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.

Soul to Sueeze

This past week has been traveling upon traveling. And this week doesn't look to be much better. After the Woodlands I drive direct to Austin, for a couple of days, then a quick jaunt home and luckily I do the Huntsville race, the hometown race. I'm looking forward to seeing all the guys one last time before they beef up and get fast for spring.
In Ruston, louisiana, there is this awesome course, and I missed it this year...grrrrr. I headed over to LA to visit my bro and watch him in a little karate tourny....then maybe sneak over to the trail and do some riding.


Jason got screwed...multiple times, but hey getting DQ'd is way beter than flat out losing.














Then there was this Jimbo. This guy was the coolest cat around, we called him the blind guy, but was suprised of his karate abilities. Soon after I took this picture, he was looking at me.....I guess he can sense the flash!















Leaving is hard to do, especially when you see your family doing what they have to do for training. Jason only gets to ride to and fro work....what a champ.










The drive home was a daunting task. Not only was the lookout for cops super high, but this pound and a half saMwich was just asking for me to eat it.










Free time in LA...Guitar Hero.


















After returning home, I decided to go and ride Hville...since this IS my home course and figuring I haven't ridden it for a couple of months now. It's fast...as always...and not just because I was riding chill, it's gonna be a leg breaker of a race to say the least. Pulling a sub hour lap riding a flat rear half of the lap is descent, I would say.....or would I?

Waiting for home

Check this video out, the last part is not suitable for young audiences, so watch with out your parents: http://ebaumsworld.com/2006/10/theassumptionsong.html

I'm planning on posting some pictures from this weekend tomorrow, until then...

Kook-ook a choo!!!!

Borat in movies next week! I'm not promoting the movie, I'm just promoting funny! I think it will be a direct travisty if this movie doesn't make you laugh.
















You wanna zip zop a boobity bop?
http://www.zippyvideos.com/9970099661032736/family_guy_bill_cosby/

Violated

Most people figure Huntsville to be a prison town...and that it is. That doesn't mean I have any affiliation with the inmates. While doing the study at UT Austin, I have heard many many stories of "The Probe". I was be-boping along just doing the hard rides they told me to do, Probe free.
And after the happy post from yesterday, I was violated. Thats all I'm saying about that.
The drive home from Austin is always fun, it goes by faster, I'm in no hurry and can eat whenever, and you see more jackasses on the way home.
The rain was pouring, and while catching a white pickup truck who was swerving all over the road. It first appeared to be a sleepy/or drunk driver. Then as I approached the vehicle I noticed that a shirtless mexican had his head out the window, WHILE driving! And I hypothisised that his winsheild wipers did not work. Hey, do what works!

Good morning.

Play this song every morning and it just seems to brighten your day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsw_rbjMKgE&mode=related&search=

I like how the chinese version makes you laugh because it's like an old movie, without subtitles!

24 hour anyone?

For the past 40 hours, I've gotten about 3 hours of sleep. I only rode 50 miles in the solo divison, but got the fastest 1st and fastest overall lap. The intensity training is kicking in, or was it those little pills I found in that EPO container? Thanks Floyd.
By the way, thanks to little D for inspiring me! Even though you come up a little 'short' in life, I can still make something of something or something like that.
Working the timing was a thrill, it's amazing how I single handidly can make a team go faster just by writing whatever time I want. Noel, Harrison and Claire were my support for keeping me up, and while Claire never came through with her pizza promise, or her '15' minute break we still all enjoyed the company of my ipod, and next year the dance floor will be roped off. We encountered a few problems, that I dealt with direct, and all the people had to hear was one word to make themselves feel at ease: "Nathan Winkelmann". Then the cold came, and cold is my natural enemy, that and emu's, but the cold was bitter and harsh, just like Noah does to his compitition. I'm starting to think that the gypsies rolling all that hash out there was probably the reason for the bootleg copies of that golf movie that the little kids didn't want to watch, Caddyshack.
By the way, I'm recruiting riders for a team, or two for next years endurance races, if you have the following names keep your datebook free: Champ, Crazy Bain, Dr. Pain.

some testing

I went up to Austin for some LT and VO2 max testing, numbers weren't all that impressive, but I figured out I need to do some interval training. Either that or I need to hit the gym....but I never found tan lines and 12 inch pythons don't go over too well there.
Hopefully the rain will stay away for the 24 hour race, nothing's worse than doing, another, slogfest. I would love for some of the XC guys to show up, because endurance racing is a bit different....where interval training doesn't help all that much!

Here's my life lesson for today: When being waited on at a restaurant, don't say that your waitress should lose weight. Or better yet, you can say it, just not so she can here you! The service really goes downhill.

Museings

I fear I might have hit a low in my performance. This weekend was 'supposed' to be grandure, but it turned out to be nothing more than a failure....and yes I said it, "now my failure is complete!" But at least I was out of the house, seeing live people and not stuck on a computer game that gets me nowhere!
I seriously didn't like Copperas Cove, or any of the guys that made the race that hard...'cough cough' STEFAN...WENGER....WIKOFF. I hooked up with TJewel after the first lap, and ended up riding back to the truck in the feedzone.
So what all I've learned this week: When sick with allergies, or any other disease, cancer, or broken self, just relax and call off thinking you will have power in the race. That and don't write on TMBRA about how you think your gonna beat a Winkelmann in the next race.-wink

It's that time of the year

Jason portrays how 'starting over' doesn't work with me...play where the ball lands I say.

The weather is getting cooler. The days are getting shorter. The racing is going like the dodo. After deciding to do one last long ride, instead of the cross race, I figured when I got to my turnaround and only had 2 hours to get home, and it took 3 to get there, that I was in some trouble, since riding in the dark and frigid cold isn't really my idea of fun. I had to call Mom for a pickup. Today must've been the reaction my body had, to the lack of sleep and the constant work I put my body under. I don't know if it's allergies, or if I'm actually sick, but I feel like a spoiled bag of potatoes.
Oh, that picture was me at the batting cages....I suck at baseball...apparantly I'm supposed to keep my eye on the ball, but I didn't want to be all gay like that.

Sandan=pain

Well, it was a good weekend, hopefully I can keep some form and use it this weekend, for the 200 plus miles of racing that I'll be doing. I figured out, my new shoes must be a hair off, and so my muscles work differently. So after the road race, I had a strained shin bone muscle. Riding around hurt it before the MTB race, but once I started it wasn't even thought of.
Jason did a good job, breaking the front derailer and losing 5 minutes, but still finishing well.
He stayed home monday and taught karate, and made me do 5 million pushups, and I'm sore today from it still. I feel pretty crummy today, probably not enough rest, but I still need to figure out if I'm gonna just do a ride around here, or drive to Houston to cross it up in the mud.-with my semi slicks!

Guitar Hero is probably the funnest game to get your bud's together and play, and laugh at each other! It's like Dusty Dinkelmann has 10 fingers! Well, Shamrock finally quit, and I'm kinda glad b/c I hated seeing him get torn up every fight now. Tito Ortiz and The Iceman should be a good fight, but I'm hoping Jason gets in a local boxing show....FightNight, Nov. 2, so if he does it and you see him at the Huntsville race all tore up.....in the knuckles, you'll know.