Tag: Mountain biking
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Getting away from it (and closer, too)
No agenda or destination was needed. We barely even had a plan at 2pm on Friday afternoon. Just an idea of what we wanted to happen and the desire to see if through. The desire to be away from everything. CTL+ALT+DEL for a weekend. Training wasn’t going to get in the way. Work wasn’t going […]
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12 hours of uphill
I shift into the large chainring. I’m not looking up; not looking at the trail ahead or the terrain to come. I’m simply staring bleary eyed at where my bars join my stem. Its a struggle to lift my head enough to see past my front wheel, but I know what’s coming. I’ve been here […]
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The Steeps
While most in Colorado associate ‘steeps’ with snow, this years’ skiing for me can be written off as N/A. After much anticipation of backcountry exploring, the reality of rotten snow and daily reports of deaths and injuries in Avalanches across the state steered me firmly away from the high country. Unlike last year, when I […]
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NBD
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Peer Pressure
He looks at me with an expressionless stare, then turns away and shakes his head. “Well, I gotta train” Those are the only words spoken. I know he’s right. This short exchange happened an hour into my ride today. I was hurting. I’ve ridden hard all week – pushed myself through trainer sessions that I […]
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Cool kids in Boulder ride bikes
The kid flies through the air. His bike, many years too big for him, looks ungainly and out of control. His small build seems no match for the gargantuan weight of the steel hulk beneath him. But with finesse worth more than his 12 years, he guides the bicycle to the backside of the jump, […]