Wow, the last couple days have been packed with some SERIOUS climbing...and some seriously rewarding descents too!! Approaching the upper 40's and perhaps lower 50's in mph is pretty exciting and at times white knucklish on a bike! Over 2 hours up and about 25 minutes down covering 18 miles each way yesterday on the road bike.
Today I did some cross-training before the ride. I bought a new tennis racket yesterday and played some tennis with my sister this morning. That was fun! Haven't played tennis in awhile! But soon after, it was mountain bike time - over 3 hours round trip on a ride people here call the "Super Walker". It was 'super' alright...was looking for some go-go-gadget legs on this one! Really, I even said it a couple times! ...but nothing happened. Instead of driving to the Walker Ranch trailhead, you ride from Boulder 8 miles up and over Flagstaff mountain on a twisty paved road with some steep grades (and awesome views). Walker Ranch is an awesome trail. Lots of everything including portaging the bike up some crazy amount of stairs at the bottom of the valley along the cliffs over looking a very rough and fast paced river. Crazy technical climbing, a water crossing, screaming technical downhill sections...this trail fits the perfect stereotpe of Rocky Mountain riding. ...and the descent back down to Boulder was fun...its always fun when you pass cars that are holding you up from going faster...especially if its a Corvette ;-)
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