Rhein Gorge Castles
Wait, what? Yes. Castles along the Rhein Gorge in Germany. Sometimes work brings me to unbelievable places.
Aspen Grove Avalanche Debris
An enormous set of avalanches built up quite the slide on the Aspen Grove trail. Speaking with some old-timers, they hadn’t seen anything like this in decades.
Mountain Biking?!
In the 90s as a teenage mountain biking was my primary hobby. I still have the same old ’95 Specialized Stumpjumper hardtail (no front suspension even!) and I finally took it out for a spin. First proper trail ride in over a decade. It was a lot of fun…except for the slipping and sliding due to the commuter non-trail tires I put on it a few years ago…and the bad brakes. Went over my handlebars once.
More Road Work + PRs
Over the past few months I have been pushing speeds on pavement and it has actually been a lot of fun. Today, I went a bit nuts and threw down just over 16 miles. That made for some PRs. 10k PR – 47:19 10 Mile PR – 1:18:34 Half-Marathon PR – 1:45 25k PR – 2:09 Here are some other recent flat terrain PR-earning runs: 13 December 2018 10k PR – 49:24 22 December 2018 10k PR – 48:16…
Jello Legs Redux
Excited to see trails drying out and feeling up for some speed, I tried to PR on the long squiggly trails on the south side of the the mouth of Provo Canyon. PRs! Felt so good.
Exploring New Green Trails
I get stuck on trails, doing them repeated times in a row. This set – exploring the VERY GREEN foothills between Shooter and the Rock Pile / Betty trails. Gorgeous in the Spring.
Snowy Taj
Nice jaunt up to the Taj trail. I have only done it once and was surprised by how much snow there still was at the top of the loop – lost the trail for a while and post-holed around. Still great fun. White up top, Dry on bottom here kitty kitty
Johnson’s Hole Redlining
Fun times trying to go fast around Johnson’s Hole.On Monday I did a double loop of the Johnson’s Hole and Great Western (Dragon’s Back) trails, once each direction. Afterwards I noticed that I wasn’t too far off from getting a course record, so I went back on Wednesday and redlined the clockwise loop, poaching the CR. We’ll see how long it lasts. Went back later in the evening to show the kids a cougar kill
Inspiration Point, Santa Barbara
Work brought me to Santa Barbara and I took advantage of the warmer weather to get out for an early morning run. I headed up Mission Canyon to Inspiration Point. The town was socked in with low clouds and fog, so it was gorgeous to get above it. Short and sweet. Back to my hotel and showered before 9 AM. I had bigger plans to do a big loop in the Santa Ynez Mountains, clockwise hitting Arlington and Cathedral and…
Snowshoe Summit #RePeakProvo
Brought snowshoes, only needed spikes.