Racing is too much money, effort, training, and time spent going in circles.   This could all simply be a defense mechanism to hide that i am so so slow.   like Seinfeld: i choose not to run.   And i sit 5 lbs heavier than I have ever been and seemingly unable to lose weight.   So I talked Beckie into the duo category for the Flagstaff Barn Burner, where we will each do 50 miles on jeep roads in the aspen and pines.   I needed a goal.   I also am doing the Crazy 88 again in August.   Ooomph.   I gotta stop being such a fat sack of crap.   And if I hadn’t gorged on pizza last night I might have thought yesterday’s ride and the killer lifting session the day before were good steps in that direction.

The ride was not much for noteability, and no pictures were taken.   Hawes Hits route, as fast as I could, which was not much.   After being off the Hei Hei and mostly off any bike but the trainer or the commuter for the past 3 weeks, every climb started to hurt once I got to the big wash on Wild Horse after 1.5 hrs.

Of Note: I got up before 6 and was riding early and done early, letting me hit the pool with G before 10am after getting in a hard 3 hr (wannabe)hammerfest.   I rode the Beetle downhill for the first time, bragging to Alex ensued.   I ran over a snake coiled in a shallow hole next to the trail – it looked like a rattler as i zoomed over it, I was not sticking around to confirm.   The new thru bolt on the Hei Hei seems to be an improvement – hard to know for sure if it is better or I am just projecting, but the steering seemed crisper and more accurate.   3500+ feet of climbing in 20 miles and 2.75 hrs.   Two laps at 2 hrs each, or one 4 hr spin if we opt to minimize the kid-handoffs, should be doable without too much embarrassment to myself.

Most weekends between now and early August are going to feature some type of similar pain and suffering.   Gotta do something to fill up my Sundays til football season.