Torres did what he always seems to do in the east Texas races, ate it on a bridge section...scaring everyone around him. I got to the front two guys, but somehow doing the testing of 40 min tests, then hitting that 40 min. mark during the race, I kinda lost it. So I soloed in for 3rd place.
I was most happy with that though, the last race of the year, and mark my words, next year will be a much better year for Winkelmania!

Halloween...what a wonderful time of the year. I spent my time in Austin. I actually hung out with some folks too! Ben was cool enough to let me stop by his pad, and his gal tryed on my running shoes....the 6" lifts. She walked around as tall as Ben and I, and was like a newborn girl that was brought into the world, everything was so 'small'. I guess when you go from 5'1" to 5'9" in a few seconds, things do look small....but the fridge???















6th Street on Halloween. It was a time. I saw this guy, and it made me laugh, because if you can't laugh at this, what will you laugh at?














Tyron Biggims....as Dave Chappel would see him.














White from GloboGym....loved it!














Dave Boyd...watch out, this is MY new rig














Apparantly I'm lucky this guy was on probation, or I'd have my ass kicked.