094: NPH, Zabel, and Chorizo

Monkey and I were surfing Netflix's instant queue looking for something to watch:

Me: "Big Lebowski?"

Monkey: "not tonight..."

Me: "how about Dr. Horrible's Musical Sing along Blog?"

Monkey: "are you effin' kidding me?"

Me: "three words for you:"

Monkey: "what ?"

Me: "Neil Patrick Harris"

Monkey: "Neil Patrick Harris? Well turn it up!"

NPH is the ultimate entertainer...
If Chuck Norris was Neil Patrick Harris, he'd be better...

Saturday night we hit Ole Tapas...
The Chorizo and Mushrooms were outstanding:
the Spanish Fish and Chips were not my favorite, the chips were great, the fish was smelt, which was basically sardines. I couldn't really pull it off...
I did have a fine Banana Pudding dessert which I didn't get a picture of, because I was too busy eating it and couldn't get into my belly fast enough...

It was a wet weekend. Sunday was the second of the Wilmington Training Crit Series. The weather finally gave us a little break. The field was larger than a couple of weeks ago, and dare I say a little tougher.

Mrs. Consorto was officiating and was kind enough to pin me up...
I admit I also was excited to have a couple of my buddies in the race with me.

I was a little sad that the Uof D boys weren't here today. I mean really, is there a race in the WORLD more important than the Wilmington Training Crit? Really!? collegiate racing? You passed to glory of the Wilmington Training Crit for Collegiate Racing !? Okay, yeah I guess that makes sense.

Until another day my young rivals... until another day... For what it's worth, the reports of a crazy old man standing in front of the Morris Library calling out for the UofD cycling team muttering something about vengence... yeah, clearly not me.
Anyway, the race went well. Wes got out on a break early, Dennis, Ethan and I played disruptors, making sure he got clear. I had fun covering counters, I admit I was getting some really good work, burning up all of my matches.
With 7 to go, the brief reprieve we had from the rain ended in a big way as the skies poured on us. I switched from trying to be a disruptor, to trying to save something for the finish.
The rain was hard, and made the race a little more interesting. With 2 to go Rob Brown took a flyer and I covered, we got a little gap with the finish coming on quickly.

With 1/2 a lap to go I went to the front and led into the final stretch. I took off sprinting. My glasses were pretty much useless with rain covering them. When I got to what I thought was the finish line I sat up excited to held off a hard charging Rob Brown... Well not so much as Rob continued to sprint to the actual finish line, and past me. Good on him.

When I got back to the car, Ethan greeted me with a smile and a "you just got Zabeled..."
Again, lots of fun, and a great weekend...

I'll be honest, I'm looking forward to a little more peace and normality this week..

thanks for reading.

respect.
fatmarc