DH on the lowdown

Every so often I get things that make me smile. Today I logged in to write a blog entry and had lots of ideas running through my head but nothing was materializing. It’s been a great weekend. Got some fun rides done, spent a lot of time with Lori, accomplished some home projects (amazing, I know), got a lot of coaching work done, spent Sunday evening with Lori, Missie and Marie ( I know my grammar is not that smooth here), and felt tired from my week of training. It was a great Valentine’s weekend! By the way, Tyler Riedesel of Canyon Bicycles Racing Team finished 5th OVERALL at Valley of the Sun Stage Race.

So while trying to come up with an idea and staring at the screen I saw that the blogging software shows search engine results related to this blog. I almost couldn’t stop laughing. What was making me laugh so hard? The search engine result listed was: “dave harward doping”. Pretty funny. It made me try to imagine who was searching on that.

So you now no longer have to search for it, I’ll give you all the dirty secrets if you really want them. Over the past 10 years or so I have spent 8 of them eating mostly a vegetarian diet and the past 6 months transitioning to a vegan diet. The best “stuff” out there comes from Cakewalk vegan bakery. Missie dragged me down into the hell-hole of vegan desserts. It falls under the category of Caketastrophe. They are called Dillos, or as Kelly states, think Twinkies but vegan. They come in a variety of flavors: Naked Dillos, Choco Dillos, Raz Dillos, Ding Dillos, and Scribbles.

My favorite by far are the Naked Dillos, just like a good old fashioned Twinkie that I would eat as a rambunctious young monkey. Although my favorite way of Twinkie preparation was to put them in the freezer. My brother and I would fight over them. Check out their menu on the link and you’ll realize how easy it is to become a junkie. Unfortunately the cupcakes are difficult to manage when you are trying to dig them out of your jersey pocket. It’s so frustrating when you get that much frosting all over your race gloves. If you see me eating something that looks like a twinkie during a road race, slap it out of my hand. I can’t help myself.

My other super-secret is dark chocolate, preferably in the form of cacao bean nibs mixed with goji berries. Cacao beans give you that oh-so-pleasant-mellow-dude feeling. Eat a handful and 10-15 minutes later you start talking about how great life is and how good you feel. Unfortunately I recently was shocked to find out that Fig Newtons contain milk and eggs!!! WTH!!! I always was able to get the freebie out on the group ride with Mike Pratt of The Claw since they would buy a large package of Fig Newtons and always offer to share half with me. Fortunately I drink enough beet/fuji apple/carrot/spinach/broccoli/ginger juice to make up for it. Yes, all organic!

So there you have it. I’m a vegan dessert junkie and I honestly think it makes me go faster!