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Monday, March 31, 2014
MOVING ON FROM CROSS COUNTY TO ROAD EVENTS AND JUST MTBing for FUN
The Facebook era has replaced older fashioned Blogging but I still feel like like there is a lot more thought and composition that goes into a subject Blog. More focused than the on-the-fly FB post or Tweet.
So here we go....
During the evolution of the Colorado MTB racer's menu that included Cross Country, Short Tracks and an occasional and entertaining Super Downhill event, Enduro took over in 2013.
Great for the Mountain States Cup Downhill racers left without a regional series.
But for the rest of us who spent stupid amounts of credit limits to attend races at all the ski resorts in Colorado and New Mexico there was no benefit. Enduro racing now requires a long travel bike and a longer weekend with 2-day events at the same venues we previously forked out mega-cash to stay at to keep the spouses at bay. We offered hot tubs, dog sitting and in-room massages for penance.
EVOLVE
2014---Training and efforts have moved to organized road event starting with the Santa Fe Century, New Mexico
2014---June 1st weekend in Castle Rock for Elephant Rock Ride
2014- Saturday July 12, Triple Bypass
Weekends between filled with MTBing trips to Staunton State Park, Salida, Horsetooth Reservoir and Front Rangeopen spaces.
So here we go....
During the evolution of the Colorado MTB racer's menu that included Cross Country, Short Tracks and an occasional and entertaining Super Downhill event, Enduro took over in 2013.
Great for the Mountain States Cup Downhill racers left without a regional series.
But for the rest of us who spent stupid amounts of credit limits to attend races at all the ski resorts in Colorado and New Mexico there was no benefit. Enduro racing now requires a long travel bike and a longer weekend with 2-day events at the same venues we previously forked out mega-cash to stay at to keep the spouses at bay. We offered hot tubs, dog sitting and in-room massages for penance.
EVOLVE
2014---Training and efforts have moved to organized road event starting with the Santa Fe Century, New Mexico
2014---June 1st weekend in Castle Rock for Elephant Rock Ride
2014- Saturday July 12, Triple Bypass
Weekends between filled with MTBing trips to Staunton State Park, Salida, Horsetooth Reservoir and Front Rangeopen spaces.
Find a rock bigger than you to climb.......
Friday, August 24, 2012
Life in slow motion- still waiting for the delivery of the new SB-66 it's old news now.
Tomorrow we'll climb Flagstaff Mountain in Boulder to watch the next to final stage race of the 2012 Pro Cycling Challenge, Hoping to catch Tejay climbing like he wants it to the summit.
Good night.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
How About That, Won That Sucker Again!!!
The struggles of getting peeps to spend money on race registration fees and gasoline versus food and clothing have been tough this year. Likewise, sponsor cash for the 2012 COMotion Sports team were nearly non-existent. Down from 8 cash sponsors to 3, we drained the budget to supplement last year's shortfall. Nuff of the doomsday stuff.
After 3 venues, the team has secured the 10th Mountain States Cup Cross Country team championship. Although some will travel to Telluride in August, there is no mathematical chance in hell anyone can catch us. Since the drug feds are chasing Lance, we're home free. Just kidding.
Team Totals After Crested Butte
2012 Cross Country Teams:
After 3 venues, the team has secured the 10th Mountain States Cup Cross Country team championship. Although some will travel to Telluride in August, there is no mathematical chance in hell anyone can catch us. Since the drug feds are chasing Lance, we're home free. Just kidding.
Team Totals After Crested Butte
2012 Cross Country Teams:
Rank | Team Name | RRSR | RRSR | ANGL | WILD | FULL | Total |
1 | CO-Motion Sports | 856 | 750 | 944 | 958 | 0 | 5380 |
2 | Yeti Pactimo Pro XC | 590 | 632 | 156 | 394 | 0 | 3038 |
3 | C3 Bikeshop Dirt Crew | 480 | 550 | 296 | 304 | 0 | 2730 |
4 | Feedback Sports | 0 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 0 | 122 |
Thursday, May 24, 2012
2012 RACE SEASON SLOWLY EVOLVING
The last 10 years of going through the cyclic training ritual from September to March to increase mileage and pushing your maximum heart rates to prepare for lung busting races at 10,000 feet elevation has grown old. You've probably heard this before from me. Need to channel efforts.
In the 2012 season I will be focused on pushing the new COMotion Sports racers to tough it out while gently supporting their efforts with Topeak goodness and promises of fame.
The season started last weekend with a full 3 event Omnium effort at the Mountain States Cup Riverside Rampage in Salida. Weather could not have been better. Brother Darner hooked us up with venue friendly camping and the 8 team members pushing the Arkansas River Valley race track and had a grand time at the water tank.
2012 Cross Country Teams:
New Cat 2 Female 30-39 racer Jennifer Tatro impressed the world with a 3rd place finish on a heavier that wanna-be steel framed rig. A new Yeti ASR 5 is on the way. Tatro will rock the season.
24 Hours of E Rock is next on the schedule. Watch this one as well.
In the 2012 season I will be focused on pushing the new COMotion Sports racers to tough it out while gently supporting their efforts with Topeak goodness and promises of fame.
The season started last weekend with a full 3 event Omnium effort at the Mountain States Cup Riverside Rampage in Salida. Weather could not have been better. Brother Darner hooked us up with venue friendly camping and the 8 team members pushing the Arkansas River Valley race track and had a grand time at the water tank.
Early season results look good but no slackers allowed with a tight season schedule. |
Rank | Team Name | RRSR | RRSR | ANGL | WILD | FULL | Total |
1 | CO-Motion Sports | 856 | 750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1606 |
2 | Yeti Pactimo Pro XC | 590 | 632 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1222 |
3 | Feedback Sports | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Topeak RIDE UP Stand was perfect for quick lubes and adjustments. |
24 Hours of E Rock is next on the schedule. Watch this one as well.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Count Down to New Yeti SB-66 ......
Sarah says "mid-April" delivery for the brand new Yeti SB-66 do-everything-bike. Picture the lily white beast with Crank Brothers blue/carbon stem, seatpost and Candy pedals
. Is it mid-April yet?
Drats! Word is now late March---early June delivery....does supply and demand theory mean I've picked a winner?
UPDATE: Try August.....................
. Is it mid-April yet?
Drats! Word is now late March---early June delivery....does supply and demand theory mean I've picked a winner?
UPDATE: Try August.....................
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Semi-Retirement Moves Us South
Uncle Raul spared no expense in 1st class transportation for our guests. |
Two weeks in the Sooner State have lead to rides on the Big Top through Post oak singletracks with sandy washes, man-built downhills and rooty switchbacks. Major efforts dodging poison ivy, sand burrs and needle grass thrown in. Thunderbird State Park near Norman showed me a surprising maze of single track that wound endlessly through the Little River drainage basin in central Oklahoma. Trail building skills and efforts here are much appreciated and come at a much greater costs than following a natural fall line in the Rockies.
What the state lacks in elevation is made up by traversing multiple canyons with 2x4 supplemented drops and red dirt landings. The roller-coaster single tracks are a soothing diversion from Front Range babyhead and waterbar dodging trails and high altitude panting.
Back for a family Christmas and south again to Dallas with son Joshua and daughter-in-law Lilly. Next stop, Bogota, Columbia where the couple joined together in a Catholic church sanctioned ceremony. Mountain bike riding there was limited to dirt trails in Simon Bolivar park on a rigid hardtail without clip-in pedals. Was a blast to spin mountain bike rubber on my 3rd continent.
Big city riding means park trails and good company. Daughter-in-law Lilybeth and her sister Laura kept me honest. |
2011 Cross Country Series Ends In 9th Victory
If you are reading this, you probably know that for the last 5 years, I have had the opportunity to be a part of the COMotion Sports' cross country race team. We mainly concentrated on the Mountain States Cup Series but have made our mark on the 24 Hour scene and Cyclocross venues.
Over the Labor Day weekend, we collected our 9th consecutive series championship and unlike last year, we totally dominated with 20,144 points. The closest runner up team scored 9,006 points. As always, the freshman newbies towed the train.
Katie Sodergren, the Cat 1, 19-29 year old COMotion Sports racer blew out her competitors taking 1st place with an astounding 3,274 points. Katie participated in 16 of the 19 series races. She and her father spent a lot of quality time together preparing for and celebrating her summer wins. Those many wins included a 1st place in the USAC Cross Country National Championships in Sun Valley, Idaho. Her continuing career as a Colorado University racer is one our team can take pride in.
Cool summer blog has been in draft form too long and it's time to move on.
Over the Labor Day weekend, we collected our 9th consecutive series championship and unlike last year, we totally dominated with 20,144 points. The closest runner up team scored 9,006 points. As always, the freshman newbies towed the train.
Katie Sodergren, the Cat 1, 19-29 year old COMotion Sports racer blew out her competitors taking 1st place with an astounding 3,274 points. Katie participated in 16 of the 19 series races. She and her father spent a lot of quality time together preparing for and celebrating her summer wins. Those many wins included a 1st place in the USAC Cross Country National Championships in Sun Valley, Idaho. Her continuing career as a Colorado University racer is one our team can take pride in.
Cool summer blog has been in draft form too long and it's time to move on.
Monday, August 29, 2011
USA Pro Tour Challenge Completed
Just don't dress like a cycling groupie! |
- We saw the start of Stage1 in Salida and intercepted the breakaway on Hwy 50 on their way to Monarch Pass..
- I crawled up Cottonwood Pass from the east to witness the first Stage 2 KOM race while Teresa instructed the uneducated RV Resort crowd as they flew by on Hwy 24 in Buena Vista.
- We welcomed the Stage 5 winner into Breckenridge then climber Hoosier Pass to stay over in Fairplay.
- Stage 6 was witnessed from the Civic Center in Denver where we cheered on the racers 12 times as they completed the final downtown Denver laps. Video below.
Teresa and Rwanda National Cycling Team members. |
RACING ACTION IN DOWNTOWN DENVER
The end results for us who already live the Colorado cycling life will be a greater awareness from vehicle drivers, added funding support for off road trails and bike lanes. More folks will accept cycling as a source of fun, fitness, economical transportation and a way of reducing fuel burning alternatives.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
PRO TOUR CHALLENGE--COTTONWOOD PASS -STAGE TWO
We've lived in Colorado 14 years now and everybody knows you start above treeline adventures before 6:00am and finish by 1:00pm to avoid afternoon lightning and thunderstorms.
Everything I own atop Cottonwood Pass trying to stay dry. |
TV coverage of the Pro Tour Cycling Challenge did not consider this in the planning. The ride up Cottonwood Pass from Buena Vista was 21 miles of predictive grunt work and 4,000 plus feet climbing but provided a challenge the road legs have not seen this year.
Two and a half hours later I was on top. In the first 20 minutes of the 1 hour long wait for the leaders, we were soaking wet, cold and eye level with thunderbolts.
The sky broke, the rain stopped and the breakaway group and -5 minute peleton flew by. The sun only teased us with a 10 minute warm up. The following descent was slick, cold and the least of my favorite cycling activities. High speed road descent in rain with uncountable switchbacks. Glad to report I am alive and will quit bitch'n soon.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Can Frank and Andy Come Out and Play?
Frank was glad to see me in Salida. |
Good time today following the Pro Tour Challenge Stage #1. So much to see in such a short time, you have to plan carefully and hope for a little luck. The pro team buses were almost an hour late arriving in Salida from Colorado Springs.
One by one they rolled in to the staging area and fans started following their favorite team's logo plastered Ubber $$$ motor coaches. After an uneventful time hanging outside of the Garmin bus, we decided to go back and follow some of the latest arrivers. That's when we spotted the Leopard Trek bikes piled on several team cars. Then there was an unmarked modest motor home sandwiched between a couple of the Trek laden vehicles. We suspected it carried precious cargo so we followed and took residence outside the bus door. The hunch paid off. Both Frank and Andy Schleck, Jens Voigt and the entire team slowly exited the bus one at a time after about a 30 minutes wait. Teresa and I were 6 feet from the door. We shot a few pictures through the bus windows and know Andy was bare chested and peaking out the front side window to build the crowd excitement. That would be the highlight we were looking for.
Andy Schleck emerged from the team bus and grabbed every pen and Sharpie offered. |
The start was ceremonial but fast with 3 full laps through the streets of Salida a bike crazy town on any day. We intercepted the breakaway and then the peleton on Hwy 50 on the way back to our RV camp. Organization and participation by staff, volunteers and the Colorado Highway Patrol was phenomenal.
The stage was won by American Levy Leiphmer. Frank podiumed 3rd and Andy finished 45th for the day.
Tomorrow I ride up Cottonwod Pass from Buena Vista to meet the racers under the King of the Mountain banner and then descend back to BV for a little more relaxation.
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Mountain Biking An International Experience
Great thing about cycling is that it knows no geographical boundaries. We've had many opportunities to ride with enthusiasts from all around the globe. We've travel to foreign countries and all across the US to share our passion.
Another short but great chapter took place this morning with a visitor from Australia. David Collins planned a cross America holiday that included stops in Los Angeles, Palm Springs, Las Vegas, New York and Boulder, Colorado. The 31 year old website designer was accompanied by his wife, 2 year old son, brother and brother's girlfriend. Boulder made the list based on his professional road cycling brother-in-law's recommendation and web searches of cycling in Colorado.
David contacted the COMotion Sports website asking if any group rides were available that he could join. Word made it to me and I e-mailed David offering local guide service. We hooked up in Boulder early morning and headed for one of my favorite trails, Heil Ranch. See our route and stats at http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=209701417094267827170.0004ab04b4d83a344ba27
The Aussie rider performed flawlessly on a rented Specialized 29er hardtail despite the extremely rocky trails served up by the Boulder County open space. After the ride, we headed back to town and found parking lot fundraising burgers at the local Alfalfa health food store. Yum.
Dave will pay dearly for the few hours of mountain biking in Colorado. Sunday brings a flight to New York city where he will serve as babysitter while the ladies shop the streets of Manhattan.
Hope you enjoyed your time on the Colorado trails.
David was amused at the possibility of being eaten by a mountain lion. |
David contacted the COMotion Sports website asking if any group rides were available that he could join. Word made it to me and I e-mailed David offering local guide service. We hooked up in Boulder early morning and headed for one of my favorite trails, Heil Ranch. See our route and stats at http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=209701417094267827170.0004ab04b4d83a344ba27
The Aussie rider performed flawlessly on a rented Specialized 29er hardtail despite the extremely rocky trails served up by the Boulder County open space. After the ride, we headed back to town and found parking lot fundraising burgers at the local Alfalfa health food store. Yum.
Dave will pay dearly for the few hours of mountain biking in Colorado. Sunday brings a flight to New York city where he will serve as babysitter while the ladies shop the streets of Manhattan.
Hope you enjoyed your time on the Colorado trails.
Friday, August 5, 2011
Breckenridge Yeti Tribe Meet Best Yet
Yeti Prez, Chris Conroy places the #10 Tribe Meet pint glass into my "Holy Grail" display case. |
Seven COMotion Sports team members including Boni Sandavol, Sarge, Evie Calhoun, Jenny Gilkerson, Chris and Megan Taylor, and Ben Truitt attended this year's meeting showing support for our favorite sponsor.
Weather could not have been better with warm temperatures, afternoon cloud cover and light breezes. Nights were cool enough for the hoodies but ground sleepers did not freeze.
Saturday's Epic ride showed 3 busloads of freaks summiting Hoosier Pass, then descending into Southpark (Fairplay) and up again to the Kenosha Pass trailhead. Park County sheriff folks managed to get us across Hwy 285 without fatalities.
Ride options ranged from a 20 mile straight up and over Georgia Pass back to camp to a 40 mile version that added the West Ridge to Hwy 9 section of singletrack. The rocky technical descent into Breck was perfect for my 575. Many tires, rims and derailleurs were wounded on the downside ride.
All the big names with the company were on hand including pro racer Jared Graves, Jared hung out at the RV and signed my recently completed BMX Yeti. The limited edition bikes were release for Jared's 2008 Olympic Games competition.
Good times for sure. Looking forward to the 2012 event and curious how the Yeti planners are going to top this one. Somehow, I think they will.
Monday, July 11, 2011
Silent Summer Is On
Wow, Teresa and I have been laying low this summer realizing that the retirement age of 68 or whatever number the current administration is able to legislate is a long-time coming. We're taking a 3/4 life-well deserved break from careers.
Been supporting the COMotion troops at races, camping in RMNP, attending Rockies games and are bringing in grandkids all summer long.
Salida crew at butt woop'n discussion of competition.....Ziggie hates the camera flash...... |
24 Hours of E-Rock winners
Teresa and Meg Taylor clean up the Crested Butte condo damage June 26th. |
Tori and Katy and Sugar enjoy faux fireplace at Rocky Mountain National Park |
Hiba and Nafe-great week in Peaceful Valley |
Spending time watching birds, counting coyote sightings and spoiling the weiner dogs.
Gearing up now for Keystone, THE 10th annual Yeti Tribe meeting in Breckenridge, Snowmass and Sol Vista. Hope your summer has been as fun!
Sunday, May 15, 2011
YETI BMX BIKE COMPLETE !!
Two early morning paper routes got delivered on the Sting Ray well, a "Sears knock off version" of the Schwinn original when I was 12. I wheelied that bike block after block and only rode both wheels when I wanted to. Broke the frame 3 times and had nothing but pedal axles. Seventy -one steps dropped on the descent off Raley Chapel on the Oklahoma Baptist University campus six times a week.
When the Sears 20" bike was my ride, the term BMX had not yet been coined. They were just Sting Rays.
The Yeti Super X -BMX frame is one of only 200 built for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Australian Yeti factory racer Jared Graves piloted his Yeti Super X BMX to a 6th place finish after crashing off the medals ranking in the finals.
Not likely that I'll be headed for the London Olympic races but it will look cool in the pits of the upcoming cross country race venues. And there's the pump track in Golden and the soon to open Valmont Bike Park in Boulder grandpa will soon be shredding on the mini-Yeti.
Handlebars –Blacklabel 8” Turquoise
Grips-ODI Yeti Clamp On- White
Brake Lever- Shimano DXRBrake Cable Housing-Jagwire-White
Brake-Shimano DXR
Top Cap-Yeti-round thing
Fork-Sinz Stealth Carbon
Headset-Chris King-Black
Front Wheel-Answer Aluminite TI Limited Edition Expert 1.5-White
Front Tire-Maxxis Holyroller 2.2
Front Tube-black and holds air
Crankset-Shimano DXR 180mm
Chainring-Shimano DXR 42TPedals-Crank Bros Mallet-Custom Yeti Turquoise
Chain-SRAM 971 W/Quicklink
Seatpost-Thompson 31mm Setback
Seatpost Clamp-Salsa 35.0mm
Saddle-SDG Yeti Team Issue Turquoise Stitching-Ti Rails
Rear Wheel-Answer Aluminite TI Limited Edition Expert 1.5-White-16T Cog
Rear Tire- Maxxis Holyroller 2.2
Rear Tube-black and holds air
Saturday, March 12, 2011
FIRST 29er TRAIL RIDE FEELS MIGHTY FINE
Saturday I hauled the new Yeti Big Top 29er to the Doudy Draw trailhead for my first off-road ride.
After a couple of years watching the 29 inch mountain bike gain in popularity. I have to admit I was curious if the bigger hoops really made a difference in how the bike cornered and ironed out rough trails. I found switchbacks were easier and the babyheads floated beneath the Fox fork. Still need to test downhill handling and butt-beat factor on a 4 hour + ride.
The fit set up was copied from the 575 so the feel was very familiar. Cockpit lengths and saddle to pedal height had nothing to do with the fact that the skewers sit 1 1/2" higher than my other bikes. Stand over height was no problem for this 5'9" racer. Even if a small sized Big Top was offered, I probably would have chosen the medium frameset . I opted for the SRAM build kit from Yeti as a matter of value. You simply can not buy all the components individually cheaper than the Yeti build kit.
For the Big Top, only one component level was offered. I found out with the 575 Race level components that you don't have to be at the XTR Pro level to build a solid training/trail bike. What you do see is more weight. The Topeak Prepstand Pro scale tells the story. Who cares? You're training right? The small XTR'ed ASRc will feel like a feather on the Mountain States Cup ski slope climbs in June.
Only custom parts are grey shifter cables, white Yeti SDG saddle and to preserve the clown bike factor, The Big Top sports cheesy "8 Ball" valve stem caps.
And did I mention we're celebrating COMotion Sport's 8th MSC championship? Gonna be a fun year.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
SORRY FOR THE LAG IN POSTS
Jeezus, been a crazy busy year so far with so much happening work wise, COMOtion Sports operations, boring health issues and new bike projects.
All normal training cycle steps have gone south with suprise cases of shingles, (that's for old people!) plantar faciitis, a sliced finger and lost nail, and fatigue. Did finished the12th ($40 co-pay ea.) sessions with physical pherapy masochist Shane to re-break the fibroids in the bottom of the foot and stretch them into submission. 80% successful. Sleep in a boot until I tell you different>>>>>>
Otherwise, I'm great!!
With training camp less than 3 weeks away, I'm gonna spend the bulk of the time trailside cheering on my teammates. I make mean Taco Soup.
First 29er ride....? Sidewalk commute to Walgreens for more finger bandages. Go figure. BMX project suspended when I found out SINZ products are "mid-grade". Snob factor sets in.
All normal training cycle steps have gone south with suprise cases of shingles, (that's for old people!) plantar faciitis, a sliced finger and lost nail, and fatigue. Did finished the12th ($40 co-pay ea.) sessions with physical pherapy masochist Shane to re-break the fibroids in the bottom of the foot and stretch them into submission. 80% successful. Sleep in a boot until I tell you different>>>>>>
Otherwise, I'm great!!
With training camp less than 3 weeks away, I'm gonna spend the bulk of the time trailside cheering on my teammates. I make mean Taco Soup.
First 29er ride....? Sidewalk commute to Walgreens for more finger bandages. Go figure. BMX project suspended when I found out SINZ products are "mid-grade". Snob factor sets in.
Full 10 hours this Saturday coaching COMotion recruite Jeremy Miller building his spanking new Yeti ASRc race bike. As usual, curve balls thrown with missing parts, no cable routing instructions and mis-matched components. Left everything long and tall for re-trimming after Retul fit exposes fit issues. See you next weekend Teresa,..Love you!
Sunday, January 30, 2011
SIDELINED YETI ARC BACK ON THE TRAIL
Remember when you were a kid and lost one of your toys under the bed. Then the bed was moved and you found it? It was like a new toy! That's kinda the way it was when I finally got the 2003 Yeti ARC off the basement rafters and back on the trail. I got a new bike!
The ride died when I somehow got talked into selling the Fox fork and rebuilding the original World Cup SID to get her back to fighting weight. I still have 2 World Cups sitting on the bench waiting for the rebuild. But, they are rim brakes only. In the meantime, I got this smok'n deal on Craig's list for a disc wheelset and sold the Mavic Crossmax rim brake wheels to a riding buddy. Don't have a fork to use on the new disc wheelset. Life is complicated.
One of the COMo Bro's had an abandon Manitou Skareb AC/DC fork laying around and I begged long enough until he let me have it for loose change. It's one of the first forks the Manitou engineers (or marketing) geniuses shocked the world by placing the reinforcing bridge behind the axle instead of the front where God had intended. Works great and reduces the number of handicapped frames littering the basement.
Took the bike on the Dry Creek run today and it felt great. Minor adjustments needed here and there but helped my hardtail buttocks get ready for the Big Top being delivery next month. Reminded me too, how good burning quads can feel.
The ride died when I somehow got talked into selling the Fox fork and rebuilding the original World Cup SID to get her back to fighting weight. I still have 2 World Cups sitting on the bench waiting for the rebuild. But, they are rim brakes only. In the meantime, I got this smok'n deal on Craig's list for a disc wheelset and sold the Mavic Crossmax rim brake wheels to a riding buddy. Don't have a fork to use on the new disc wheelset. Life is complicated.
One of the COMo Bro's had an abandon Manitou Skareb AC/DC fork laying around and I begged long enough until he let me have it for loose change. It's one of the first forks the Manitou engineers (or marketing) geniuses shocked the world by placing the reinforcing bridge behind the axle instead of the front where God had intended. Works great and reduces the number of handicapped frames littering the basement.
Took the bike on the Dry Creek run today and it felt great. Minor adjustments needed here and there but helped my hardtail buttocks get ready for the Big Top being delivery next month. Reminded me too, how good burning quads can feel.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Estes Park Weekend
Every couple of years we head off to an excellent hide-a-way cabin above Estes Park.
The goal,,,,,NOTHING.
The goal,,,,,NOTHING.
Rhonda prepares a salad to-die-for on evening one.
Friday was a slow day getting ready for a 7:30am workout with my ASTYM http://www.astym.com/ therapist, Shane of Cornerstone Physical Therapy. Lot's of fun on the journey to a quick recover for the plantar faciitis I whined about in the earlier post. No pain -no gain.Everyone there is in the medical business besides me so there is the usual talk of current age related issues, Obama-care and the fact that we are all thankfully welcoming Gary into his 7th year of beating prostrate cancer. Pays to be a stubborn Yankee.
Not a lot to do with cycling this week but that may be the point. Winter time will be spent off the bike preparing for the upcoming race season through PT, spin classes and re-building the old body.
Meg and Gary are retired and busier than ever. The couple squeezed in a trip down the Danube River in Germany between an Arkansas relative visit and son's wedding in 2010.
Life, animals and people are good in Colorado.....
Crap! that rowdy old bunch from Denver is here again!! |
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