I’ve been eating a ton of salad recently. Part of the reason is because some mixed greens that were planted last fall, finally came up early this spring. It is only May and some of it has already started to go to seed. The other part of it is that I’m just craving more fresh vegetables and fruit.

Why is it that when the temperature is warm you feel like eating salad more? And when it is cold you don’t? It is kind of the same when you race in cold weather, you tend to want to get your calories from eating and when it’s hot out, you do it through drinking. I’ve never quite understood those urges.

Winter hibernating lettuce for the Spring.

I’m leaving for Joe Martin Stage Race later this afternoon. 4 days. I like the town of Fayetteville. I like the race in general. The terrain is pretty suited from my riding. The first day is just a 2 mile uphill TT. That sets the stage for the rest of the race. Field sprints. I’m not looking forward to that, but I need the race miles for sure. There is always the hope of it being different this year. Maybe the lack of radio in the field will switch it up some.

Somehow last night walking with Bromont, I seemed to have twisted my ankle. I don’t really remember the action, but it is definitely sprained. Usually these types of things don’t transfer to the bike. Guess I’ll see.

I have a new video camera coming and I’m going to video the races. I’ve been thinking of doing this for a couple years. Mainly for cyclo-X. The camera is so small, that it isn’t much of a problem to carry it. I think it would work the best on a helmet, but I’m not sure that is going to happen this weekend. Plus, I’ll have to edit the footage, which might take some time too. Hopefully it will be kind of fun and will give an inner glimpse into the action.