Today I had a great day. Spent the morning with Sarah. Not doing much of anything in particular, but we seem to be firing on all cylinders. Just talking, messing about, playing with the dogs and our new bunnies. Bodhi seems as if he will eat the bunnies if given a chance. He spends the greater part of his time circling their hutch and licking his mouth. I used to think he was obsessed with just squirrels, but I now think it is all rodents.
Still reeling from work when one of my coworkers just up and quit during his shift yesterday. My jaw literally dropped. I hope he is doing okay.
A week and a half till the 24 hours in the Sage, out in Gunnison. Last year it was my first attempt at a 24solo. Attempt, I say because I had a massive GI disturbance, that basically shut my body down for 10 hours. Looking forward to completing it this year. Plan: Ride all day and night. Eat regularly and hydrate. Biggest change this year will be pacing from the start. No going out the gate with a fast first couple laps. Settling in will be my Mantra, or perhaps "I don't wanna go to rehab, ahhahha no no no".
Today went for a 5 hour ride, cyclocross bike on mixed fire roads, pavement,and single track is a good thing. I really am drinking the "29er Kool-aid", but I still believe the best bike ever created is my Bianchi San Jose single speed cross bike. Commuter,racer,roadie,easy single track,Boulder county explorer you name it.
Anyway I am making my way home to Lafayette and taking the Teller trail. I come down this section of trail with a mild downhill that has some water bars laid across. People just ride around the water bars and extend the trail. WTF! These water bars are like super small speed bumps. These are not anything like what you encounter riding White Ranch. Pathetic I thought. Then I had a change of heart and reasoned that it was people with not so good bikes. You know the type, people who ride Hybrids. The kind of bike that if it has suspension it is a "suspension seat post." How wrong I was. Going up to take this picture two girls rode down. They were on full suspension bikes. They rode the "Cheater Line"! WTF. And it is not as if they were on cross country full suspension bikes. They were on 5inchx5inch travel bikes. All I can say is lame. We as riders are always begging trail builders for more obstacles in the trail. "Hey man can you put some more rocks in the trail?" Then when we we are done building the trail you come back a year later and the turns are 20 feet wider and there are braids all about. I just don't get it. I think people just don't like to walk. So they pedal around the obstacles instead of over them. That way they don't look like a punk for getting off their bike and walking what they actually cannot ride.
By the way I had another great ride today!!!
Keep the rubber side down.
Walt
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Bodhi - great name for the charismatic leader (Patrick Swayze) of a gang of thrill-seeking surfers/skydivers who robbed banks & called themselves the Ex-Presidents in awesome movie - "Point Break" - of course you probably know that - the reason for your dog getting such a cool name - does your Bodhi surf too?
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