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Time to get everyone back up to speed.

My camera decided to stop working after 4 years of hard work, so for now all I have is grainy pictures from the phone until I decide to splurge for a new digital camera.

Last Sunday Hutch, Seth, Matt, and I hit up the snowshoes for a great hike. Our turn around point was the frozen lake, but not before getting out on it and having some fun.

Hutch and Seth got thirsty.
Last Monday I flew home to surprise my parents for Christmas. It was good to be home after not going back the last two years for any holidays. No pictures needed, just a lot of food and family.

Last night we went out with the guys and got Mr. Pink to sing some Karaoke, I took some pics but the quality is so bad its not worth posting, but it was funny.

Its sunny again outside but the wind never seems to go away lately. Time for more trainer, then this coming Saturday its back to Austin for the Team Rio Grande training camp, where we will actually get to ride outside. I know I’m excited.

Heading home for a few days, back to FBG. I’ll have a good photo dump when I get back to catch everyone up. Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas.

Well no pics again, so you don’t have to read if you don’t want to. I know its the pictures that makes the stories.

But for those who are reading, I’ll say its nice to see the sun again. Friday was a snowy day but we headed up to Winter Park to get some slope time in. It was my first time back out since last December so there was a good layer of rust, but I got most of it knocked off and ready to get back up again. It was fun, but very cold and my choice of eye protection was the wrong one. I chose to wear my riding sunglasses, which fogged up everytime I exhailed. This made for most of the runs blind, but I almost made the entire day without crashing until the last run.

This weekend has flown by. A few guys coming over in an hour for dinner here then hitting up the movies. Looks like it will be time to ride outside again this week, which is much needed since training camp is coming up in two weeks and need to be in shape to get in shape.

Well as stated this morning it is snowing again, and its time to embrace it.
I hit up the trails, well mostly off the trail, for some snowshoeing.

It was great, and one great workout when you just push the pace fast and hard in snow a foot and a half deep.

I think the count is now at 4 out of 5. Thats days of snow.

It may finally be coming down and its the second week in December, but its nice to now be able to ski on good slopes and snowshoe pretty much anywhere you want. Yet, I will be on the trainer again today, but not 2A for me, thats the weekend ride, I’m thinking more of starting the training week off with a 1. I am guessing Seth and I are going to probably be the only ones who understand that, but its part of the secret indoor trainer workout program guide.

Yesterday was a hard day, legs were toasty after the run up flagstaff and four mile at above threshold. So today was going to be a nice flat day with a few sprints, nothing bad, just a few hours. But noooooo, it had to be windy, gusting to 50mph. So the trainer is set up, and yet I sit here writing this trying to get these last few minutes of procrastination. Nothing good on TV so it looks like I’ll go for a movie.

So if anyone wants to call me here in the next few minutes to prolong this even more, that would be great.

Well I got the torture device up and running, went and bought a trainer tire, found some preloaded course from the Coors Classic. Started rolling it, and just 15minutes into it the trainer tire blew up. Great.

So tomorrow will be round two, new tire, and a new course, maybe the Mt. Evans Hillclimb, yes it is a preloaded course.

I present to you the newest contraption of death, the computrainer. This will no longer make my days stuck inside lazy off days, but days of torture. I complain now, and while I’m riding it, but it will keep the training rolling along as it should be and make me happier once spring rolls around.
I forgot to post this picture last week while I was dog sitting, sorry Dempsey, its a little late but here it is.

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