This was, like most rides out here, brutal. You are either going up or going down. There are no flats. The ups are 2+ miles (one was 2.9 today) with 4.4%-5%+ grade. Just long slogs. Granted, the downhills are fun, but overall, it’s killer. I’m typing this hour and later and my back is killing […]
Category: Cycling
Obligatory..
No trip to Utah would be complete without seeing a Mormon temple. I believe there are actually two in town, but maybe more. I actually snapped this pic the first day I was here, but I rode by it today and figured I’d post it. Although this is my lighter workday, I had meetings during […]
Let the day end..
After doing a bunch of work, I headed back out for a ride. I had to take a bit of the mountain to get to the trail, but next time I might just drive over to the trail head. The mountain was steep in parts and it was annoying. At one point I did wipe […]
And someone killed my lungs last night, Sugar bear (sugar bear…)
Sorry, Elton. I went for a mountain bike ride today…in the mountains. I should say I rode the bike for a bit, walked it up hills, rode the brakes downhills, and generally noticed that my lungs were trashed. I’m not saying I was breathing hard. I was, it’s the mountains, but my lungs actually hurt. […]