So I finished up my high country training last week. Of course I did have one little mishap on my ride to pick up TT’s car after our big day. I rode from town up the hermosa trail and up hotel draw. Of course I was dropping my camelbak @ the base of hotel draw to save some weight on the road climb up. I climbed for about 35 to 40 minutes up the dirt road climb and realized about a minute from the car that i had left the keys in the camelbak. So it was back down hotel draw and flipping a bitch @ the bottom and climbing back up. A good way to get another 40 minutes @ the end of an 4 hour ride. If I was cracked it could have been a difficult climb.

This week I’ve been trying to get the leg speed to come around in time for vegas. I have spent close to 5 hours behind the scooter in the valley and on florida. Snyder has been putting in the hours on the scooter pushing the limits of the zuma. It has been a good week of training between the scooter time and the gym i can hardly walk up the stairs in my house. Also the new salsa chili con cross machine with mavic wheels, sram, fizik saddle, chris king headset, trp brakes, and easton parts are off the chain. I can say no B.S. it is my favorite cross bike I have ever had. I feel like it is on rails the entire time on the mtb trails in test tracks and the gulch, at the parks, and even on road.

So the cross season kicks off next weekend with star cross in seattle. I still have to get some tires glued up and another bike built up. I should be dialed in time though not to worried. Waiting for my fresh Mavic Ultimates before i begin gluing.

Playing a big game of golf on sunday with Tad, Barthel, Snyder and I should be a good time. This past week I’ve been spending sometime on the driving range and I think I finally figured out my driver.

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