Training Log Archive: LiveWideLoveDeep

Amazing morning on the trails with Keevin. Best I have ever seen the Mammoth trails with rain last night and some crazy conditions. Ran out and up Juniper/ manzanita towards the storm and got rain/hail before making a transverse to the main lodge to get out of the wet. Clouds moved out so we had it clear on the way back and super clean FUN trails. I was beat. Keevin added extra but just glad to be done myself. Pooped and so satisfied.

warm up and very short cool down - thinking about running off the bike or later in the day but nothing left even next day. Level 11 at 9,000ft. Boom!

Best XC course ever...and I will keep saying that... Dead last on the first climb and not holding back but managed to get around a few guys once we hit the single track, a few more every fire road and up to the JV guys by mile 3. 100% and looking for the blow up but it never happened. Probably one of my best executed races for the fitness I have but mostly because I was just so stoked to RACE.

Wide open I caught Derek by about mile 5 before we stated to head down and got stuck behind a group of 4-5 guys and Tim was closing in on us. Finally opened up as Tim got around everyone but D and then it got me out on his wheel. I realized SOMA and BigS sessions. Locked in and epic suffering. Just need to find the right wheels going forward. Anyways, I got around Tim and Derek as we headed into the fun park and traded back and forth with Tim the rest of the lap. I was gaining on the downhills - railing and floating - using the force! He was killing me on the climbs. He just rode 7:16 at Leadville so I knew if I could hold on we would catch the next group. I finished the 1st lap about a min ahead of him but the wheels started to come off starting the climb on the next lap.

Tim put a gap on me and it grew until he was almost out of sight. Two dudes started to close in on me and I was fading fast. Nose bleed lung burn type of stuff but never gave up. Tim got out of sight but just as those guys got within 200ft of me by the time we got the the main lodge I stood on the next climb then gave one big push up Beach Cruiser. Thought for sure I could hear them shifting behind me but never saw them again and finished about 2min behind Tim. One of the most exciting and fun times I have ever had on a mountain bike!!!!!!!

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Rolled a lap of the coolest XC course I have ever ridden with Keevin. It has it all and I realized after riding around here last time with Jhar how many great memories I have on this mountain over the years. I honestly never though I would be able to race here and that they would put together such a sick, sick course! We are riding most of the trails in the opposite direction and cutting back and forth between the downhill routes. FUN!!!!!!!!!

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Out to Madonna pushing Finn w/ M then added a zig and a zag via the hoods on the way back

On the way out to The Famous
150
10x100 odds IM
50 mixed
2x300 pull
100 flop

Feeling good and awesome day

Sloth at home

Nice loop up Madonna and Baldy over Potato and back. Good up and downs. Calves sore out of bed from flip turns and legs pretty tired

Short course-been a while and felt ez. No fade on 100's but working. Felt good.

500, 10x100 on 1:30(1:15), 5ix, 200pull, 109 flop