Burned two dirt hot laps at tamarancho with Jordan this morning. Riding before sunup is cool

For some reason, can't get to bed before 1. More time at cisco today

Boom! 1st vets club meeting in the bag. Awesome time with awesome peeps!

Great discussion at facebook about the intersection of problem solving and being nimble/dealing with Twitter

Esquire Tuesday

This past week has been a little rough. But this morning's inbox made up for that. Kate Beckinsale, my #1 Hollywood crush, is Esquire's Sexiest Woman of the Year.

Wow-wow-wee-wow

She's an absolute dream.

I raced my first cross on Sunday. It was very cool. I finally got my ebay bike up and running.


The course was insane climbing followed by more insane downhills. There were so many braking bumps that it was simply a survival of the person who crashed the least. There were so many crashes, it looked like a muddy buddy run. If I would have had any sense about me, I would have just ridden the full suspension mtn bike. I had fun though.

There were the usual banter fans. This one guy put a dollar in a beer bottle and he only let you grab it if you were going fast (more likely to crash). I definitely saw at least 4 boomer crashes there. What fun.

I am taking some time off from training so dont expect to see too many results this cross season. I just want to have fun.

I am riding 100 miles for the Lance Armstrong Foundation 2 weeks from Sunday. I would very much appreciate any donation that you can muster. You can donate here:

http://austin09.livestrong.org/jwbender

Cancer is a funny thing. It can strike at any time. My roommate lost his mother last week to colon cancer. She only started complaining of pain in Aug. Then, in just a few short weeks, she is gone. My life is so busy with MBA-land, looking for a job, and trying to do as much as possible, I am happy that I am able to get away for a couple days to pay my respects, raise some cash for cancer survivorship, and just think about how fortunate I am to have my health.

Be thankful for your health today.

Ari Gold: "you're finally a real asian, err agent". Classic Ari banter

Great discussions bout the Haas vets club this am. Good things on the horizon!