Big, big, bicycling day here in the Athens of the West.
First of all, through the generosity of my family (yesterday was my birthday as well as another locally popular gift giving occasion), I was able to contract with a cycling coach to guide my training in 2008. It's not too late to make even the smallest Paypal contribution to the cause, readers. Ahem.
Then, one of my side projects finally propagated. The Lexington Bike Race Calendar has an URL (pronounced "Earl" in these parts, thus the "an") that makes up in specificity what it lacks in elegance. Also lacking in elegance is the current logo. Want to win a fabulous prize basket* mailed directly to your home? Come up with something better.
And then this came in the mail, yay! It's my 2008 cycling license, which qualifies me to participate in any sanctioned bike race in the country. I'm part of the Olympic movement! In the tiniest possible way, but still.
I'm also leading, at least starting off the season, the newly revived race team of the Bluegrass Cycling Club. We're looking for riders in Central Kentucky, especially riders new to racing (like, y'know, me). And we'll be competing in a bunch of the races listed on that calendar.
* Prizes will actually be mailed in a box, not a basket, and will most likely consist of whatever books, comics and other stuff are laying close to my desk if and when anybody actually bothers to come up with a cool logo.