Irritated!!

But at least I'm over my cold. Training has been going great. I forgot what it feels like to breath through my nose.

Now to the Irritated part. Numero Uno... had to swim Wednesday nite for training. While in the locker room, I look in the mirror and notice a slimmer BeanCounter and get stoked.. I'M READY TO SWIM! Showered up and headed for the pool. As I walked up, I could see a lady doing some "aerobic moves" through the fence. I opened the door and saw 3 ladies doing water aerobics in the pool. I asked when the class would be over, the instructor said it started at 6.. 5 minutes ago. DAMMIT!! But, she said to get in the pool.. SWEEET!! Then I confirmed, can I swim laps... All together, "No. But, you can join us..." I say forget it and start walking back.. then I hear, "Come on, we won't bite, join us.." WTF?!? I just want to swim.. so 24hr Fitness... FUCK YOU!!! 3 ladies in a 3 lane, junior olympic pool... ugh.. there's room for everyone!!! Oh yeah, the 3 ladies didn't look like they took showers either (dry hair)..

Number 2!!! Parking.. I didn't carpool this morning and therefore had to pay for parking.. my ridecard allows me to get a blue permit (better parking).. so at the kiosk this morning, I hand the attendant my money and ridecard.. she asks, "Lot 2 or Lot 5?" I answer.. "As long as it's blue.." She walks away, slaps on the day permit and I head to my lot... the gate card doesn't work!! DAMN YOU MISO(attendant)!!! I drive back and tell them that it doesn't work.. She says, "I gave you lot 5." WTF!! I said BLUE.. She goes back and talks to the other attendant and figures it out... man... aren't most people at a very popular U C supposed to be smart? I didn't say Blue for nothing...

3rd and Final.. read Whiff's blog about the Surfline Goodwill Tour. I have deleted Surfline from my surf links and will be boycotting the following: Barra Events, Surfline, Billabong, Wavehunters, Quicksilver, Sol Beer, Mexicana Airlines, NSL, HSS, Third Point... FUCK YOU GUYS.

Surf needed.

FLU!!!

Totally forgot about Go surfing day!! DAMMIT!! I didn't even skate!! ugh.. damn my sickness!!

So I think I figured out why I was so jello-eee last weekend.. I think I was sick.. don't think I really got over my sickness (read: call in sick then surf for 2.5hrs or so). It came back with a vengeance and took me out Thursday nite. Called in sick Friday and finally got to see what my bed does all day.. pretty much nothing... Slept pretty much the whole day and ate every now and then... oh yeah and blew my nose forever!! Hit up Er0ticala with one of my buds.. that was a great time.. probably not the best idea but I didn't want to flake. Soldier! AHAHAHH... Saturday, slept all day again and then took my cousin to see F@ll Out B0y... pretty sad crowd... half the floor was full and the top section of the venue was empty.. but damn they rocked.. my ears haven't rung that much in a while.. Sunday was the same too..

I did manage to swim yesterday, Monday nite... and I think I'm almost over it. Going to finish out my medicine... we gettin any surf this weekend? I wouldn't mind if it were flat cause I have two sets of families coming to visit... can you say: Time Man-age-ment?

Oh yeah and I read someone's Ironman race report... hmmm.. Iron Bean Counting Surfer Man has a nice ring to it doesn't it? Ok, maybe not but it's got me thinking.. LATER!!!

Headphones

If you're surfing or cycling... don't wear them... enough said...

Sunday should have been a training day.. I took out the performance longboard and damn my arms were sore.. stayed out for 2hours and I was lazy jello for the rest of the day.. hit up el torit0 for father's day brunch.. ehh not so much with that place.. then again it wasn't my choice... picked up some hip sunglasses for my pops.. he's diggin them.. then I rested for a few hours... I really need to start planning my surfing and training.. I don't think my body is made for all that physical stuff... then again.. what am I going to cut out?

Story of my sesh

Everyone kept dropping in on me!!! I hit County with the tanker (name has been changed to The Buffet Board) today and after I caught a few waves and one really good set wave, everyone and their sister dropped in on me!!! WTF!!!! This didn't bother me because I was still on the high from the set wave and the props the old guys gave me.. then all hell broke loose... the first offense was a right from the staircase and headed toward Br!tney and friends who were sitting on the inside... one of the girls keeps paddling after I yell, "Hey." She popped up right before I got to her... I caught her board in mid air and kept going... no worries.. you're a newbie... then this guy on a "Pledge of Alligiance," then some blonde who just got in the water... TWICE!! on and on.. after 2 hours, I got out...
Pretty funny incident.. one of the newbies asked me how I got into the wave so easily with the 2 stroke technique... I told him to read the CONS blog.. hee hee... he obviously didn't understand why the tanker's name has been changed.. ahh well..
After that, did a two hour bike ride that ended up being 2hrs. 45 min.. I got lost, but oh well.. didn't have time for my 30 min run.. too many damn things to do..
More surf tomorrow.. with less dropping in, hopefully.. and more training!!!

One more thing.. the old guys were talking about all the mayhem happening... and who the culprits were... all the young kids... so you parents out there with kids that surf, teach them how to surf.. and for you people paddling out for the first time, read this:

http://www.surfline.com/surfology/surfology_borl_index.cfm

WHO'S WITH ME?!?!?!

Ummm... yeah.. I'll be late to work that day..



On a side note... damn you construction guy for not locking down your equipment and letting a bucket fly out on the freeway... I was too close to swerve and it got suck under the surf truck.. if it would have been the other car, I would have chased you down... I had to pull over to pull it out.. hee hee.. pull it out...

LATER!

**Edit** Apparently its Go Skateboarding Day too... so yeah.. bust out your wood!!!

I'm not that lucky

For the past few months, I've had these white spots on my face and neck. I've had them before and was diagnosed with t!nea ver!scolor... so I read online that sels0n blue helps get rid of it... just a thin layer on the patch... wake up this morning and WHAT... THE.... FUCK!!!!! I have a hickey!!! GREAT!!! good thing I didn't have any meetings.. oh wait, I did.. DAMMIT!!! ahh well.. hopefully the patches are taken care of...

My kind of weekend!

All it needed was some surf... then again, I'd probably have to call in sick.. Saturday was the Mud Run with my bro, best bud and her jackass bf and my homie from college and his wife... We ended up running more than I thought we would.. maybe a mile and half all together... funniest parts were the walls were my homie (pretty big guy) jumped over the wall and ate shit on the other side of it.. pretty damn funny... same thing happened to my bro, but he twisted his ankle... best bud and her bf didn't do the race... yeah I know.. WTF!! I was sooo stoked to have my friends doing the race with me, especially the best bud... Bummed me out that her bf had to work.. damn the wireless internet!!! best thing he could have done was say go ahead and I'll catch up.. fucking jackass!! After that, we hit the warf for some fish and chips and sweet potato fries.. mmmmm!!!

Sunday, get up at 5am, again, and head to Redond0 beach for the tri... I made a friend!! The dude surfs and does tris... saweet!! I've been looking for someone to push me when I train.. and sometimes, it's cool having someone to talk to.. the seals never answer me back... also saw a guy from college.. this guy was 280 and is now down to 260... pretty impressive.. I cheered him on the last hill.. the swim wasn't that bad.. actually kinda funny because I was swimming the same pace as some other racer... I kept bumping him.. oops!! and damn the run from the ocean to the bike transition.. we had to run on the sand and then run up some stairs... heart rate was through the room... bike was super fun.. I hit 25mph on the flat road so that was cool.. passed a few people and got past by a lot of others... run was the same old story.. everyone I passed on the bike passed me on the run.. DAMMIT!!! I did manage to chase some guy down in the last 100m and pass him.. so I was happy... when I finished, time was 63min... I was in the first wave, so I think that was my time.. or around there... I raced in the "big boy" division 200lbs+ and I only saw a few guys with C's (clydesdale) on their calfs... results aren't up yet, so I'll keep the "Hey I placed 5th in my weight division!!" line down until they're up... 63min gets me 6th with last year's time.. winning time was 40min or around there.. dude was 50yrs old!!! stayed after to cheer people on.. there were kids as young as 12 (maybe younger) racing.. they were fun to cheer for... they were ear to ear smiles when we cheered for them... after that, headed home and hung out with the family... time to rest.. hopefully some surf next week... stop playing stalker.. AND MORE TRAINING!!!

Damn my timing!

Dude I swear I need to find more time at work to do personal things... ;)

Last week I called in sick on Friday.. I really felt like crap but I figured I'd surf and then sleep the rest of the day. Surfed CL on the tanker and damn that was fun! I kooked it up in the first 45 min or so.. then I fixed it!!! I caught a lot of the waves... One guy said, "Man, we need to ride with that guy." And I said, "Pretty fun day today huh?" to a fellow longboarder. His reply, "Everytime I try to catch a wave, you're on it." Ahh well.. I'm a wavehog but there were enough waves to catch. One person dropped in on me on a wave that just walled up and didn't break. I chased her down yelling, "Go! Go!" Sharing is caring!! I think I was out for almost 3 hours.. pretty good for being sick... I just slept the rest of the day...

Saturday, I picked up my tri bike... woo hoo!! That thing is so fast and running off the bike is so much easier. Fit is more like a road bike but I'll need to lose more weight to get into the tri position... But I really don't care.. Bike is fucking sweet! If you didn't catch it earlier (due to my long posts) I named it the COW (chaos on wheels).. being the in the aerobars the first time was the gnarliest thing I've ever felt. I've somewhat tamed the bovine.. but still getting to know her.. I also talked to one chick at the shop.. and right before I was going to ask for her number, she got fitted on her bike.. damn my timing!!! And from the answers to my survey conducted among friends, I would be a stalker for messaging her on a popular space site... I knew her first name and what tri she did.. then I found her on the space... yeah.. probably won't contact her.. I don't wanna be weird.. and if you see me in the water, push me off my board... DAMMIT!

Sunday, I surfed the fish and kooked it up again.. but only when I went left.. I caught my fill and had a few memorable waves.. good times... I surfed around the guy that sold me this board.. he introduced me to his crew.. I can finally put names to faces that I see.. After that, took the COW on a 2 hr ride.. covered about 38 miles and was hitting high speeds.. All good and well until I checked if the computer had be set the correct wheel size.... DOH!! wrong size.. I wonder how much slower I've been actually goin.

Tri training has really been picking up and I'm trying not to miss a lot of days.. Going to miss this Saturday for my Weekend Outdoor Activities... Saturday is the Mud Run and Sunday is the Redond0 Bch Tri.. So if you live in the RB area.. or want to make fun of the Bean Counter in spandex... race starts at 7:30am.

Oh yeah.. just a reminder.. the DooDahSurf day is coming up. July 21st at Sunset... super good time.. my beer can costume got destroyed so I'll have to look for something else.. LATER!