Super Bowl Sunday....
I know it has been a couple weeks since I last wrote. Sorry for that. I’ve been a little busy here on the work front and training front too. Last weekend I was up in the Colorado Mountain at Solvista filming a few short web-commercials for my client with Warren Miller! That was a great time, seeing how the ins and outs work of making a commercial. It was so cold up there I must tell you. We woke every morning to temps on average of minus 10. That’s right! On day one we reached a high temp of 8 degrees, I’m just happy that it wasn’t windy out. Once our commercials go live on the web, I’ll be sure to include the link for you to all view and check out our handy work.
As training goes. It’s been steady and that is a good thing. I’ve had to re-arrange a few workouts from one day to the next but they have been completed. Lots of running on the treadmill which is starting to get to me. Even thought I have enough music to start a store. I can’t wait for the tons of snow to clear the sidewalks and local parks so I can run outside. The temps will also have to rise too as lately the minus temps are not my friend outdoors. However this past weekend was ideal… Our temps here reached 45 degrees and on Super Bowl Sunday that means it’s a great day for an outdoor bike ride. Especially since my Patriots didn’t play and I had money on the Colts and knew they where going to win! So what does one do? Go on a 39 mile bike ride that will kick anyone’s ass. There where four of us, Cody, Eric, Andy and I. We headed south to Red Rocks; west on Grapevine Mountain (8 mile climb at 9%) then over to the west side of Lookout Mountain with another monster steady climb before we even hit the top. Then, finally down hill on the east side of Lookout into Golden, Colorado and back to the starting point, Starbucks. When it was all said and done, we traveled 39 miles in 3 hours 19 minutes while climbing over 4,000 feet in elevation! That was followed by a short run and a long nap….
I must say that I thought just a ride up Lookout was good enough to be called “epic”. No way. This was more epic then just a ride up Lookout, and it probably felt worse as I’m still out of shape. So as the weather gets warmer and these rides become more consistent they will get a little easier.
Moving forward as soon as I get the photos from the “Chilly Cheeks” race from a couple weeks ago, I’ll be sure to post those for you to look at too. The final “Chilly Cheeks” race of the series will be on Feb 17th. My goal is to do a little better then the last one and just enjoy the different format of riding my cross bike and running in the snow.
Hope you are all well and if you’re in the Midwest…It was only a matter of time until the cold found you. Sorry folks.
As training goes. It’s been steady and that is a good thing. I’ve had to re-arrange a few workouts from one day to the next but they have been completed. Lots of running on the treadmill which is starting to get to me. Even thought I have enough music to start a store. I can’t wait for the tons of snow to clear the sidewalks and local parks so I can run outside. The temps will also have to rise too as lately the minus temps are not my friend outdoors. However this past weekend was ideal… Our temps here reached 45 degrees and on Super Bowl Sunday that means it’s a great day for an outdoor bike ride. Especially since my Patriots didn’t play and I had money on the Colts and knew they where going to win! So what does one do? Go on a 39 mile bike ride that will kick anyone’s ass. There where four of us, Cody, Eric, Andy and I. We headed south to Red Rocks; west on Grapevine Mountain (8 mile climb at 9%) then over to the west side of Lookout Mountain with another monster steady climb before we even hit the top. Then, finally down hill on the east side of Lookout into Golden, Colorado and back to the starting point, Starbucks. When it was all said and done, we traveled 39 miles in 3 hours 19 minutes while climbing over 4,000 feet in elevation! That was followed by a short run and a long nap….
I must say that I thought just a ride up Lookout was good enough to be called “epic”. No way. This was more epic then just a ride up Lookout, and it probably felt worse as I’m still out of shape. So as the weather gets warmer and these rides become more consistent they will get a little easier.
Moving forward as soon as I get the photos from the “Chilly Cheeks” race from a couple weeks ago, I’ll be sure to post those for you to look at too. The final “Chilly Cheeks” race of the series will be on Feb 17th. My goal is to do a little better then the last one and just enjoy the different format of riding my cross bike and running in the snow.
Hope you are all well and if you’re in the Midwest…It was only a matter of time until the cold found you. Sorry folks.
posted by Jon at 2/05/2007 09:06:00 PM
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