SkiMoab

I’ve got the fever again, been riding or running 5 times a week for the last month and it feels so good. Lost some of the fire last year, not sure why, but it’s back. YTD I’ve got over 150 miles and 14k feet of climbing, and it’s still the middle of April. Not bad considering it’s mostly mountain biking and some local hour-long road rides. My goal is to hit 1,500 miles by Lotoja (Sep 8th). I’m not riding the whole length, just a relay leg, and a lot of my miles will be on the mountain bike so I still feel like that’s a lofty goal.

Anyway, that’s all. I’ve been away for a while so I felt I needed to put something up to help start pushing me to ride hard.

This is a  bit old, but Brian and I hit up Alta back on May 18th and this was the size of the base still up there:

Awesome.

The American Fork Skyline from our home. Lone, Pfeifer, and Box Elder, all calling my name:

Brian and I had a beautiful ride this morning in Corner Canyon in Draper.

(Pics Stolen from UTRider)

We rode up Clark’s so I cranked it as hard as I could to see how I compared to the rest of the times on the Clark’s TT site. I did it in 15:53. Even though that’s last place right now I feel really good about it. My goal was to do it in the 15′s which tells you I almost killed myself in that last minute. I’ve cut about two minutes off my time so far this year.

We then rode down Rush and over to the bottom section of Ghost Falls. The re-worked upper portion of Rush is a blast and I thank whoever did all the work. The whole downhill ride was an incredible payoff for only 16 minutes of uphill riding.

I’m feeling good about the Xterra coming up on July 17th. I’m in a lot better shape than I was at any point last year so it should be fun. This whole next week we’ll be on vacation in Idaho so it will be a really good training week right before a rest day or two before the race. Wish me luck!

I found all of these pellets while weeding the flowerbeds at our new place this morning. I wonder if these are biodegradable or if I’m going to continue to find more for the next 20 years…

So about those racing plans for this summer:

May 15 – Bear Lake Classic 52 mile Road Race. Multiple conflicts mean this one is off.

June 5 – Salem Spring Sprint Triathlon.

July 17 – Beaver Creek Xterra. My friend made me “man up” and sign up for the full race instead of the half-distance. His knee has now gone out on him so I’ll be doing this while he watches.

Sep 11 – Lotoja Team Relay. Denied, our team wasn’t accepted. In it’s place I’ll probably do the Yuba Triathlon.

Sep 25 – Xterra UT in Ogden.

Sundance/Soldier Hollow Weekly Race Series. I was just called to help with the young men at my church, while I’m sure I’ll love this, it will occupy my Wednesday evenings so now this one is out of the question as well.

I need to find some other races to get me amped up this summer…