MOTIVATE just keep practicing!
mountain bike accident
So I just had to get out this morning.
It has been too long.
At work, we are building something very technical, and as a startup it is just really important to continue battling and knocking projects out. Unfortunately that means more time in front of the computer screen and not in front of the handlebars. BUT eventually you have to take a break and do something different. Today was that day. I realized if I kept going and hammering on the systems I’d burn out. Heck, I may already be burnt out. So I went on up to Forest Park to ride Firelane 5 and Saltzman road.
It was time for the mind refresher. My mind refresher is Mountain Biking. To get out in the woods and flow. Smell the trees and taste the dirt. I do it because I love it.
That is all.
J
I took this photo on Tuesday the 19th. We actually had nice sunny weather. Sometimes I wonder how long it has been since seeing Mt Hood. Well here he is again. I really need to write a blog post on the Indian story behind Mt Hood. It is pretty good.
5 years ago today, cancer and I parted ways
April 13th 2006. I walk into St Joe’s in Denver a about 5am. I am 198 pounds and have a tumor the size of a baseball in my left sinus. I am about to have it removed in an 18 hour surgery that will change me drastically. Over the next 5 years I will go down to a weight of 165 pounds (thanks to radiation treatment) and then back up to a normal 175 pounds. I will become more healthy than I even have been.
I was told they were going to have to remove my left eye as they thought the cancer had invaded that space. I was told previously that I probably would not be able to have kids after the Chemo. I was told all the worst case scenarios.
I woke up about 3-4 days later. I literally lost those days. I have no recollection of them. I spent the next 2-3 weeks healing in the hospital. Part of that not being able to speak because of the tracheotomy they put in.
I am now cancer free and surviving for 5 years. A lot can happen in 5 years. Leaving Colorado, leaving Hawaii, buying a home in Oregon. Just a lot of things that I can not possibly think of or would have predicted the outcome of. The best, is that little screaming boy downstairs as I write this. He should not by any definition be here now.
But he is here and I am one lucky guy.
Over the years the list of people to thank has increased and there is no way to thank every single person in this journey as I wish I could. So the top three that come to mind are My Family, My Friends, and My many many many Doctors over the years. Thank you, for keeping me alive.
Jeremy
I took some pictures today on my commute in. There was some fog today in Washington Park which was awesome to ride through. Enjoy.
Jeremy
I also got stopped by the train on the way in under the Steel Bridge
NO WAY THROUGH!
Keep your disposable razor blades
Cruising around the internet you find some interesting things.
This video is a way to actually make your disposable razors last a bit longer. I thought it was BS, but lucky for me I have a old razor that I was going to throw out and get some new blades. So I figured I’d give it a shot.
It actually works.
Have fun,
Jeremy
Here is the video:
This morning after dropping the little one off at school I took off to Forest Park to get some more dirt before I have to go back to work. I was just going to do a quick ride, but had too much fun on the down hill section (all of Firelane #5) that I did another lap. It was like riding down a slide covered in Peanut Butter before the singletrack section.
I saw a picture in Urban Velo that was pretty cool so I was trying to reproduce it with my point and shoot camera. I think they turned out pretty nice. They are more artsy pictures than I usually take. Enjoy.
Jeremy
Thank you to Megabolt for sending me some stickers. Here they are on the Karate Monkey. I put them on the Jake and my Beer fridge also ;)
To help a good cause head over to Megabolt’s website. They should be launching about April 4th.
Jeremy
My daughter informed me that she does not like mountain biking. She only likes going on the road. Probably because she does not like being wet, muddy, and cold.
Pedal. A Documentary about Bike Messengering in NYC
I watched this last night and have to say it was rather interesting. I thought about becoming a messenger at one time in Denver, but the IT world had to strong of a grip on me.
Video: Bespoke: The Handbuilt Bicycle
Here is a short 10 minute video on the hand built bicycle. Rather well done with bikes from Vanilla, ANT, Sachs, and Jones.
Enjoy,
Jeremy
Bike Geek, Cancer Survivor, and geeky dad. Writes about cycling, two wheeled culture, and the bicycle industry.