Wed.
Did the GAS training ride. It was really pretty tough. We rode up to the top of Story Hill which took about 15 minutes of hard effort, then we rode down the trail. The rocks were big and the trail not very smooth. Could feel my wheels whacking the rocks. We re-grouped at the bottom and rode over and up the dump road. The road is a series of steep uphills followed by some small down hills. Went all out on the uphills. Then we did 4 laps at the hour of power hell hill. It really is a cool loop. As you go round and round you can watch the sun set. I always expect a bear to walk out of the trees there too. On the way home I got a flat. Huge nail wedged in my wheel. Matthew stayed with me and helped fix it. Finished ride at the Holiday Inn lounge to attend a Mule Cross planning meeting. Pretty tired from ride.
Feel a little bit out of shape. All the long distance stuff hasn't been helping me with the short punchy stuff.
Thursday
Went home after work and ran. Then did yoga with a focus on core for 30 minutes. Went to meeting. At meeting brought up pool issues. Had a good talk with the aquatics director and got an email from Bob Wade the next day wanting to add the pool problems to the agenda next month. Glad to get the ball rolling.
Friday
Rode after work. Spent a little time fixing my back tire. Finally got the tire on myself. Makes me feel better. Need to get a new hand pump. Rode around town on the trails. Practiced mounting and dismounting and doing it with some speed. Feel like I jump on my bike too hard. Need to be smoother. Tuesday night is skills night, can maybe get some more tips.
Sat.
Drove to Plentywood. Mom and Grandma dropped me off at the farm about 25 miles outside of Plentywood. I had brought a Montana atlas so I had a great map of all the roads. That area is filled with dirt farmroads. Pretty cool. Found an unimproved road that I was riding almost waste deep in grass with pheasants flying up all around me. Did the intervals and it was a good thing because if I had ridden any slower the sun would have been down. Rode 2.5 hours total. Really love the riding up there. Rolling hills not up or down like it is here. Watched the almost full moon come up as the sun set. Decided it would be cool to ride from there to Bozeman with a Montana atlas going one page at a time.
Also had some discussion in my head about my cyclocross focus. Got a better and more positive vision than I have had. Can just see those girls falling behind. Its all about having a vision and a goal right?
Sun.
Ran around town in the morning. Found their swimming pool. Nice little town. Lots of campgrounds.
Got dropped off the the farm again. This time I had a different route that didn't involve the highway. It was also a little later, so I knew I would be riding in the dark. Spent probably a good :45 to an hour in the dark under the full moon. Saw a porcupine. Rode pretty hard just to get to town faster. Also, in Plentywood when somebody says thats just 3/4 mile extra they really mean 3-6 miles extra. Good ride. Probably more like 3 hours this day.
Monday
Did not get the big ride in. Left later and got home around 8:30. Did go for a 30 minute run and did some lifting and core for about 30 minutes. Can we plan on the hard ride tonight? Maybe not do the GAS ride tomorrow, or have low expectations? I see the hard/easy plan and I kind of messed it up.
Also, Paul Taylor wants to measure me for a bike. Might be his sponsored ride. We'll see though. Want to go and get measured tonight. Excited!
Side note: Not going anywhere this weekend. Need a break. The month of October is packed with travel.
Lots of good things this week. Got my motivation back to get out there and train and race. Excited to focus on cross for a little while.
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