Back from an enjoyable walk up at the Richard ‘Dick’ McGee trailhead. Construction was well underway on several new homes, each inches from the wilderness boundary. They were blasting away with power tools, even on a Saturday. We hiked up Ponototoc ridge to the ‘no dogs’ sign and Odin ventured up to the mine. I [...]
Wednesday saw endless indecision over the RNR Joshua Tree trip for me. I am sure it would have been a worthwhile trip, but in the end I stayed. I have much work to do finding trails and Hottie is not running for the next week which means she’ll ride and hike with me. Who can [...]
Today, a nice lazy Sunday. I needed it. I cooked Quesadillas all day long, did yardwork and enjoyed the mild temps. I am feeling pretty good after yesterday’s thrashing on the Soul Ride course. I’m excited to go out and hurt myself on ride day. I followed Hottie’s race, at each 15k split online. She’s [...]
It is two weeks to the Soul Ride, so this weekend was my last long ride before the event. Really, it’s just an excuse to ride long. Not that I need one, anyway. After last week’s hike n’ climb fest, I wanted to just get some miles in, hopefully without walking and anaerobic climbing. I [...]
Yesterday I completed a longstanding goal of mine: Round the Mountain trail on Mt. Graham. The journey began at Columbine. I coasted down a dirt road, cold at 7am and 9000 feet. A sign read “Warning, High Bear Activity Area.” The road was gated and I continued past it on “double track that rides like [...]
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