Catch Up

Now that I’m finally done with my Yak Attack race reports, I can fast forward to the now! It’s been a whirlwind! It’s hard to believe I got back over a month ago! Three days after I got back from Nepal, I commuted back to my office (the airport) and hopped on plane to Dallas. I was doing shop visits for Ergon in Dallas, Fort Worth, and then Austin.

It was a nice way to get in a bit recovery time and get over the jet lag. I got in some good meetings and also spent time with my cousin and family. They live outside Fort Worth. I got to see my little “nephew” again and play swords. It’s funny…playing swords with a 3 year old is more than playing! It is more true defense and trying to protect yourself from getting whacked!

I drove down to Austin and did some more shop visits. I also did on ON Dirt clinic. It was small, but really cool to have some folks come out who were very new to mountain biking. I even got to answer the question “what is singletrack?” It’s so cool to be able to share things about the sport I love so much and that in a lot ways, defines me as a person.

I met up with my Team SuperAwesome Lord(“we don’t have Lord!” haha, Monty Python, sorry), Wiley, and we went out for a ride. He also gave me my new skinsuit for the year. I am not sure if it’s better than the unicorn:

But it’s still pretty hilarious! I’m hoping to sport it again at CX Vegas and maybe a few other races I jump in this year! A few other TSA member got together and we baptized ourselves in unicorn tears and had some great local brews.

Next, I got to see an old friend. We get to catch up every so often. She was the first friend I ever made when I was 1 year old! She lives in downtown Austin in an apartment. I’ve never lived downtown in a city. Her apartment building had this amazing pool and rooftop hot tub overlooking the river. It was a great way to cap off the trip!

I got home and then it started snowing…again.