Monday “Rest” Rest is a difficult word for me to use for today as it was actually a 14+ hour work day, without any time to really train in any effective way. Tuesday Bouldering, 1 hour I was also going to do some sort of spinning, but I forgot my phone to watch something, so Continue reading…
Monday Hike/Snorkel Had some photos to take – the weather is exquisite at the moment – so off to some local snowy peaks I went! Turned out the snow was quite heavy, and I did as much snorkeling to some locations I knew than I did hiking, which took quite a bit of time while Continue reading…
Monday Flat Run Got a coffee and then visited the Sport Recycler. From the house, there’s some good options to get some flat miles, including around my old stomping grounds near Yarmouth and points North. I’ve been trying to up the weekly mileage a bit, as I feel that’s a weakness of mine: I can Continue reading…
Monday Spin Bike, 1hr Tuesday Bouldering @ Movement, 1 hr Worked on a V7, but only mild progression. Later did a set of 12 pullups, which probably matches my all-time best. Happy with that, strangely. Spin Bike, 1hr Wednesday Backpack into Boreas Pass Time to tie up loose ends! The Loveland to Hoosier Pass Traverse Continue reading…
Monday Rest! Tuesday Bouldering @ Movement, 1 hr Spin Bike, 1hr Wednesday Bouldering @ Movement, 1 hr Spin Bike, 1hr Thursday Green Mountain Quick bop Friday Bouldering @ Movement, 2 hours Better than the session before. Spin Bike, 1hr Saturday Climbing @ Movement On a rope even. Having been beaten to a pulp from my Continue reading…
A tough week, as I was trying to recover from the sub 48 hour trip up Keplinger’s Couloir on Longs Peak (riding a bike there and back, of course), while also trying to maintain and if at all possible, build upon my fitness for my Loveland/Hoosier Pass Traverse trip I want to be ready to Continue reading…
Pretty busy week, excuse the brevity. Monday Bouldering @ Movement, 1 hr Spin Bike, 1hr Tuesday Bouldering @ Movement, 1 hr Green Mountain Wednesday Rest! Thursday Bouldering @ Movement, 2 hours Spin Bike, 1 hr Friday Green Mountain Quick bop up and down, quite snowy. Saturday Bouldering @ Movement, 2 hours Tried yet again on Continue reading…
Monday Rest! Tuesday Green Mountain Quick bop. I’ve been working on keeping the HR in Z2, which is a fairly impossible task to ask a 190lb dude who’s hiking 2500′ of elevation gain in 1.75 miles but nevertheless he persists. Lots of stopping and checking my breath/HR – I’ll have remember to remember to wear Continue reading…
A good time at the Ultimate Direction Athlete’s Summit and a big day out on the bike to Nederland!
The race date looms!
Monday Spin, 1hr Bouldering @ Movement, 1 hr Tuesday Spin, 1hr Bouldering @ Movement, 1 hr Wednesday Spin, 1hr Thursday Yoga Flow Bouldering @ Movement, 1hr Elbow/Bicep was not happy with me, and of course I was having a hard time stopping. I tried to manage things but I probably could have done better. Spin, Continue reading…
Monday Yoga (Flow) Good times, feeling almost 1% competent! Bouldering @ Movement: 1hr Good session, after a few lackluster sessions on the blocks. Finally topped a hard (for me) V5, then a V6 in short order with some beta breaking moves, then a repeat of a V7 that I thought was a little soft Spin, Continue reading…
Monday Bouldering @ Movement Finally got the blue V7 I’ve been working on. Change in beta was to switch the heel hook onto my toe, before rocking over and getting my left foot on the high hold. Good stuff. Spin Bike, 1hr Tuesday Yoga, 1hr Alignment. Ahhh. Bouldering @ Movement, 1 hr Warmed up on Continue reading…
Monday Rest! Tuesday Yoga, 1hr An intention of mine is to gain, then maintain a reasonable amount of mobility in my hips and legs. Right now, it’s a junk show. These classes are helping. Bouldering @ Movement, 2hr Good session – first 2hr session in a few weeks, due to some tennis elbow that seems Continue reading…
Monday Bouldering @ Movement, 1hr Took it easy and just did an hour bouldering – basically a warmup, then worked briefly on a hard problem. Ended the day with a new V6 (seemed soft) and on my way to a V7, with my eye on a V8 (one can dream). Green Mountain #96 Little by Continue reading…
Monday Bouldering @ Movement 2hr Alright sess. although I felt heavy – as if I was simply a big mass of muscle, rather than athletic. Tight hamstrings. Topped two new V6’s and a V5, so that’s a good session for me – all from the new set, and two of which I couldn’t even start Continue reading…
Monday Bouldering @ Movement: 2hr Felt great today (finally). My warmups all turned to campusing up half the problem, so certainly felt an extra bit of power than I have in a while. Had to weigh myself to make sure I didn’t lose 10lbs! (I certainly didn’t). Could have been a bit of supercompensation from Continue reading…
Monday Bouldering @ Movement, 2 hours Revisited the V5 I started working on last week on the 45 degree wall. Figured out the fairly scrunchy start for me, as well as a better idea for the crux (after watching someone else last week). All came together today. Then moved to another V5 and start finished Continue reading…
Monday Green Mountain #72 A nice quick bop up Green Mountain before the potential of snow tomorrow. Upper sections were pretty icy, so going down was a bit slow. Just happy to get out and get some dirt under my feet. Looks like head torch season is here. Green Summit #72 for me for the Continue reading…
Recently, I took a trip to the Sawatch – my first time out into the high country – or even out of Boulder, since February. The goal was to take on Slowlans: Nolans 14, but slowly! And I decided to do it as intelligently as possible, which meant taking time off beforehand and allowing myself Continue reading…
