Spring ....

... Will it arrive?

The recovery from Spain seem to have taken longer than after previous stage races. Had some sort of a bug that seemed to be very happy to stick around. That coupled with work equals very little activity the last couple of weeks.

Made it out to Bragg Creek for a nice hike with Toby. Almost could have ridden. Joined Craig and Shawn for some mtb city ride when most folks opted for indoor activity; Toby got a little taste as well.

The first good ride was yesterday; my first feel of spring. The traditional Cochrane loop; including Tuscany ravines and the connector back down to the resorvoir; a beautiful ride on the resorvoir (maybe the last, cracking noise was loud); along the train tracks on interesting icy layers wondering if we would crack through a hole or slide off as we rode along; then the Glendale pathways throuh river ice and snowy sections, mixed with running water and not so frozen cow patties (maybe the last interesting version of this route this year, path is getting pretty clear); the awesome climb out of the valley was soft and extra hard; mixed it up with a coffe stop at the Coffe Traders, sucsesful or not always nice to mix it up; nice and hard pace south to end the ride on some fun single track back into the city. Body finally felt responsive to my requests for effort and no aching muscles to speak of.

Now on the plane to the north for a week; exciting but busy times up there. Less riding but if spring kicks in for real, Easter weekend will be catch up time. And though I love our winter loops; yesterday was a great way to wrap up snow/ice adventures and plan for some up heigh and far rides on real dirt ..:) we will see...

Happy Riding!