Monterey-Anniversary part 2

1 Year Wedding Anniversary-Solvang

Honeymoon in Bora Bora

Yes! A new Post...kind of

Yes a new post, well sort of. A post from the other blogsite. So get the full story at:
http://kevinjoscelynwedding.blogspot.com/

Forget this Blog Check out the other one

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http://kevinjoscelynwedding.blogspot.com/

Life is a Painting

Need I not say how long it has been since I have blogged? I guess the last time was obviously when Josi and I made our trip out East. The pictures that remain on my last blog keep me from posting another, possibly because that I know nothing is going to compare to the tranquility that we had together in those moments. Thus, attempting to create a new post that would “out do” the last was a battle already lost. So in the mean time I created a painting that inspired me from my trip to San Diego for Track Nationals.

Collegiate Track Nationals was by far my most favorite National trip. The location, people, friends, and racing made the trip worth wild. Although the out come of my races felt that the results could have been better. For the most part I knew that I gave it all and if nothing else matters I know I left everything out there. The racing was great, but at the same time I was so close to home, I never actually made it back, a mere 2 hours away to the mountains.
I don’t know if it is senioritis or the dream of life to be, all I know is that come May I will graduate from Lees-McRae.

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Our Adventures out East

Before the chaos of school and residents life issues, Joscelyn and I enjoyed the beauty of the mountains of NC. The time that we shared was a vacation well deserved. I cannot remember a time when the two of us had more fun together. It was the simple peanut butter, Nutella, and banana sandwich that made everything stick together.

Professional Male Model

Well, how do I put this? My name is Derrick Zoolander and I am a professional male model. I want to start a school for people who can’t surf good and want to learn how to surf gooder. Therefore with the help of my colleague and manager Matt Anticivich, he made this life size statue of me surfing. I still believe it needs to be a least 3 times as big.
Ok, all kidding aside about two years ago in the summer I was approached by a friend who asked me to model for him for this surfing statue he was creating. I thought it was cool and excited to help, but I really had no idea the reality of the situation. This past weekend the statue was unveiled and Matt’s masterpiece came to life. What can I say, Matt is a true artist just look at the detail. The statue is right next to PCH (Pacific Coast Hwy) in Encinitas (above San Diego).

"Channel 8 News!" I was a little nervous and by "little" i mean sweating profusely.

Video are up and i went down

So the past week or more has been fairly interesting. I have been working like crazy to get these video’s up and running for my internship.

But as for that thing called “cycling” I have officially donated blood to my mountain. Riding on the fully ridged mountain bike down a fire road… Well as Dane would say “I was just riding along...and” There was this large burnout hole from a stuck vehicle and I though I would put my front wheel in the hole going about 25 mph. (Note the sarcasm)
Turns out it was not a good idea. Rolling like a rag-doll on the compacted dirt I found myself 30+ feet away from where I went down. Confused and oxygen deprived I sat on the ground in shock of what happened. My first thought was that the crash was not fair; I had no idea I was crashing so therefore I was at a disadvantage. I know I know just let me go along with this thought.
Anyway I turned out ok, just shaken up, but in the end the crash left me a week out of riding the bike. If I get any picture I will post it.

Yeah my town is interesting.

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VNR for Town Crier

I have been working on this project the past week. Let me know what you think of the new video host. Bliptv.

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Idyllwild Skate Park:

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My latest video about the threat of a wild fire/ drought/ bark beetle.

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Summer Place

San Diego Velodrome!

Arriving late Wednesday afternoon in northern San Diego, I went to Scripps Hospital to visit my mom who was having back surgery. Yeah not something everyone wants to go through. But after seeing her I felt relieved that she was doing a whole lot better than what I thought she would be like after a “vertebra fusion,” or something of that nature.

The next day after seeing my mom in the morning I went surfing for the first time since I been back. And what a trip, my arms are worked from just a little paddling around. The surf was small but perfect for a “gringo” like me.

Here I am on my second wave of the day.

Ok, this is obviously not me, but I needed a visual to help tell the story.

So anyway, after the surfing adventure I drove down the packed freeway to the SD velodrome. What a big difference form the LA track. I warmed up on a 48*16 then hit the 14 cog for the sprints we were doing. I also got a chance to motor pace that was helpful for group work.

Once again this is not a picture from that day, but from 1977 on the SD track.

Velodrome Time Trial

ADT Home Depot Center is Awesome! I thought I would head out Saturday morning for the TT they have. After looping around the confusing parking lot Joscelyn and I found a spot. The first event was the flying 200 and I was slightly nervous considering that I was not warming up on the track and only the rollers. The ADT center is picky about who is on the track. A person has to have a special certification just for that track, but whatever.

Any the flying 200 was slightly disappointing. I was starting my 3 lap count and then realized I was not in position on the last lap. I tried not to panic but in doing so I started off super slow and came across the line hoping for something less than 15 second.

Surprisingly my time was 12:68 = 200m

The Kilo I was hoping to drill it and came out with a time less than desirable.

Kilo = 1:1906

As for the 4K it was more of a “let see what happens”. Rolling around the track for 16 laps did not hurt nearly as bad as the Kilo. So the last three laps I threw down like it was a kilo. The time was…

4K = 5:30:..

Too much News

Well, so much is happening this summer it is hard to keep up with all the information. But I will try to hit the headlines. So basically, I am working my internship at the Idyllwild Town Crier, which is awesome because I am actually doing cool stuff. Like: articles, photos, interviews, and hopefully soon video! Yeah, I know videos right how dope is that. I will post a link to the website when it all happens.
As for that thing called cycling… I have put racing on the back burner right now and trying to focus on the internship. But still ride almost every day with the exception of a few days I took off for a rest week. After the rest week “Warner Springs” Carson and I decided to do an epic ride. We ride from each other’s house and meet in the middle then ride back to my house. In the end we rode about 90 miles in the melting heat of the desert and mountains and when through at least 15 water bottles.
Well, thats it for now

The picture is of Josi and I at her work’s dinner. Obviously, I think she likes me.