Training Log Archive: tommyturbo

Grand Ridge RT-Duthie: Crowded trails but only one IPD. Just one bozo who had to be flying down the trail, even though there were lots of hikers, runners, and riders, including me. As impressed as I was (not really) that he saved a wipeout after getting his rear tire hung out about 35 degrees, he had no business ripping through a series of blind curves.There is a time and a place for that, and it's not on Saturday at GR.

GR-Duthie-Soaring Eagle with Dan. Dan claims to be a little rusty, but he is still plenty fast.

Picked up The Pulverizer SW Epic HT at CC.

GR-Duthie-Soaring Eagle: Near 100% capitalization rate yield results in a good investment. In fun, that it. Today makes nine MTB rides in the last ten days. I took a DOB on Saturday only because I knew the trails would be busy. Gotta take advantage of fantastic conditions during a highly unusual dry spell in the middle of the rainy season.

Grand Ridge-Duthie: I don't need Strava Premium to know that I am at least one standard deviation older than the median MTB rider age. Despite the pretty chilly (frigid?) temperature, I came upon four young guys riding together...in shorts. Maybe none of them wanted to dress warmer because of potential teasing from the others? It's rare to spot someone my age wearing shorts when it is below 40 degrees. Perhaps even rarer is spotting a cougar in the mountains, or seeing a MTB rider not wearing a helmet. I saw one later in my ride, and he was also a young guy (not a cougar).

Grand Ridge: When the frost is on the pumpkin, that's no time for road bike truckin' Hmmm...best rhyme I could think of. There was way too much frost on the roads for my usual Sunday morning road ride. Riding to and from the trailhead wasn't bad, and the trails were in spectacular condition.