JASPER BLAKE RACING

I love referring to myself in the third person.

Every month I go missing which is not really a great surprise. Trek Pro City bike store and Ryders eyewear are playing a game and if you find me you win a sweet pair of Ryders sunglasses.

Last month fast Eddy- Ed Welwood found this ridiculous picture of me and is now wearing some sweet new eyewear that is guaranteed to turn some heads.  Pictures will be randomly placed on random websites….well maybe not so random websites.

So get on the bandwagon and start searching……clues and monthly pictures come out in the Trek Pro City monthly newsletter.

Shine on you crazy diamonds……this is Jasper, signing out for Jasper.

Saw my Dad at the beach today. “Hey Dad, nice chain man”

Pants Swapper

6’8″- 250lbs

5’5″- 130lbs

I dig it when you copy a file on the computer and it gives you that little icon of papers being moved into a file folder- it’s so organized and clean

One of our cats pees on everything

I like how easy it is to use wordpress and pretend I know what I’m doing with websites

I’m not really a huge fan of the general look of gmail but I like the usability.  One thing that’s a pain in the butt is that “reply all” requires a small drop down menu which is really stupid.

I like Beatles rock band because i know most of the words….or at least I thought i did until last night and realized that i sing alot of incorrect versions of those songs.

I did Bikhram Yoga last night and it was hot.  The first 20 minutes were really hot.  It was stinky and you drip with sweat.  I will likely go back occassionaly….what else is there to do?…watch TV?

Don’t ever buy GE cordless phones, the ring tones are loud, annoying and unsoothing

I ordered an S.A.D light yesterday.  It cost me $255.  They are not cheap those things but if it keeps me out of the nuthouse this winter it will be worth it.  It’s supposed to improve your general state of being during the winter.  It would be a good joke if they were just normal lights that didn’t do anything different than the lightbulb you can buy at the store.  I bet in a few years we will find this out and I will realize that “the joke was on me”.  I hate the lighting industry because of this.

Books I currently have on my office desk:

• Lore of Running- which looks way to thick and intimidating to read
• Periodization Training for sports by Tudor Obampa
• New Earth- Eckhart Tolle
• Status Anxiety- Alain de botton
• Primal Blueprint- Mark Sisson
• Stillness Speaks- Eckhart Tolle
• 4 hour work week

Yesterday I swam, mountain biked with tony, went to the HPR beer mile, did bikhram hot yoga, went to a party and got partially hypnotized I think, rocked out to beatles rock band until 1am, woke up with this morning at 5am and have been givener all day…..i think a crash is immenent.

This blog post is likely the thing that preceeds the big crash.  I feel very sleepy at the moment.  I have to go to a fundraising party at the trek store tonight and it starts at 7pm.  I’m not sure i’m going to make it until then.  Although history would indicate that i get a second wind around 8:30pm and yet a third wind around 11pm.

I”m now officially a member of the Chamber of Commerce…..framed certificate and everything.  I get to go to mixers.

Finn got his helicopter back today with thanks to Pippa.  “Actar” is all he’s been saying for the last two days.  He was very excited to get his Actar back.  When do kids start finding comfort in the attachment to things.  Would they do this if they didn’t see adults doing it?  Sorry to get all philosophical about a kids toy but I think there are many problems that become rooted in the idea that we own or need things.  This was his first real attachment to something.

Time for a shower- I=Stinky

On Friday i had my first colonoscopy/endosocopy.  It’s not normally something you should blog about but I feel compelled purely from a medical awareness standpoint.

The hardest part was the 41 hours of fasting I had to do.  Now, I know that people fast far longer than this for other reasons and of course hunger really isn’t something that we should complain about in north america (at least for most people).  But I can tell you it was tough for me.  I know I have done 24 hours of fasting previously but never quite this long.  I was only allowed to consume clear liquids so that ruled out smoothies etc as well.  By the end of it I was almost a bit high I think.  Adding to it I had to take a rather strong laxative which was really interesting.  I have never had to take one of these before and I can confidently say that they really do work.

It’s funny how things in life often collide.  I had my last meal on Wednesday night and had to go to Vancouver on Thursday for meetings that were quite important.  I was supposed to take my first laxative at 8am.  My flight (on a tiny harbour to harbour plane with no bathroom) was booked for 9:50.  It’s a 30 minute flight but a bit risky I think.  I had to make the decision whether to take the laxative before flying and risk obvious dramas in the air versus delaying the laxative to post flight and risk a rather embarassing meeting in Vancouver.  I decided on the former and it paid off.  at 9:30….20 minutes pre flight time it hit me and I managed to have access to the bathroom.  I can tell you that I was more nervous for that flight than any in my life.

The day was interesting…..sugary tea and the odd bit of hot honey water sustained me through the day.  I arrive back in Victoria late at night and managed to get to sleep which was a brain saver.  Next morning was pretty easy, some caffeinated tea helped things.  My endoscopy was at 1:30 and I had some food on the ready that I could eat immediately following.

This procedure is not really that much fun.  The tube with the camera on it goes in the back door so to speak and has a look around.  I certainly had moments of nausea but also moments of extreme interest and fascination.  A large TV screen showing the inside of my colon was right infront of me and I could take a good look.  It was much different than I thought it was.  I was definitely clear of any biological waste so we got a real good look at things.  Thankfully nothing major….primary reason was due to significant bleeding post Ironman Canada which was a bit worrisome but all clear.

So I say the next time you have the chance to have one of these you should go for it.  You only live once.

I was swimming yesterday and had one of my “I’m freaked out in this place” sessions.  Murky water, debris that you run into and the mind starts playing tricks on you.  It’s my one weird phobia….sometimes I handle it well, sometimes I’m a chicken shit…..yesterday I was the latter.

Found out today that in the exact space I was swimming a dude got a hefty shark bite while swimming about 2 hours after I was out there.  The last 24 hours nobody has been in the water there.  So there giant world, I was right!  Sharks do bite people every single day in the ocean and we should be absolutely terrified of them ALWAYS.  Well, not entirely, I think it is very rare and I will likely go for a swim tomorrow just to spite the sharks.

I got my tires fixed today sort of.  We just filled them up with a ton of Stans and that seems to be a good temporary fix.  I feel completely disorganized here.  I had to recruit Kelly and Mel to bring me tires.  I figured a new set from home would do the trick but I am grossly underprepared equipment wise in mountain biking, still learning the basics.

I got nothin beyond that.

Thanks for this Trevor.