Garrett, so to start of this conversation, i would like to be serious for one second, i am happy to have you on the team this year and look forward to traveling and racing with you . Ok, now you can wipe the tear from your eye and start talking. Lets get to the important stuff here, are theyre any hard feelings from the fact that Karl Menzies was quoted as saying at camp that “mike jones is absolutely the best roommate i have ever had”? I mean, maybe he didnt clarify it by saying Mike Jones is the best Division Two roommate i have ever had? But it sounds like you two will have a few weeks to clarify it as i hear that you two are sharing a bed in your apartment in Folsom.
Well Mike………….I am also very happy to be racing with you this season and the rest of the Health Net boys. I am looking forward to checking out your new place in NY, it sounds really cool. Actually, on the Menzies thing, I really did not get to room with him last year on Advantage. The team did that because otherwise I would have set the roomate standard too high and Menzies would complain more than he already does with anyone else. Also to clarify we are not sleeping in the same bed but are sharing a room. Menzies was your roomate at team camp did you witness anything interesting?
See, heres the thing Garrett, you just said tonight while Menzies was checking out swatches of synthetic comforters at the Comforter Corral, that you slept with him at a race last year, so i dont believe you, agree to disagree. My place is good in NY, where else can you get a mortgage that is less than the loan payment for the audi that i think i still own, but never see? only in binghamton NY, but most likely you wouldnt love it unless you grew up there. Yeah, so dont get too excited about riding with the Health Net team cuz i was talking with Jeff about the rider matrix for this season and I know that he told you that you are on the late program and I think his first race he has you doing is Univest, so you have several months to get excited. You gotta ease into it, and get really excited the taper like an IronMan and by that time youll be in late september and hopefully youll come around with some ragin super duper form for univest. No i didnt witness anything interesting, unless of course showering once a week is interesting, but i figured thats what happens when you grow up on Alcatraz. And as far as sharing a room, i am looking as I type and there is ONE bed in your room, you can deny it all you want, but half of Folsom knows the deal. Well at least the Barista knows at the coffee shop next door knows cuz i told her when you guys were in line behind me. So on to a serious subject, When are you going to do a long ride? And before i leave dont let me forget to talk to you about what day we should actually take a pull and stop letting Sayers and Menzies pull us around all day. So if you do a long ride anytime soon, you should think about adjusting your seat to a better position, a more comfortable recreational cyclist position.
Yeah Mike…….I really have no reason to be doing long rides at this moment since I won’t be racing until Univest. I am doing some carbo loading to get ready for my big training block coming up in late July. Hopefully by then I will have my saddle adjusted properly! How crazy is it that Menzies could not pick out a comforter tonight!! I think he should go into home decorating instead of bike riding!! Also to set the record straight I did share a bed with Menzies in Merced last year. It was a king size bed and I was on top of the covers and on the edge of the bed the entire evening. I was pretty much scared shitless the entire night sleeping with a dude whose leg is bigger than me so I opted to sleep on the floor the rest of the time. I think that is about it for tonight Mike. Would you like to add anything else before taking off?
yeah, actually, there is something I want to add. The same house that your Sofa came from down in Sac burnt down last night, or at least was on fire around 11pm. So they might be calling for their couch back soon, so dont invest any money into it. And you have a good track record with giving stuff back, i remember when 2005 called at camp and asked for their popped collar back, and thank god you gave it back. Ok, my coffee is gone and this couch smells like cigarettes, so i am out of here, till next time buddy.
Thanks for the fashion tips Mike……………Puffy vests and conducter hats are in for 2006.
later,
Mike Jones and G.