Into the Back
On November 29th I wrote the following:
“It is days like today that make me long for the long hot days of July. Waking up before sunrise, hitting the trail while the crisp mountain air still bites at your lungs, and setting off on a 6 hour epic…yeah, those are the days that keep me coming back to the stairmaster and the weights.”
This coming Saturday is going to offer up just an opportunity. We have a big day planned in the Wasatch Backcountry. I look forward to these rides as much as any event or race. They give the chance to explore new terrain, new boundaries and new limits. They are workouts, but they are also a time to get reacquainted with the mountains. Racing is wonderful, but it is done with such focus, such tunnel vision, that the spectacle of your surroundings can get lost in a blur of lap times and number plates. I will put that stuff off for another week. Saturday will be a tough workout, but it will be the calm before the coming storm.
Into the Back
On November 29th I wrote the following:
“It is days like today that make me long for the long hot days of July. Waking up before sunrise, hitting the trail while the crisp mountain air still bites at your lungs, and setting off on a 6 hour epic…yeah, those are the days that keep me coming back to the stairmaster and the weights.”
This coming Saturday is going to offer up just an opportunity. We have a big day planned in the Wasatch Backcountry. I look forward to these rides as much as any event or race. They give the chance to explore new terrain, new boundaries and new limits. They are workouts, but they are also a time to get reacquainted with the mountains. Racing is wonderful, but it is done with such focus, such tunnel vision, that the spectacle of your surroundings can get lost in a blur of lap times and number plates. I will put that stuff off for another week. Saturday will be a tough workout, but it will be the calm before the coming storm.
