NFL PLAYOFFS GRAB TRAINING TIME

ALL I GOT WAS A DAMN CARROT..........

So P.O.ed at Vikings. Not Farve. He played great. Promise to make up for the lost training time during the next week. Snack food dominated the day's diet. January training going OK, averaging 6 hours per week and a mis-proportioned 143 pounds. Aerobic base stuff on the trainer and 3x25 weight work except for the chronic right shoulder annoyance . One more steroid injection and then we'll look to the knife. We'll see what doc says in early Feb.

DRY CREEK NOT COMPLETELY DRY.......

STANDLEY LAKE IN WINTERTIME

The first ride of Twenty Ten was a real thriller not knowing what was around the corner in a very familiar training route. Dry Creek Trail runs from I25 through Westminster, Broomfield, Arvada, around Standley Lake (with a little imagination) and back.

This trail is popular with the Black Lab runner crowd but was better suited for Siberian Husky sled crews this Saturday. Weeks of -32 degree weather and a foot of snow left the urban trail in a barely passable condition is some stretches.

Common sporadic higher temperature days in the 50's started the melt presenting a variety of riding conditions including fast steady sections of frozen ice/snow pack, rut producing melting slush cranks and fast dry pavement portions always South facing.

All was going well until I attacked a gummy 1/4 mile of doubletrack below the dam. The YETI ARCx stopped fully when Play Dough consistency muck froze the fore and aft wheels. Sage brush sticks save the day providing poking and scraping utensils. Fifteen minutes later I'm looking over the vacant waterway. Return trip will be off trail (sorry tree-huggers) using available grass for traction. Made a valiant charge up out of the weir road shortcut until traction broke and I collected the first elbow mud of the day.

Garmin stats left us with 29.6 miles, 2 hours and 36 minutes and an average speed if 11 mph. Usually I'm on the 16-21 mph pace for this ride. Mud and snow on this day made the route feel like a constant 8% grade. Great ride ended with a flat and being locked out of the house..... cold, bonked and dripping wet.

Gotta love Colorado winter riding!!!!

2010 EVENT PLANNING BEGINS...

HA!!!
Got under the wire and am registered for the 2010 Triple Bypass. The ride sold out 3,500 places in less than 45 minutes on-line. Scalpers and wanna "B" riders are already showing up on Craig's List.
Missed out last year but am looking forward to the 120 mile ride from Evergreen to Beaver Creek with 10,000 ft. + elevation gain.

Won't know about the Leadville 100 until February 8th and Firecracker 50 registration not yet open.

"MOTIVATION IS HIGHEST WHEN THE SUCCESS RATE IS 50%"

some smart sucker from my past........

HAPPY FRIGG'N NEW YEAR

Spent most of the New Year's weekend Pimp'n out the Silverado...Side nerf bars for little people and weiner dogs.
Double walled stainless steel exhaust tip serves no real purpose. Bowtie mud flaps to cut down on snow crap deposited on the no purpose stainless steel exhaust tip.Final touches are the custom chrome YETI and COMOtion sticker for the rear cab window. Give me a mailing address and I'll send you a couple of the COMotion cool stickers.