semi-classic trainin'

here we see the proper surroundings for spring training rides. bleak. grey. wet. mostly likely smelling of manure more often than not. that perfect temperature where comfort is not physically attainable - either you are sweating too much or are chilled to the bone - and ideally are both at once in various parts of your body.

MK and i introduced russell and jerry D to the fabulously miserable luxemburg-brussels-luxemburg ride in southern door last year. maybe we'll get em up here to do it again, who knows ?? it's kinda early for a full on classic like that, so MK and i are heading out on the semiclassic, camp monT-brussels-camp monT ride instead. southern door county is dotted by all kinds of towns with bleak euro names, and populated by belgians. wherever you are in WI in the springtime, southern door is bleaker, colder, more grey, and generally more miserable. door county tourism literature never once mentions the word "Springtime", with very good reason. of course, there is no better way/place to ride a bike, in mar/april, if you ask me.

as a bonus this year, they built the new hi-way around the famed "Brussels Hill" a monolithic climb that many old-timers in door county have never seen the other side of. so, this virtual mt ventoux now sits there, four lanes of perfect cement up one side and down the other and nary a car in sight. MK has been basking in glory lately, scoring prestigious academic accolades right and left. this week at school they didn't even have her go to class, instead she TAUGHT calculus and chemistry so the students could get something outta the classes while the subs chilled. pshaw. ain't nothing smart about riding repeats on the Brussels Hill in the wet cold bleakness for no good reason. it might even define the word Stupid, in fact. so, guess where we're going ??