Deflopitation?

So I saw this word - deflopitation - on an instruction sheet for a BMX bike that was being built up at the Mountain Pedaler this afternoon.  I'm a regular lexicon, but I have no idea what the eff "deflopitation" means.

Anybody have any ideas?

Anyways, just got off the trainer this evening from a 1hr recovery ride.  Nice and easy, not breaking a sweat, watching basketball on TV.  Anybody else see Joakim Noah mouthin' off to LeBron?  OK, I realize that Noah has a degree from the University of Florida, but they had to have just handed it to him...because he's not a very smart cookie.  Mouthing off to LeBron?  In the 4th quarter of a game where you're down by 19?  Ummm...why?

By the way - someone told me this evening at the Gypsum Rec Center that it's "chilly" here lately.

No it's not.

It's cold.

Here's proof.  This picture of my dashboard was taken on my way to work on Thursday morning.  You see, the dash (also called a minus sign) in front of the eight, in America, means it's REALLY FREAKING COLD.

A week ago on Thanksgiving Day, I was outside riding the road bike around the airport.  It was 45F, sunny, perfect for November.  In the span of one week, we have managed to completely skip December, and go straight to January.

Erin and I went to Denver last weekend to do a little Christmas shopping.  Skipped out on the 'black Friday' madness, but went on Saturday nonetheless to battle some crowds and see what we could find.  While we were there, we ate at a restaurant named Delaney's Deli, located in the Bel Mar area around Alameda and Wadsworth in Lakewood.  Simple deli sandwiches with a Boston flair.  I heavily recommend - I had the best grilled chicken sandwich I've ever had in my life.  There was nothing special about it - chicken, lettuce, tomato, and lite mayo.  No special sauce, no secret seasonings.  But it was prepared absolutely perfectly.  Stop by the next time you're in the neighborhood during mealtime - you won't be disappointed.

Training has been going well.  I've made a wholesale change in my diet, which I've found makes me twice as hungry as before.  I also get about 4 hours a week on the bike right now, typically broken into:

• 1hr straightforward endurance riding
• 1hr recovery
• 1hr isolated leg training
• 1hr speed cadence training

Also getting 2-3hrs a week in the gym working on high-repetition, low-resistance weights.  Seated rows, leg press, bench press, step-up, abs (situps or knee raises), dead lifts, lunges.  Erin's been doing these workouts with me, so it keeps me from trying to do all this work on my own.  Finally, following it all up with 2-3 hours of basketball cross-training a week.  Keeping me in pretty good shape, I guess.

By the way - for those of you wondering (I'm looking at this on the iPhone right now), Vail has 17 runs open.  Meaning they have 176 runs closed.  It's -8F right now.  There's an 18" base - which I don't believe; that's just the minimum they'll report.  Conditions:  "Machine made snow".

Meaning my snowboard is still coated in dust from sitting since the end of last season.  I'm in no hurry.