Mud, Nutrition, and the Birkie

In northern Wisconsin sometimes you have to ask "What bike should I be riding?" The past two rides John, Chase, and I almost needed to exchange our road bikes for dirt bikes! We were riding down some narrow farm road west of campus and the road quickly went from blacktop to gravel to ice/snow to mud. I felt like McGrath flinging mud like a 250. I bet our rims were sunk in at least 3inches. Its a testimony to the Trek and Shimano b/c our bikes take some serious abused in the winter months.

On other fronts did you know your brain needs at least 130grams of glucose a day, and that glucose is the only carb your brain can use? Two thirds of glucose is stored in your muscles and the other third in your liver. According to Susan Krueger, professor at UWEC, the liver can only store 12-13hours of glucose. So what does this mean? Since your the brain receives its glucose from the liver you need to keep it fueled, if you don't your body will break down muscles and organs in a process called Gluconeogenesis. In conclusion you should eat breakfast everyday and never go over 12 hours without carb intake!

I know it was mentioned in the last post but I can't not talk about the birkie. What an event, if you have seen or participated put it on the list of things to do. John, mom, Kevin and I headed to Hayward's main street on Saturday morning to catch the finish. We were twenty yards from the line! It was pretty sweet watching the Italians dominate both the men and women's race.

In other news Chase has a birthday on March 4th so make sure to give him a shout out! Happy Birthday Chase!

World is your playground!
Chad