BOK60...

...a different version of Bow80; Best Of Kananaskis.

Thursday was a bit of a delay coming home so riding started Friday. Craig and I headed out for the full Bow80 which we learned does not include JP. Waking up I still felt nowhere near rested but with only 3 days a week of riding i better suck it up and get out. Really, how can no exercise during the week make you so tired?
We had in mind JP even thouh it was not included.Since we arrived Station Flats at the same time as Suzanne, Toby and her friend we decided to start easy and ride with them, so JP should be manageable. We dropped some stash at top of Sulphur for the return and as we started decent we figured it would be a good time to drop Toby and the girls as well. They hung on to Toby for five so we would be well out of sight.
Rode Elbow in a fairly good pace and as we turn to go up at the powderface junction Toby comes sprinting from behind! On mostly downhill he gained five minutes on Craig and I! A good dip in the creek was needed while we now had to wait for the girls; it took a while as they kept looking for him. But we got on our way eventually. We both had no motivation and didnt feel great. At the JP intersection we had a quick back and forth and decided on NOT....im learning that when you feel you Have to ride its less fun and with only weekends I feel I Have to get in three good solid rides; normally I listen to how I feel and this day Id probably spend at home.
Thouh we made it; a couple of more social stops chatting it up with new people on the trail not really knowing where they were going.....and 7 hrs later we got to the car. Probably a record on the slow side for the course but at least we got out. Ended day with a quick ice bath and home for a bbq and rest.

Saturday i planned on road  ride from the house to safe some time and get a few things done. Woke up feeling much the same as day before so skipped morning plans and did errands hoping ride motivation would come....after a few trips for rock (18 bags) and still not a complete front yard fix my motivation was totally gone. Started laying plans for next day and with some talk of great trails I was able to convince Craig to skip work and ride.

I wanted to try a version of Bow80 without the horsetrail and road back to PF (and SpecialK ....I know! Many favor it, i Dont love it, or more Dont love where it ends the race)....so Craig and I headed out to Ridgeback, went backward up to Moosepackers then up all the way to Shaft. Down shaft to the road then hook on to last years course, cross over to prairie creek up to PF road, skipped horse trail (yay), road to PF, up and back down like last year, over to Ings mine on hgw, crossing up and over to sulphur  and climbing up sulphur and down to Pnuma, up Pnuma to race of spades and finish with a fun fast ride to station flats! What an awesome course, my new favorite. The best trails and perfect breaks to catch your self with a drink and some food. Clicked in at 62 km and about same time as the regular Bow80.
Best Of Kananaskis (BOK60).....great way to end my two day program this weekend :) Craig also got to test out the super tube after the first normal tube failed, lasted down RoS so guess he licked out with one of the 50% good once.

Hinton next...

Happy Riding!