Wednesday Worlds #2

Bike, bottle, helmet, long sleeve, sunglasses, and port o barriers. Good to go this early am.

A few folks finishing up the first round of 5 laps.

More later...

Get your hup on...

You won't see me in this video because it's the fast guys but Brandon Dwight from Boulder Cycle Sport and Dopers Suck along with Matt Pacocha in the Velonews kit get it done in this video. I'm hoping that the Colorado State Championships this year have a bit more mud and dirt than heat and sand. It's not supposed to be 65 degrees and sunny in December (those darn chinook winds). We can only hope.

More photos here...

Today's projects

I spent a few hours this afternoon working on getting these portable barriers put together following the easy plans set up by Greg at mudandcowbells. I modified them slightly but the blue paint is to distinquish the cross bars from the legs when setting the up. I also have a fourth cross bar piece I can add in if needed and a few spare connectors in case something breaks. 

I started a Toddy brew of the Roastery Blend from the Rocky Mountain Roastery today and have it brewing overnight. It should be set so that when I wake up in the morning, all I need to do is unplug the drain and let it drain out to give me 6-7 cups of coffee concentrate. I think some of that plus the JetBoil will make for a great warm up after those late season cross races this year.

The Great Awakening

Wednesday Morning Worlds (Working Man's edition) kicked off this morning-- 6:30am at Amante in North Boulder. We rolled over to the Elks Lodge and did two sessions, 5 laps then 4 laps with 7-10 minutes in between. There was a bit of everthing for the first week- log barriers, steps, gravel and water ditch crossings and porta-barriers.

It felt good. There are definitely some cobwebs to be cleaned up in form, equipment and fitness but starting this training phase three weeks before the first race is going to show itself very soon.

Game on.

Hotter than Hades

My SSWC 2009 official rig. It's a Surly 1x1 with a Karate Monkey fork allowing me to run it as a 69'er. I might change out the tires to run a WTB set-up but can't decide on the right tires (Mutano and a Prowler or Wierwolf 29er?). I took it out for about two hours to begin dialing it in for the SSWC in Durango. It's a bit hard to get used to having raced Bionicon Golden Willow 6" full suspension bike all summer.

Denver tied its record high temperature today at 98 degrees. That makes for one toasty ride. I still had some energy afterwards so I headed out for a 30 minute run. A two hour ride and a half hour run in this weather caused me to lose 6-7 pounds in water weight. Yeesh.

One of the more frustrating, but necessary parts of the front range trail systems. You've got to keep those cattle in line.