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| And he did it - here prepping his mind for a KOM chase :) |
We started out with Tuscany today, good way to warm up as it felt a little cool starting off. It only took through Bowness and gloves had to come off! My super duper over sized poggies sure does the trick! Moderate tempo up Tuscany but could see KOM coming out of Shawns brain as he was eyeing out the lines for the return trip. And the return was fast! I lost sight of him after I flew off the trail on a corner with no breaks, scrambling up hill again and he was gone. Made it down and it sure was fun and tempting a second visit after a break fix (never did, but maybe a midweek cold night). We rode through Stoney Trail bridge trails (well rode what was possible) and over to Bow cycle for a pair of new pads, it helped but by the end of the ride I'm back to zero. Good thing I'm getting out on the race bike sorting out a few minor issues before in a remote area of Nepal. After Bow we ventured over to COP, the trails are in prime conditions (if you stay off the very low sections), everything is ridable! Great ride and so nice to be on the mtb. I sort of tend to think I need a break from it over the winter and stick to cross for volume, but when trails are this great, I can ride mtb all day!! Getting in about 3 hrs of ride time in around -10C is good. The sun helps warm you up so during this coming week I'll have to come up with a plan to get some miles in - going into a deep freeze.
Quick stop at home for a lunch, then back out for the 20 lb'er hike. Not always easy to find folks to join in on hikes but the one loyal guy always is Toby. But today he was total fail too!! He had a totally different agenda than mine. Of almost 2 hours out, I spend 1 and a half moving (mostly solo), and of the moving I probably spent another 10 min, moving while searching of the trail. My threats of leaving him there did not seem to bother him, I tried "no dinner for you", but at one point I found him eating more than one meal of something!! so I guess he didn't care.... I guess he probably were thinking "well you leave me all morning while having fun on the trails, now its my turn" and I guess he's right. Hope he had fun. And he still qualify as my most loyal hiking buddy :)
Stay warm this week!
Happy Riding!
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| Toby got to visit the flag but wasn't too interested.... |
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| View while waiting for Tobster - Calgary city, pretty awesome place! He is in the trees there somewhere - the one area that says "Private Property" and "absolutely no dogs allowed" - great! He obviously didn't read the sign.... |
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| Wasn't to interested in any photoups either!! forced down - I wanted to display our matching jacket :) |
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