Trackday? Oh yeah baby...It's coming!

Written by Tony

As of right now, I have 5 more days to meander through before waking up to do something that little boys often dream of and most grown men are too scared to do. Reach 135 mph before grabbing a handful of brake bringing her back down to 85 mph just before setting my line, leaning left with body hanging off, and stretching my leg out so my knee touches the tarmac and glides along the bumps. The feeling of being so close to the ground while it whooshes by is the most exhilarating and heart pumping action. Slowly I bring the bike back up and twist my wrist to bring it back up to the fastest speed I can reach before diving into the next corner.If you can't tell yet, I'm heading to world famous Miller Motor Sports Park on April 5th to partake in my first ever track day. The day will consist of class room instruction and 7 track sessions to learn hands on how to race and ride correctly on the track.I have ridden on the road for years carving canyons and hoping there isn't a cop around that next turn. But now I get to focus on high speeds and control without having to worry about obstacles such as cars and trees.Hopefully come April 6th I will be posting about how much fun track day was and how I was so good that I was convinced to go for my racers license on the next track day. My hopes are high but I'm not really expecting that. But who knows? Racing is what I ultimately want to do and after a few of these days i will be able to have a good feel if I should go for it or not. I will surely let you all know.Here are some pics of my bike all dressed up and set up for the track.

Bugsy Malone

Alex starred as a Grand Slam Girl in her school’s musical Bugsy Malone. For those of you that are not familiar with the story line, it is loosely based on the events during the prohibition era in Chicago. She has been rehearsing for months and her performance was dazzling. It was fantastically entertaining to watch her dance and sing at Fat Sam’s Grand Slam speakeasy. I’m already highly anticipating next year’s musical.

Stupid Broken Toe

Wednesday evening I intended to gracefully saunter down the stairs after giving Brady a bath. My intentions were halted when out of the blue my dog darted in front of me. I tripped over her and plummeted down the staircase... every single step. I tried my best to stop myself but my attempts only resulted in carpet burn up and down my entire right arm. Consequently I broke my toe. Who breaks their toe falling down stairs? For the next 2-6 weeks I must say farewell to my high-heeled footwear. I was shocked to realize that I only owned 2 pairs of shoes that did not have heels, and they were both tennis shoes. Imagine Thursday morning when I woke up to realize that I couldn't wear heels to work on a dress up day and I didn’t possess one pair of flat dress shoes. Visualize me showing up to work in nice dress slacks, a blazer, and… tennis shoes gimping around. I had to purchase a pair of comfy ballet flats (pictured below) to wear for the next few weeks.

They are super cute but I‘m already pining for my heels. I may need to join a support group for high-heel withdrawals. On a side note: my toe hurts, it looks completely disgusting, and it is utterly annoying.