angelopappas

2011-12-07T15:38:00.000-08:00

Took Pistol up Mt Si. We had a good time.

2011-12-05T11:18:00.000-08:00

June 9th is so far away but I get butterflies in my stomach everyday I think about it.

Free STP pictures

2011-07-18T11:26:00.000-07:00

Didn't know the camera was there on this last one until they got this.

STP

2011-07-18T10:51:00.000-07:00

Thanks to you guys for coming out and being part of the my annual B-day ride. This years ride was a little longer
Here is Derek and Tara behind in the sweet 80's jersey. I tried to get you both but was busy riding.

Time for food, refills and chillin.

Half way point, Centralia. Beer, Pretzels, pizza, burritos, creamsicles.

Waiting to get on the bridge to Oregon. had to be escorted across in between waves of traffic.

Tara at the finish looking pretty happy.

Tara stayed in Portland so Cory, Derek and I ate food and rode our bikes around town and did some sight seeing.

2011-05-26T12:08:00.000-07:00

So my 75 mile ride turned into over 80 for sure because I did a half ass job writing my directions down. There were several u turns but I made it home with more energy than I thought I would. Come on Tara, SF to SC.

Mount Si

2011-05-03T20:11:00.001-07:00

Went on a great hike with Pistol today. Over 4,000 ft with tons of snow at the top. the guide book said it would take 4-7 hours and I did it in 2:45 and hung out at the top for a while. Sliding on the snow while coming down was maybe the really fun part.

One more

2011-04-26T16:24:00.000-07:00

All right, I'll stop putting these up unless its a really great ride.

lower lake loop

2011-04-19T10:36:00.000-07:00

Another great ride. Soon I'll do the whole lake.

First bike ride

2011-04-13T20:43:00.001-07:00

Mercer Island 10K

2011-03-23T20:57:00.000-07:00

Don't make fun of my leggings. It was sunny but also cold. Good run. Why do I always look pasty white?

A beautiful day in the neighborhood

2011-01-27T13:39:00.000-08:00

I don't need to say anything.

CIM

2010-12-14T11:10:00.000-08:00

Even though I always look dead when I'm riding my bike or running I do have fun. My knee had to be wrapped and because of that I didn't come close to running the whole thing I suppose I did okay for my first marathon. I'll do better next time and hopefully my knee issues will go away. I finished in 4:18:35 and next time in under 4 hours I hope. Good job Tara and especially Cory and thank you Rachel for running with me the last few miles. Who's your friend Tara?

Twin Falls

2010-11-19T09:24:00.000-08:00

woke up this morning and wanted to go for a walk. Twin Falls is not even a half hour from us. And Pistol had fun. Next time I'll take Alicia.

P90X done!

2010-06-16T16:53:00.000-07:00

So I finished and I'm very happy with the results, they may not be super big changes but I can really see them and feel them which is what counts. I guess its not really over since next week I will start a new routine that I have put together for myself. I am going to do 4 days a week of workouts from p90x instead of 6 and the other days I will have runs and bike rides so that I can progress in those sports or hobbies of mine. I think I will continue to get in better shape as long as I can stick to a good routine and not get to bored of it.

urn

2010-06-16T16:49:00.000-07:00

My friend Amanda made an urn for dads ashes. I didn't ask for it, Alicia and her just did it for me.

Tuesday

2010-04-27T13:29:00.000-07:00

I'm at home sick with two dogs. I'm bored and there is nothing wrong with this.

1 month of p90x

2010-04-14T16:47:00.000-07:00

So i've been doing this for a month and i think there are some changes coming. i just want to say that i'm doing the lean version of the program which means i'm not going to get all buff which is good, i don't want that. my diet has been pretty good but easter didn't help with all the candy. i'm going to eat a few less carbs like i'm supposed to and maybe i'll get rid of my little extra on th stomach. my abs do fell a lot stronger and i'm starting to see it.

P90X

2010-03-06T11:53:00.000-08:00

Yep, I'm going to give it a shot. In 3 months I'll put up the after pictures and we'll see. So, good luck to me. Don't make fun of me.

Seattle

2010-01-28T09:06:00.000-08:00

Seattle was pretty fun, thanks to our friend Brittany for driving us around and showing us everything.

NEW BIKE RIDE

2009-12-29T19:52:00.000-08:00

One of the roads on my new bike ride that I take. Can you believe that this road is Golf Links in Oakland? Me neither, its really pretty at the top and then gets more ghetto as you go down.

ugly

2009-12-15T14:31:00.000-08:00

Sorry this took so long. Out of RESPECT the parents have been left off this post. If you think they should be on then let me know and we'll see what we can do.

LOVE

2009-11-23T15:05:00.001-08:00

Love blossoms again.

BIG SUR

2009-11-18T16:24:00.000-08:00

I promise I'll put some pictures of something other than races soon, but for now here are the pictures from my first half marathon. I did pretty well for not thinking running is my strong point. It was pretty and pretty fun. Happy Birthday sis.

Tri for Real

2009-09-30T12:25:00.000-07:00

Yeah, its a new blog! So, I didn't do as well as I wanted but I still did better than last year. Its time too get a bit more responsible of my training and eating because I really want to do better.

TRI FOR FUN#2

2009-07-07T11:58:00.000-07:00

First little tirathlon of the year. Did better than last year but wanted to get under an hour. Missed my goal by about 20 some seconds. There were 900 hundered people and I was within the first 20 to finish. No ranking so I can't be sure.

Jersey

2009-04-28T08:36:00.000-07:00

Went to Jersey to visit my friend Frank for the weekend. Went and saw a Mets game in their new stadium which was awesome and totally out of the blue. On the way to Jersey from JFK we saw a bunch of people over by the stadium so we got off the freeway and got tickets. Great game and great stadium and great game! Other than that we didn't do a lot. I helped Frank do some work and went to a couple bars and then came home. Fun trip but I'm happy to be back west.

12K

2009-03-30T22:49:00.000-07:00

Ran my first 12K and finished in 1:02. Thats what I was hoping for. Bay to Breakers better be under an hour.

Taxi Leaving

2009-03-30T22:28:00.000-07:00

Drove Taxi to Winnemucca to give him up for the summer. I guess I might miss him a little bit. On the way back Alicia and I spent the night in Reno and I made 20 bucks on 3 hands of black jack and then decided to quite while I was ahead and we got some pizza. Reno is dirty, but it was fun.

Tour De California

2009-02-23T17:10:00.000-08:00

Derek and I went down to Ocean Beach to see the tour go by but missed it by like 10 seconds so we decided to drive to Half Moon Bay to see and got down there only a couple of minutes before they came through. It was awesome even though we were there only 10 minutes. Lance Armstrong is about 9 riders back in the yellow helmet. This really makes me want to ride.

Beach

2009-02-04T18:05:00.000-08:00

Alicia and I took Taxi and Pistol to the beach because its been so nice. Pistols first time at the beach, she was pretty stoked. Taxi enjoyed the sun.

PORTLAND

2008-12-21T11:03:00.000-08:00

Went up to Portland for the winter beer festival and drank some good beer and also some bad beer. All together it was pretty awesome.

TRIATHLON

2008-10-11T15:04:00.000-07:00

So I finished 35th out of about 400 people. I was 3rd in my age group of 24. My final time was 1:31:48, which is a lot better than I thought I would do. I kept up with the Forward Motion team until the end of the run because thats not my strongest part. During the bike ride the team was giving me a ton of props for how well I was doing. I'm pretty happy and am excited to train for more next year.

TRI FOR REAL

2008-08-27T09:56:00.000-07:00

Registered for my next triathlon. Its going to be on September, 21 at Shadow Cliffs. This one is going to be competitive with placings and medals and all that crap, which means I'll probably get kicked in the face way more times during the swim. This one is 700 meters swimming, 20 miles biking, and 4 miles running. Its just that much bigger than the last one to scare me into training more than I probably need to, but what the hell. I can't wait to be placed and see how bad or great I did.

Not Cool!

2008-08-12T07:50:00.000-07:00

On Friday on my way into work I was riding down 8th Street to my car when a old POS van went tearing across 8th from one of the side streets to beat the traffic and obviously didn't see me. I was riding pretty fast because to lights on 8th are timed and didn't have much time to react. The driver saw me at the last second and stopped right in front of me, probably thinking that was the right thing, causing me to vear towards a car and the curb with no chance of turning back towards the street. I was going down hard. lucky for me I have 10+ years of skateboarding behind me and if theres one thing I have learned it's how to fall and cause the least amount of damage. Just before I hit the curb I jumped off my bike over the handle bars and did a flip and twist, as did my bike, landing on my back looking at the van, I yelled some nasty comment as the driver mashed away not even waiting for me to hit the ground. What the hell is wrong with people? A man helped me up also cursing at the driver and I was suprised to find that I only cut up my elbow, a big srcap on my hip, and a pulled growing. My Bob wasn't as lucky as my front fork is bent back quite a bit and although ridable, will have to be fixed and wont be cheap. I rode to work in pain and bummed out but I'm better now. If the person in the old orange molester van should read this, you suck and I would love to give you a beat down.

A380

2008-08-05T11:38:00.001-07:00

The new Airbus was at SFO yesterday to see which gates it could fit on. Its a big plane, but I think the 747 is a better and more streamline looking plane. The A380 looks short and fat next to the 747.

SLC

2008-08-05T11:16:00.000-07:00

I flew to Salt Lake on Sunday to visit with grandma, Charles, Shannon, mom, and Kevin. I was hoping to go out to eat when I got there but they already went to lunch. Instead I had a bunch of string cheese and a beer. It was great to see everyone for 5 hours and then fly back. The visit was worth flying back and forth in one day.

No Way

2008-07-30T15:46:00.000-07:00

I park my car in Petreo Hill because there is no permit to park there, then I just ride my bike to and from my car when I need it. I was riding my bike back to my house today with a bag filled with crap, just riding along, when some big buff dude on a mountain bike rode up next to me and gave me a dirty look. I gave a friendly biker smile and dude starts trying to race me into downtown. Are you serious I ask myself. If you know me well enough then you know I can get a little out of control and reckless when biking and there is no way I will let someone pass me, especially on a mountain bike, that just ain't going to happen. So I rode slowly for a couple blocks to amuse him and I even let him get in front of me for a block because he was putting in so much effort(he had clip-ins so he had a shot). Then I decided that was enough and passed him at Howard, then looked back at Mission an dude was pounding on his handle bars and swearing. So the moral is, if your on a mountain bike, don't try to show me up on the street, that just wont happen. I'm kind of a snob. Especially on my Bob

Triforfun

2008-07-22T11:14:00.000-07:00

My first triathlon was awesome. It wasn't a real full triathlon but it was still pretty challenging. 400 meters swimming, 11 miles biking, 3.1 miles running and I finished in 1 hour and 4 minutes. I hope to do more in the future because it felt so damn good.

25

2008-07-16T11:19:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to me. 25, who cares? alright, I do maybe a little. I'm still "hecka strong," as you can see. Its going to be a normal day for me with work and all. I'll be doing a triathlon on Saturday with my sister and then riding up Diablo on Sunday. should be fun and tiring.

shaar

2008-07-16T11:09:00.000-07:00

Went up to Fair Oaks this weekend to hang out with Steve, Susie, and Alicia as kind of a joint birth"fun"day. It was a lot of fun. went kayaking, because they were out of canoes. Did a bunch of swimming and just hung out. Went out to dinner and drove back. Thanks for a good time everyone. Heres me and Steve enjoying each others company.

My Bad

2008-06-27T11:50:00.000-07:00

I guess I've been a flake with my blog, but it's not really my fault. I almost got taken out by some random waves and broke my camera in the process. Who likes to read a blog that doesn't have any pictures? I got a new camera, so maybe I'll get up to speed. I've been working, I rode my bike to Santa Cruz from the city and other places, I hiked Half Dome, and went to Montana to see my bro and go to the Goat FEaST. Here's a pic of me shooting guns and drinking a Bud in "Man"tana. Good times.

2008-02-14T07:53:00.000-08:00

guess i should pay more attention, my damn tube is popping through my tire. i was just going to go ride my bike.

dad

2008-02-12T18:58:00.000-08:00

I deleted dads phone number from my phone tonight. It was a very hard thing to do, but I knew it was going to happen eventually. It might seem weird that I've called his phone at least twice a month since but it made me feel like I was making a effort to stay in touch. The number was always out of service until tonight when it went to someones voice mail. I feel bad doing this, but I made a spoke card from my favorite picture of him and me and now he's with me every day when i ride my bike and that makes me happy.

back to work

2008-01-21T17:19:00.000-08:00

I was released form disability by the doctors today and go back to work tomorrow. My wrist feels much better but my ankle is pretty messed up. What the hell is wrong with me? Why am I always hurting myself? Don't even think about telling me that I'm getting to old for this sh*t. I want to skateboard and ride my bike and train for the marathon or whatever. Damn it.

One great weekend

2008-01-21T16:41:00.000-08:00

This was a great weekend. It felt really good to hang out with all my friends. It all started on Thursday night. went to go see Dan Deacon at Great American Music Hall with Derek and some other skating friends. This was such a good show. It was so interactive, everyone was part of the show. The show was really late and I missed the last BART train, then missed the last 29 bus and walk form Geary to mid outer sunset. In the morning went home and picked up my bro at the airport, then went to pick up my sister and drive to the cabin for Lori's birthday party. had a great time for the first 5 hours until i slipped on some ice and sprained my ankle super bad. I was stuck in the cabin for the next day and a half but it was never boring with everyone there. Then drove back Sunday afternoon, went to the city for Christians show, which was good as always but short due to lack of violin. It was great to see everyone, especially Adam. It was a great weekend and would love to do it again once I've had a couple months to rest.

Rain

2008-01-04T12:18:00.000-08:00

how great is this rain? i hate it because i can't ride my bike or skateboard or even go outside, but we've needed this for quite a while. i was watching the news and all these people were all pissed off because they needed to get sand bags and they might have some water damage to thier stuff, but come on, if we didn't get this we would be in a drought for sure this year. i'm not saying that we still wont be, but this rain doesn't hurt. i think it's great and i will willingly give up riding my bike for the weekend for the rain. i'm sorry for all the people that are in car accidents, but we need this.

GOLDIE

2007-12-29T13:48:00.001-08:00

I can't put up pictures of my new bike without giving Goldie a shout out. This is the bike that got me into cycling. She doesn't look the exact same as she did when i adopted her, but she is still hot.
I really want to ride my bike this weekend but it's too wet to ride the new bike. by the way if anybody has any name ideas for my new bike, let them be heard.

2007-12-27T14:52:00.001-08:00

I've been waiting over three months for this to be finished. It finally
is and i am so happy. Isn't it beautiful.

2007-12-27T14:46:00.000-08:00

look at those lugs

merry christmas

2007-12-25T12:27:00.000-08:00

i love you mom!