Thursday we finally got some snowfall after a month of warm, dry weather. Actually it flurried on Monday but didn’t amount to anything. Friday morning a took a shot of the view from my desk at work. I have one of the view cubicles near the windows but we’re moving in a few months and I doubt I’ll be so lucky at the new building. There are 4 other guys at work including the guy that finished 6th overall with a time of 7:44 at the Leadville 100 MTB last year. At least some of us have been getting out pretty much every day at lunch lately. Thursday some of my old coworkers from Agilent came over and also some others we ride with and had a group of 11. Once we move we’ll have to come up with some new riding routes. Some of my favorite ones from were we are now will make for a long lunch ride from the new location.
The snow made it a little tricky getting out today on the road. I considered mountain biking instead but my mountain bike has been neglected and needs a lot of work. I also considered putting slicks on my mountain bike and riding on the road. I finally decided once I got to main streets I’d be fine on the road bike. We were up a lot during the night Danielle is sick so I was dragging getting ready and my wife was gone to class. We had gotten a baby sitter so I could ride but Danielle wanted me to stay so I hung out until she got involved playing with the baby sitter. Getting out of neighborhood was a bit scary with the snow and ice on the road but once I got to the main streets there were only a few patches of snow and ice. Once I got onto US 24 the shoulder was sandy but no snow or ice. I normally like taking back roads but decided just to head east on US 24. I turned around just bash Ramah. It ended up being a 96 mile ride. I felt strong and rode well. I can tell my fitness is starting to come around although I have a long ways still to go.
Friday a little over a week ago I did my 3 mile time trial for the Cold Fury B5 Challenge. I chose the flattest course we have close by. I started at the 40 mph sign just north of 30th on Centennial. I thought I’d be at the base of the climb into Peregrine but instead ended most of the way up. I’ve been trying to keep my intensity down and work on getting a good base. Trying to go all out for 3 miles really hurt and I was pretty blown the last mile. I had a slow time of 11:42.
Saturday I started with the 10 o’clock Acacia Park ride. I managed to hang over the Link Road hill but had to dig pretty hard. I rode with them to PPIR and then cut out to Hanover and back Squirrel Creek road. I did a loop through Manitou Springs and Garden of the Gods when I got back into town to give me a ride of 108 miles.
Sunday I did the old Manitou Incline. I took my camera this time and shot some pictures. I never can figure out how to get pictures with a lot of vertical to show how steep it really is. I got started late because I went to my parents for lunch and my sister from Alaska had flown in on Saturday so we spent some time catching up. Fortunately her flight was canceled even though several others were because of concerns about Augustine erupting. After they landed she overheard the pilot telling the stewardess it was a good thing they got out when they did because there was an eruption about 5 minutes after they left.
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