Oh man, this thing. Feeling a bit better this week, just putting in the time training for Potrero!
A somewhat lackluster week, what with a cold descending upon me.
I’ve fallen off of logging my “training”. One reason for this is that I have nothing to train for! Which can be dangerous: nothing to train for (no goals) so no real idea on what to do. I’m not one for structured training anyways – I like to think of what I do outside as, Continue reading…
Total Hike Mileage: 387.9 miles (624.265 km) Total Hike Elevation: 154,727 feet (47,160.8 km) Total Bike Mileage: 1,609.1 miles (2,589.6 km) Total Bike Elevation: 151,335 feet (46,126.9 meters) Total Time: 34:12:26:57
Check out Neil Beltchenko’s summary of the Tour 14er! at Bikepacker.com
OK, time to begin! Start time is scheduled for Friday @ 4:00am at the American Mountaineering Center in Golden, CO – There’s a small chance I’ll start a little earlier depending on how my schedule works out. Trackleaders has been kind enough to take the time to put up a Tracker for this, so you may Continue reading…
An entirely epic week: Monday, 6/9/14: Sub hour, Green Mountain; up Amphitheater/Saddle, down Gregory (Strava)‘Saturday I was only a few minutes shy of going sub hour up and down Green Mountain. Perhaps par for the course for some, but the psychological barrier of going up and down Green Mountain in less than an hour was Continue reading…
Riding into Salida – beautiful views of the Northern Sangres, mixed in with the Southern Sawatch Wednesday, May 14, 2014 – Boulder – Breckenridge, 105.6 miles, 14,372ft (Strava)This was a huge ride, in terms of elevation gain. Much of it coming before even hitting I-70. I was also loaded down for touring for the Continue reading…
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 – Longs Peak (Approach, Hike, Retreat) For running/cycling, this was the only thing I did this week, but it comes after sumitting Longs on Friday, and taking 3 hours off the time to do that, so I’m pretty happy. The rest of the week was comprised of climbing, including a trip Continue reading…
Gettin’ weird on Longs Peak One of my mini projects this year has been to ride to the Longs Peak Trail head, and summit it, via they Keyhole route. I’ve now done that three times (once, in Winter), having tried about six times to summit. My method to do this, as they say, is now Continue reading…
Longs A pretty fantastic week in my life, I must say. Monday, April 28, 2014, Green x2 My goal was just to run a pretty good time up Green, via Gregory. “Pretty Good Time” maybe just meant beating my own PR, but that seems to be set pretty low, as I don’t hit Continue reading…
Lots of band practices this week, so not much on the feet, except a lot of climbing! including a small stint in Boulder Canyon to “lead” some 5.9 sport routes. Nice! Tuesday, April 22, 2014, Sobo/Bear My goal was really to put in a good time on the Shadow Canyon segment, which I did! Continue reading…
Check out the May 2014 issue of VELO Magazine (print issue) Faces in the Bunch article about some of my mischievous antics and some of the races I’ve done. Written by Addie Levinsky.
Monday, 3/14/14 – Doc. Visit Still feeling not so great, general dizziness and such. So, last Monday, I booked myself to see someone about it today – I never do things like that, which is probably not the most intelligent thing. The doctor looked at things, but we all stopped when they found fluid in Continue reading…
Sick! After a wonderful ride on Monday, I was down for the count, until about Saturday, when I decided it would be fun to try to summit Longs Peak again. I can tell something’s not right with my body, when I’m riding around 5 mph, confused as to where I’m going, and what I’m doing. Continue reading…
This week saw a lot of consistent times out, with less rest days, as I start ramping up for my race on the 5th of April! 3/17/14 – Night time ride up Flagstaff Starting the week off with an “easy” nighttime ride 1/18/14 – Sanitas Clockwise (PR) Another lunch time sprint up and down Sanitas Continue reading…
These things that I destroy. 3/10/14 – Sanitas Don’t laugh, but I’ve started working at a shared working space. It keeps me on task, most of the time. The weather forecast said 70 degrees this day, and staying inside sounded like hell, so I thought I’d try that thing where you go do something active Continue reading…
2:00 am is a hell of a time to wake up, especially when you finally went to sleep at a little before midnight. Probably. I now wake up and think about my immediate surroundings. They seem almost Thoreau-ian – if the surroundings weren’t in their own immediate surroundings. I’m wrapped up in a sleeping bag, Continue reading…
Defending my rep. on the bike. Things are tough in the big city. Watch your back! This week sees me slowly getting back into riding a bike more than 5 miles at a time, as my next race is now in less than a month! And it’s 160 miles – I should at least, I Continue reading…
Ouch. Ouch.
Terribly strange resemblance 1/17 – Arvada Started the week with a flat run, as I was still in the ‘burbs. Eyed the lone hill from my run the day before and thought, “There’s really no way anyone else should have a faster time than me on this thing”, so I made up a segment, and Continue reading…
A fairly mellow week – the Skyline Traverse from last week sort of took quite a bit out of me. I was also out of town for the last three days (brought my running and rocks shoes!). Hoped to get into the mountains, but the weather (winds!) kept me out. Just as well. Always nice Continue reading…
Another week of searching for elevation gain, as the cold weather descended on the Front Range. The Boulder O.S.M.Ps were relatively vacated of any casual activity, as most people used common sense to realize that ascended even the modest peaks around town in temperatures well below freezing was not in their best interests. Of course, I Continue reading…
Rest week! My legs were telling me it was time to finish up the training block and give the body a nice rest, so I listened. I also had a fairly important band practice and a big show to play on Saturday, so to keep myself sane, it’s good to not attempt to try to Continue reading…