Well, it’s been a long time since I’ve posted. I haven’t had the heart. There are two things to note.
Sunrise Century
I rode the Sunrise Century a couple of weeks back. The ride is 100 miles and 7000+ vertical feet. It was a kick! I finished in just under 6 hours, which I guess is a real good time. Below is a picture about 15 miles in to the ride. You can see the Flatirons above Boulder in the background.
No Mount Evans Race
I will not race Mount Evans. I need to travel to Jacksonville, FL that week. I feel like it’s a bit of a cop out – I could race, but my flight doesn’t get in until late Friday and I’d need to get up at 5 o’clock on Saturday to drive to Idaho Springs. I don’t want to race after being a sea level w/ no training for a week.
It’s a bummer — it’s the whole reason for this stupid blog. Anyway, I’m not in shape for the race. I’ve put a lot of focus on my job and things just aren’t happening. I guess that’s life.
That said, I really need to have some challenge, so I’m going to see if I can get a speed skating goal together for this winter (ha, ha, ha) and then tackle Mount Evans next year (yeah, right).
We’ll see….
October 2, 2008 at 7:58 pm |
kirk look into skating short track its great for long track corners 3 weeks ago I watched KC pop off a 9.8 lap you know if he can do that in short track the pressure in long track is going to be easy!!