Get Off My Trail
It’s really easy to make excuses for not leaving the house during the winter. It’s cold. The air is frequently bad. It takes less time to jump on the training and do the rounds in Zwift. However, there’s an enormous physical and mental benefit from leaving the house and getting out into nature. Sunny days with perfect trails fill my soul with delight. Today was
When you try to ride everyday you have plenty of time on Zwift in the winter. I try to ride the A, B and C version of the Tour de Zwfit. I rode A and C yesterday. Today I did the B version twice. The rides – Zwift The bike – Trek Madone 6.9 on a Wahoo Kickr Smart Trainer
Once again working to burn up my legs while barely keeping up. I rode the A (long) and C (short) rides and did a couple of laps around the volcano while waiting for them to start. Now I will go eat chocolate to make myself feel better. The ride – Zwift The equipment I’m super lucky and my wife bought me a Wahoo KICKR. It’s
Late on this Saturday afternoon I managed to get away for a little bit and was rewarded with a perfect trail and spectacular conditions. I’ve been slow getting out of the canyon in the past and I’ve had to pick my way out in the dark. For years I swore I would by a bike light and I finally got around to it. I was
Green Canyon is almost always a beautifully groomed, hard packed, ice road. At the beginning of the trail the air bit at any of my exposed skin and pierced deep and painful. The hard packed icy snow crunched loudly but the trail was smooth, sticky and fast. As I ascended the last section towards the Mt Naomi Wilderness I didn’t expect much given that the
While the valley is wrapper in the bitter cold of winter inversion the mountains reward those who venture higher with an escape from the filthy air and the biting frost. It’s counter-intuitive at first but the higher you go the warmer the air becomes (if 30 degrees is warm). The sky is blue and the sun breaks out. Covered in layers of winter gear the
When I logged onto Zwift this morning I was reminded that I’m riding to the moon. Without any Tour de Zwift stages left for now I decided to put in some elevation on the Alpe du Zwift so that I might inch a tad bit higher up into the sky. With my legs crying in pain and a bunch of interruptions for meetings dragging the
I was hoping to get all the timing just right, but then nature happened and I ended up pausing the stage to take care of things. I rode the course alone wondering what the pros do when faced with such a dilemma. The rides – Zwift The equipment I’m super lucky and my wife bought me a Wahoo KICKR. It’s realist and for a trainer
I was lucky and managed a bit of a warm up ride before the stage started. Without that I fall apart. With it, I die slowly. I like to think I used to be faster but I really everyone else is just getting better. I finished the long and short stages. I’ll shoot for the B version of the stage tomorrow. The rides – Zwift
Some days are just perfect. Today was just perfect. I haven’t been up Green Canyon since I managed to repair the Beargrease. After taking the last spot in the parking lot I set out from the dark grey of a typically Cache Valley winter day and ascended into the sunshine and glittering snow. On the way up I passed the carcass of a dear recently