Comments on: Call of the not-so-wild

By: Billy B

Billy B — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 04:28:50 +0000

I love the Maddog jersey. Can we post pics on this blog? Sheesh, old dogs die hard. “some” of us (Dogs) are doing IHBC this year. Patrick brought his cappiciono(sp) maker and assured us , “If you drink, you will win!” We went to the line shaking with caffiene and hopeful. Our performance was relived in the Pasta place and was soo much more than our pedals.. Watch for Maddog jerseys on the climb

By: Libby

Libby — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 05:11:55 +0000

Definitely not Fat. More sunscreen though - to protect your dewy complexion.

By: James

James — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:13:50 +0000

Patrick,
Apologies for the belated B-day wishes, but Happy Happy nonetheless. You definitely are not looking “old”, “fat” or, well, two out three ain’t so bad now is it? Keep up the pedalin’ and you’ll make the rest of us look like slobs. Thanks for that.

By: Patrick O'Grady

Patrick O'Grady — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:20:13 +0000

Sheesh,

Thanks, y’all, for the kind words. The Arizona tour helped me shed a few pounds — I rode 1,200 miles leading up to it and then a couple hundred more during the actual tour, so I have an unusual amount of two-wheeled training under my slightly loosened belt going into April.

The trick now will be to keep it up. I came home to a few deadlines, some moderately heavy digital lifting and evil weather, so I haven’t exactly been cranking out the mileage lately.

But I got out for 90 minutes today, and tomorrow I plan to chew on the wind for at least a couple of hours. Here’s hoping that you can do likewise.

By: rustlust

rustlust — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:31:59 +0000

Modified Dog–Happy Birthday–you’re so thin–I’ll blow myself up for you

By: khal spencer

khal spencer — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:12:08 +0000

For someone claiming to be a fat bastard, you look pretty buff in that picture, O’G.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 03:08:15 +0000

So sunny and over 70 degrees today, but with 40 mile gusts. Rode 52 miles in anticipation of a multi-day ride coming up from Houston to Austin. Riding in the wind always makes me feel like I’m 93 years old. But good training ride.

By: swell

swell — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 01:05:17 +0000

Your are handsome in the photo, and your bearing is powerful, strangely alluring. Are you wearing “Old Spice”?

By: Jeff Cozad

Jeff Cozad — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 20:00:29 +0000

You could always drink your age in ounces of beer and think about riding. It might be slightly less painful the next day. Happy Birthday!

By: Larry T.

Larry T. — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 18:15:14 +0000

Hey, get with the civilized world and ride your age in KILOMETERS! I was a bit less than that today here on a gorgeous, sunny day in Italy but I made up for the 12 or so kms less than my age by including some STEEP climbs. Used my 34-29 more than I’d like to admit but there was nobody looking on to impress so “perche no?” (why not) By my birthday I’ll (sadly) be back in hotter’n hell Iowa where 55 kms will at least seem like a long distance,