Salsa Vérité

This year in bike racing (so far)

2008 so far...

Snelling RR - 12th
Merco RR - 27th
Berkeley TTT - 14th
Zamora RR - 8th
Copperopolis RR - 5th
Brisbane Circuit - 10th
Wards Ferry RR - 4th
Sea Otter RR - 5th
Wente RR - 4th

Progress! This is good.

A way to liven up slightly desiccated dates

Unintentionally leave them unrefrigerated overnight in a bag of baby carrots.

If you're out there on the road...

Be safe.
Be courteous.
Be aware of your surroundings.
Be accountable for your actions.

This applies no matter whether your vehicle of choice is a car, a bicycle, a skateboard or a pair of walking shoes.

Peninsula taco ride

I rode down to watch the Menlo Park crit today. Along the way there & back I passed about a million food places that looked enticing, a few of which I've been to and others that I've been scoping. I decided that today was a day that I would stay fueled by stopping & eating whenever I felt hungry. And so...

6:30 am Panaderia La Mexicana (24th St, San Francisco) - 1 pan dulce ($1)
8:00 am Pamplemousse (Broadway St, Redwood City) - 1 cinnamon brioche, 1 latte ($5)
11:30 am Jimenez Taqueria (Broadway St, Redwood City) - 1 al pastor taco ($1)
11:45 am Chavez Supermarket (Arguello St, Redwood City) - 1 al pastor taco w guacamole ($2.50)
12:15 pm Alana's (Burlingame Ave, Burlingame) - 1 chocolate chip scone ($2.50)
12:45 pm Tacos Toñito (Huntington Ave, San Bruno) - 2 carnitas tacos ($2)
1:30 pm Philz Coffee (24th St, San Francisco) - 1 turkish coffee ($3)

Sort of an expensive ride, as it turns out... but my taste buds were very happy and I felt fantastic the whole ride. I wonder if they can start handing out roasted pork in the feed zone at races.

A busy salad for lunch

But a good one:

romaine
cherry tomatoes
red pepper
cucumber
dried cranberries
almonds (warmed in the toaster oven)
goat cheese
chicken breast
TJ's sesame soy ginger vinaigrette

On the side:
whole wheat pita
hummus

All told: 635 calories (47:24:29 carb/prot/fat). It's a recovery day, so this was slightly lower carb than usual. The salad was good, but I feel like eating a loaf of bread right now.

Recipe: Egg McParmesan

Toasted english muffin, buttered
1 egg white, scrambled
1 tbsp parmesan cheese
salt & pepper

Do not skip the butter- this makes it delicious!

Dessert for breakfast

Here's one I just concocted:

cut up banana
cut up orange
1/2 cup plain nonfat yogurt
tbsp honey

285 calories (82:15:3 carb/prot/fat)... pretty awesome post-workout snack. The yogurt/honey combo is particularly nice.

Highly evolved sandwich

Most days I make myself a turkey sandwich for lunch. Lately I've been adding little enhancements to keep it from getting boring. Here's what it looks like today-

whole wheat pita
turkey
havarti cheese
spicy hummus
cucumbers
cream cheese
cherry tomatoes
spouts

It is awesome!