So my first race of the season is in the books. I felt good going into it, riding all fall and winter on a combination of my trainer bike and a spinning bike at the gym, plus taking two spinning classes weekly for some interval training.

I’m down ten pounds from last season, and working on dropping more. I’m hovering right around 190 now and hope to eventually hit 175. That should be just about right for my power to weight ratio.

Anyway, onto the actual races. My teammate Adam, who moved up to category 4 raced first. The race was a combination of Cat 3 and Cat 4. He stayed with the lead pack and close to the front the entire 40 minute race, ending up with the best race of his career so far. Adam placed 9th in a race that included a bunch of riders an entire category higher than him, and a few big teams. He was the only Cat 4 Trike there, so he did exceptionally well considering all of those obstacles. Congrats!

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Oh man, this list is so right on. I had forgotten about most of these (or maybe it was that I blocked them out), but the list is so right –

Slippy Toad from Star Fox was always annoying and incompetent, kinda like some of my co-workers. I love the write-up about Waluigi, but had no idea that his first appearance was in Mario Tennis as a doubles partner for Wario! That is pretty lame.

It’s nice to know I wasn’t alone in my hatred of so many of these lame characters. The dog from Duck Hunt is a great number 1, IMHO.

The 15 Most Annoying Video Game Characters (From Otherwise Great Games)

Nice interview from one of, if not the most famous Tar Heel. Jordan has lots of nice things to say about Carolina’s current coach, Roy Williams and Williams’ teacher, Dean Smith.