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So I went to see the doctor Tuesday I think?????? anyways the guy told me i dont have gang green so i get to keep my fingers.....blah blah blah.....unfortunatly he said i wont be able to feel a few of my fingers for 2ish months which sucks....oh yea he said i shouldn't ride in weather colder then freezing for awhile.....so i have pretty much been hitting up the trainer for 1hr everyday this week........today i said the hell with the trainer and went for a run..... I plan on riding the rest of the week on the road, so that will be fun for a change........oh yea i'm making a crusade to my bros college this weekend which is cool cause training up there is awesome........
thats all i know for now,

aj

BEYOND EPIC

So me and my dad decide the we were gonna do a mountain bike ride Sunday since the temps. were in the low teens, and no one wants to ride on the road when its that cold......At no time in between Friday night (when we planned this crap) and Sunday did I ponder the idea of doing a 5hr mnt bike ride in snow and Arctic temperatures. So I awoke Sunday morning with a solid 5 hrs of sleep (Had a late night) and we set off to the rugged North Georgia Mountains. One reason why I like this particular ride is because its all on remote gravel roads, which is practically just as good as riding on the road, but anyways back to the story........We started this journey to hell and back at 9am sharp....at the temp. was approximately 13 degrees.......No biggie I am dressed accordingly! (so i thought...) as we approached the 30 min mark, I try to drink from my Camel back, when i make the dreaded discovery that my camel back has froze! 3hrs later and like 6 climbs later it is still frozen and I still haven't drank! At this point I'm getting cold. Then around the 4 and a half hr mark while descending some climb in the snow, I hit a patch of ice that was beneath the snow and hit the deck.....sliding off the damn road into snow. So I have snow all in my clothes and I'm pissed of! Any normal ride I would have went through my whole damn cell phone until I found a ride home, but NOPE. I'm in the freaking Cohutta Wilderness.........So its the 5 and a half hr mark.....My dad done turned on his ironman endurance and dropped me....Now I haven't felt my hands in like 3hrs, I'm bonking like nobody has before, because my hands are to numb to get food out off my back pocket!!!!! I really think at this point I would have sold my soul to Davey Jones himself for a lift home......but no i keep on pedaling......after we hit the 6hr mark i just became delirious.......I'm not sure what kept me going but I did indeed make it back to the car at damn near 7hrs........(6.45)......I truly felt as i had just road through all 7 layers of Hates. I could not feel my fingers or toes. I just got in the car and slept. When i got home i took my glove off and discovered that one of my fingers was black, and need medical attention right away....so here I am typing and I still cant feel my fingers.....its swollen as hell, but the color has returned....so hopefully it will survive....I hope everyone enjoyed this story of this ride, because I'll be damned if i ever do something this stupid again!!!!!!!

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TEAM CAMP

Day 1
It was like 19 degrees the whole ride. This was the coldest day in 3 years for this part of the country Needless to say we got in a good solid 3.5hrs. Nothing but rollers, but still a good ride.

Day 2
We rode from my house and did 3 climbs that were around 1.5 miles each and steep, nothing to epic though. We only hit it hard once on Horn Mountain, and I found out just how out of shape I was. We ended up doing 4.5hrs

Day 3
We rode from David Talbotts house and first climbed Suck Creek (Almost 10k)at a steady pace, then hit a hard 2 mile climb that was steep as hell. Thats when we really drilled it, boy did i hurt. After that we climbed a famous Chattanooga climb called the "w" road. It is such a cool climb with some epic switch backs. At the top Me, new teammate Ty Magner, David Talbot, Dave Hutton, and my old man, did the climb again. The ride was amazing, we ended up getting nearly 5 and half hrs in! With 4 climbs.

Day 4
This was the last day of camp and everyone was tired and all......We did a little over 2hrs, but I was still pretty tired after that. Just to lift the moral I went retro on the ride today (will post pics)

So over all the camp was great! Everyone on the team is great. I really have become more of friends with everyone as apposed to just teammates.....I think we will accomplish alot this year. Big thanks to the coaches Steve and Shane for putting such a great camp together, and my mom & dad, & the Joslins, & the Talbots for great food. And anyone else I left out.....Oh yea HUGE thanks to grandpa for driving swag!
Hopefully I'll get pics up

aj

New Years

So 08 is here.....and racing is right around the conner......I had a good new years, hanging out with my friends and all.....We gotta big training camp this week so that will be a good time, I'll def. take pics this time. Well i didnt go to bed last night so i better get off here and catch up on some sleep.......
aj