After being off the bike for 3 days, my legs felt pretty soggy and heavy yesterday. I pushed through it, and after about 3 hours I started to feel decent. I took the mountain bike and went up a bunch of the mountain dirt roads. The route was Gold Hill via Sunshine Canyon to Sawmill, down Sawmill, up Lickskillet (it’s a 20% grade kick in the you know what), down 4 mile canyon, up Logan Mill Road, down 4 mile some more, and up Poorman.
After 4.5 hours in mostly Z4 and some Z3, and about 6000 ft of climbing, I called it a day. It was funny to be riding at 9000 ft where just the day before, I was sitting at 200ft elevation.
Today is a 4 hour mountain bike ride in Z4/Z5. Tomorrow is my last day to train before the cruise vacay. I won’t be able to really “train” for about 9 days. I’ll be in recovery mode, running a little, swimming in the ocean, and spinning on the exercise bike to keep the body moving along… all at sea level! When I get back, it’s off to the Ouachita 60!
It was good to run into you the other day! Now it’s back to running again. My legs finally feel decently fit again.