kensuf

Because they're cats?

But if you had a dog you wouldn't need to worry about it, they will clean up the cat box for you.

spectastic

i bet you can toilet train dogs a lot easier than cats.

i bet you can even train them to flush

gsteinb

I bet it's even easier to train a dog to eat a cat and poop it out.

spectastic

I don't think my cat would appreciate that very much

aaronmcd

We tried with our 2 cats. One was doing it with the small ring, but one wouldn't most of the time. We then moved and got busier so we went back to the litter box.

spectastic

I know it can be done, and understand that it requires a lot of attention and patience, which I can't provide right now. I'll let them have the litterbox now, but it's not over.

Creakyknees

So what's the consensus for training while getting over a cold? I'm on day 4 of the usual variety, definitely improving now, clearing out impressive quantities of phlegm from lungs and nose, headache pretty much gone, no fever... how hard should I work out?

Got 3 races planned this week - Thursday nighter, Satty crit and Sunday RR... thanks in advance

happybday29475

I learned one hard lesson last year: there is much more to lose than there is to gain by resuming training too soon/hard. Just when I was almost over something nasty, I got impatient...and got sick for another week all over again. YMMV.

topflightpro

Fudgy, are people not complaining to race officials about your sandbagging? Around here, the race officials know which guys are sandbagging and force them to cat up.

In fact, at one cross race, the official at the starting line listed off about 10 names, and told them it was their last day racing in that category - they were being bumped up.

carpediemracing 

I made a comment during sweep day that it's a bummer that I can't race a bunch of Saturday races during Bethel. I'm simply unable to get to those races because I'm working on my own race. I said something to the effect that I wished those promoters would make the races a few weeks later in the season, in the dead period between mid April and mid May. After Bethel there are usually a few weeks where I don't race because there are no crits around.

The person listening said that he and a couple other people were wondering a parallel thing. Why doesn't Bethel continue on a couple more weeks, into that dead period.

I thought about it a bit and he had a point. Over the first 10 years I moved Bethel up a few weeks in order to pay respect to the road races popping up on the calendar in later April. However most of those races are gone. The summer midweek stuff doesn't start until May sometime. So there's this 2-3 week period in April where things are totally quiet, whereas before there used to be a bunch of road races (Palmer, Sterling, Jiminy Peak, Bolton, I think one or two others, now all gone). I know just how hard it is to hold a road race so I wanted to give those promoters some space. Now the races are gone. So my thought was to extend the Series.

I had a related thought. Someone asked why I don't shorten the Series, if it loses money (as it did in 2013). The issue is that I always lose money on the last week, due to overall prizes and such. Therefore I need as many races as possible to make up for a guaranteed loss week. With a more polished set up (hopefully in another race or two it'll be much smoother on the back end) doing a longer Series would be relatively straightforward. If I can net a few hundred dollars a week then it adds up over an extra week or two.

Mulling. Of course there are 6 weeks left in this Series so it's sort of moot right now. I have to get through this before thinking about next year.

waterrockets 

At my kid's soccer game yesterday, it was 78F when they started their 30-minute warmup. At the end of the game, it was raining sideways and 43F.

I've never been outside during a weather change that sudden. It was really something. The first 20F was gone in a 2-minute span. Felt like God left the freezer door open as I walked by.

The game was awesome though. Two super-2 teams from the same 6th-grade MS class. Good showdown. Lots of mud, aggressive, physical play, but still with keepers holding the ball on their hip while helping up a visibly collision-shaken opponent.

Good stuff. Photos forthcoming, surely.

You'd be surprised how quickly and easily you can knock out aligned mortises with a brace and bit, and it won't turn your finger into a fine red mist if you work 2-hours past when you should have packed it in for the night. Still, I've cut most of mine with the up-cut spiral bit, as you describe.

Stainless pocket screws (Kreg) would be another option if you're not making an heirloom piece and want to move on to the other stuff. Of course, woodworking is more about the journey than the destination.

"What honey? Why would I buy a solid maple salad serving fork/spoon at Wal-Mart for $3 when I can make it myself for $60 in 18 hours?

If I honestly feel like riding, I ride. Training plan be damned though. Depends on where the cold (currently) is too -- upper respiratory, and I'm not looking at too much intensity, but tempo can clear me up a bit.

Ygduf

reported for trolling.

misterwaterfall

This. I am currently just getting over something, and skipped a workout yesterday in favor of some rest. I did a TT on Saturday that definitely didn't help matters

Jandro 

I went to my first ever yoga class yesterday. I really enjoyed the teacher (funny, instructional, personable, and I generally liked his attitude toward everything). I'm sore in places I didn't know existed. It's a good sore, though. I'll be going for the foreseeable future. Pretty great considering the classes are free through my rock climbing gym.

caloso

I once went to a yoga class with my wife. Once I got past the ridiculous names for the poses, which I assume are new-agey translations from Sanskrit or Hindi. I realized a lot of the poses were not much different than a lot of standard athletic positions and stretches.

echappist

Namaste, homeboys

grolby

Your basic yoga moves are really great for flexibility and strength. There are definitely more extreme moves and positions that are potentially harmful to your joints, but your basic set of poses for things like sun salutations and the like incorporate things like planks, core stretches and overall flexibility. I think I should be taking yoga classes as well, but... I'm not. Anyway, it's one of several ways you can choose to practice body balance and strength and flexibility, and truth be told we should all pick one of them and do it consistently.

rideaz

Yoga is awesome! I've been going consistently for about 8 months. I still get sore from it, especially my upper body.

happybday29475

This.
Yoga = calisthenics + marketing schlock.
CrossFit = Gym + Tabata + marketing schlock.

Shields up.

PS - I love me a good calisthenics session

Jandro 

Agreed! I suck at stretching/normal gym stuff and this is a way for me to be 'forced' to do those things. As long as I'm not injuring myself, the benefits to my cycling, climbing, and overall health (mental and physical) are pretty obvious. Can never have too much core strength and flexibility.

/inbeforegary

hack

I'd say crossfit is more wanting to be strong man, realizing that the strength isn't there, so throw in some "cardio" to "level" the playing field. I'm glad it gets folks off the couch and doing something, but goodness, I've not met a more arrogant group of people (and yes, that includes racing cyclists).

Homebrew01

I rode my bike 2 days this weekend. Lots of short little bumps . no flat roads around here. being very out of shape sucks.

rideaz

As long as you realize what it is...and if you are getting something positive out of it (flexibility, strength, social interaction, peace) then no harm, right?
I started doing yoga for flexibility but i also found that i like the spiritual side of it too :-)

gsteinb

calm down, hippie

Dolamite02

;-)