Training Log Archive: Swampfox

Just got back from the grocery store (Safeway), and very odd, it was totally packed, like I've never seen it before. Even more odd was most of the license plates of the cars and RVs were from out of state. It was almost like something weird was going on, like a big wild horse round-up or something.

C • Crowds 1

Some days it is hard to figure out what the highlight was--either because there were too many, or, more commonly, because there were none.

Not today! The highlight was easy to pick out: biking on two blocks of brand new, freshly paved street right here in town. In some typical large metro area that is growing, perhaps there are new streets to ride on every week or so, or maybe even more often than that. But in a small town like Laramie, this only happens rarely--maybe every decade or so. When you think about it, it's actually a lot rarer than even a solar eclipse.

I ran trails at the end of the day. In contrast to the conditions for the mountain bike race on Tuesday--when the trails were damp and without even the slightest hint of any dust--by today the trails were bone dry again. I must have run harder than I thought because when I got back home, I drank lots of water and soaked it in like a sponge. My legs did feel good, so who knows.

C • pavement 4