Mon: ~35 miles ride around Cherry Creek Res. Wed: ~15 mile hike up Sobo/Bear/Green in a snow storm The rest of the week was quite a wash. Had a trip planned for Winter Park and a hike, perhaps even up to Parry Peak (which would have meant doing James and Bancroft – and again on Continue reading…
Forecast was for snow on Wednesday and as much as I wanted to have a bike-heavy week, it wasn’t going to happen with a snowstorm in the middle. I’m not even close to the point of riding a trainer inside at the moment, as I have nowhere to put something like that and well, no Continue reading…
Currently, hanging out in Breckenridge, enjoying a quiet Christmas, getting my leftover mimosa on – getting up early tomorrow to hike a few mountains. Perhaps something like this: Sniktau -> Cupid -> Grizzly (with a very small chance of Torreys, but time is a factor). The trailhead starts at ~12,000 feet, which feels altogether cheating! Continue reading…
“So where did you come up from?”, the lone other person on Bear Peak inquired. I thought for a minute, but I had no real good answer. “Hmm. Over… uh, there”. I pointed basically North of us, which points to a rocky outcrop called Nebal Horn. “When you go back down, you’ll see my footsteps Continue reading…
It’s been about 5? months since the 2011 running of the Tour Divide and I’ve been quite quiet here this site. Kind of want to apologize, as my intention wasn’t to show you how I trained, do the race and then: disappear. 5 months is a long time to recap, so I will barely try Continue reading…
Sunday: Rest? Mon/Tue/Wed: total of 73 miles Thursday: Rest? Friday: 94 Miles Saturday: 43 Miles Total Mileage: 210 Miles Except for Friday’s crushing 94 miles, this was a pretty chill week. I had planned much more epic trips, but they didn’t quite materialize, if not for me not being ready, because the weather last week, Continue reading…
I took the SPOT II tracker with me for all my rides this week (I think?) and have it record my progress. The tracks are a little disappointing in their resolution, but it may be partly the fault of my placement of the device – either in the feedbag of my top tube, or in Continue reading…
The BIG news of the end of this month, is that I have met and completely surpassed my 1200 Miles in the Month of March Challenge! I have ridden 1331 miles this month (oooh, ominous number!) and feel pretty damn on top of things, when it comes to hauling long miles on a simple bicycle. Continue reading…
Weather seemed a little iffy on Tuesday, so I decided to keep the ride local. I had a idea for the weekend on what/where to ride and it was going to be a whopper ride in the mountains. I didn’t want to cover any of the tarmac I’d be doing on that ride, so I Continue reading…
Sunday: Boulder Populaire plus a little prologue in the mountains and finally getting (somehow) home – 170 miles Monday: Rest! 10 miles Tuesday: Rest! 12 miles Wednesday: Easy 51 miles to Chatfield Res. and back Thursday: Rest! 10 miles Friday: Denver to Parker to Chatfield Res. to Highgrade Road to Evergreen to Lookout Mountain to Continue reading…
Sunday: Rest! 13 miles Monday: Up Lookout Mt through Evergreen and down to Morrison, back to Denver, 101 miles Tuesday: Rest! 10 miles Wednesday: Denver to Loveland Pass to Denver Ride, 145 miles Thursday: Rest! 10 miles Friday: Off the bike completely! – ran a few miles to gym, lifted some weights, did some plyometrics, Continue reading…
Sunday: Rest! – 12 miles Monday: 14er Attempt, Quandary Tuesday: Rest! – 15 miles Wednesday: Ride to Redrocks, Hike/Run Mt. Morrison, via the South Ridge Route, ride back home – 52 miles Thursday: Rest! 5 miles Friday: Ride to Boulder, few hours at The Spot, bouldering Gym, ride home – 100 miles Saturday: 1 1/2 Continue reading…
Sunday’s ride started at 5:50 in the morning, the goal being to get up – and over Squaw Pass, a gamble to do in winter, as it peaks at over 11,000 feet.Then, down into Colorado Springs and take the bicycle route that follows I-70, using frontage roads, old HW-40 and the Scott Lancaster bike path. Continue reading…
Sunday: 70-something something mile mixed road/mountain bike trek here and there – 11hours Monday: 35 miles around Cherry Creek and back – 3 hours, started as a recovery ride, ended with me going as fast as I could, felt around 66% from the day before. Tuesday: 2 hours on the trainer Wednesday: 8 mile, leisurely Continue reading…
UPDATE 4/1/11 – Hey, I did it! – Between 3/5/11 and 3/31/11 I was able to log around 1331 miles. YEAH! The below fundraiser is going to go on until April 7th, 2011 – now you have an even better reason to donate, as I’ve held to my end of the bargain to ride so Continue reading…
Sunday: Rest! Monday: Rest! Tuesday: 3 hour ride to Boulder loaded with hiking pack, ~ 30-something miles 9 hour hike, traversing South Boulder Peak, Bear Peak and Green Mountain, 4 hour ride back to Denver w/pack ~ 30-something miles Wednesday: Rest! Thursday: Easy ride to Cherry Creek Reservoir and around, ~ 35 miles Friday: Two Continue reading…
Woke up today with little sleep, perhaps two hours. Unplanned sleep deprivation training. 5:00 am. Snooze for fifteen minutes then up and about. Planning on biking/hiking trip. Let’s go to Boulder, I thought and then hike around. Wonder if you can get from the small, Southern Peak, to the Small, Northern Peak? There must be Continue reading…
This week I did nothing that really fits into a report. Basically, I took the week off – I felt achy and tired and I’ve been killing it. Time for a break. I’m extremely excited at how well the first “month” of “training” went – I feel in good form and happy that there’s 5 Continue reading…
Sunday: Rode to Red Rocks and back. Looked like this: It has snowed the last couple of days, so my route consisted of bike paths that were: * well shoveled, * barely shoveled* not shoveled *at all*, where forward motion was very slow or, roads that were somewhat sketch and filled with snow, dirt and Continue reading…
I’ve been “training” for the Tour Divide Race for about a month now. I wasn’t really slouching in my physical condition, but the year started out slow with my knee injury, ending in very successful physical therapy and a wonderful summer spent in Colorado riding bikes and discovering the fun of doing all the walk Continue reading…
Wednesday: 2 hours on rollers. I managed to crack the frame on my Surly Steamroller again. Same place as before, when John was kind enough to weld it back together. The weld held for years of me abusing the frame. I have no money for a comparable frame, especially since I want to buy an Continue reading…
Friday: I think I did 2 hours on the trainer. I don’t think I even made it outside. At all. That day. Saturday: Rest! Because: Sunday: Snowshoed from sun up to sun down – 9 1/2 hours in total. We started at Echo Lake on the Mt. Evans Massif and hiked the Chicago Lakes trail. Continue reading…
Wed: Rest. Yeah, rest! Thur: Gym, weigh in @ 183lbs. Ran to the gym a full minute faster (20 min) than last time. Rowing for 5,000 meters – around 20…3? minutes? 5 sets of 20 seconds of pushups, then 30 seconds jump rope, no rest between sets. 5 sets of 20 seconds of Wall ball, Continue reading…
1/24/11: Rest1/25/11: I thought it’d be fun to see how fast I could go from REI, around Cherry Creek and back, time trial mode. My road bike is out of commission with a broken shifter and my touring bike is too slow to really make this any fun, so I just used my brakeless fixed Continue reading…
Did a nice 100+ mile bike ride, down the cherry creek bike path, West on E-470 trail to Deer Creek Canyon, up High Grade Road and to HW 73 through Evergreen and then took the turn to Morrison and back home via Jewel until it hits up the Platte River bike path and then home. Continue reading…