Snow, Snow and more Snow

View from our first place we stayed.


If you have read the news reports on CO, you might be aware that CO has been getting dumped on during the past week. Best part is I am in the middle of it.

Snowboarding in the morning with raquetball and/or swimming in the evening, all at 10,000 feet. Great training.

Colorado

8 days of snowboarding
20 bottles of Newcastle
This is cross training at its finest... I will check back on the 14th of January.

More road bike

Jumped on the road bike again today for a 2 hour, 29 mile jaunt through Tucson on River Road.

Total Mileage: 29 miles
January Mileage: 148 miles

70 Degrees in Tucson

First road bike ride of the New Year was destined to be today since we have a forecast of 70 degrees in the Old Pueblo. I managed to squeeze in about 21 miles in a little over 1 hour 20 minutes. Still taking it light from the pre-ride of the APC, which was not at race pace, but it was the first ride from my break from the bike. Back on the swimming routine every M, W, and F also.

A few nice shots from the Rillito bike path.






Total Mileage: 21 miles
January Mileage: 119 miles

More of the Suburban Loop

Still working on a sounds loop for my Suburban Loop around my house. Was out riding some new stuff, exploring ways to connect them more efficiently.

Total Mileage: 24 miles + 5 miles commute to work/gym
January Mileage: 97 miles

A few videos from the APC pre-ride

Nice view from the top of Antelope Peak, about 600 feet climb from where we dropped our bikes. After we signed the register, we headed back down to the bikes. But not before making this amazing 360-view from the top.


Max herding them cows on the gasline trail.

Antelope Peak Challenge Pre-ride

Max and I rolled out today at around 7am from the Starbucks at Ina/Oracle to arrive for our pre-ride of the APC. A few miles up Tiger Mine Road, the Arizona Trail begins...


Our main goal for the ride was to clear the singletrack section leading up to Antelope Peak of cholla. From Scott and Lee's recon trip, we learned that the trail was overrun with cholla. We did not find too much on the first singletrack leading up to the gasline section (pictured below)

Here is a typical field of cholla before we cleaned the trail. All of the sections around Antelope were the worst... they should all be ridable now.


A few cholla in the shoes...


Max and I hiked to the top of Antelope Peak to sign the register. Here are a few shots.




We enjoyed ourselves most of the day, laughing and brushing the trail here and there. The pace was somewhere between group riding and race pace for most of the day.

After the arch at Willow Springs the weather forecast of 20-30 mph winds ESE finally become apparent. Max cruised ahead of me back at Willow so we were both soloing the head wind. I had to make a run into Circle K for some much needed food was we neared the car.

Daily Mileage: 67 miles
January Mileage: 67 miles