Elk River Race Race Day B4 Mother's

Confirmed. XC Race at Elk River Day before Mothers Day. Saturday Preseason Shake Up:

Registration at 10am, Race Start at 11am

Momma's Iron Woman

Amy, Teel & Nami did 30miles in the rain, 45 degree rain. Great job!! As momma biked Alta & Leo had sleep overs which left Duncan & I solo for breakfast Sunday AM (2 is much quieter than 5!!!) Other ramblings - mixed up weekend notes.... Duncan & I painted some walls downstairs today. The boys rooms are getting close to finished. Saturday night we held the LCR fit kit party at our house, good times. Fun to see most everyone enjoying good food, campfire & group shenanegans. The kit fit. The house is still clean from all day Saturday scrub. Circles. Duncan spun on trainer tonight as he watched HULU TV. My last ride was Friday with Jason treking halfway to Afton & back, 2.5hrs roadie. Then, since I had homework presentation due Friday 8pm, Amy & kids left me to suffer solo. With notes, text, web & powerpoint; work got done. When finished pedaled to Paul & Janna's for the get together. Not a bad weekend. Eager to bike to work / school this week. Hopefully I can ride the farmer tan off..... oh, Star Trib article on RAG105.

Ragnarok105 Miles

Approached Rag105 race less hydraded than desired, but all good. I charged hard early cresting 3 of 8 point climbs as leader. King of the Mtn. on the line. Larry & I had fun with that. Larry got King of Mountian trophy. Tim Ek 2nd, I was 3rd place KOM points.

Although Larry rolled into halfway point w/leaders, he was left hanging as others had re-fuel process down like a leadville run. I battled early on my SS but it was apparant my spin wasn't fast enough for cross bike'n lead pack. I did see Larry at mid-point so was close to leaders at halfway. Anywho- ended 1st of SS'ers, 8th OA, about 1/2hr behind Charlie Tri. Charlie Farrow 2nd, Jeremy Fry 3rd, Larry 4th. Praman 5th. Faster group this year. I'm happy with my effort being 44x17 SS Mtn Bars & climbing 8,000ft plus!! Fun to see near 10 LCR folk all finish!! Perfect weather, nothing else to report. Nice trophy eh!

18 Minutes & No Bug Juice

As always a few idea's in subject. I really think in 8's. Anyway, a new back to work record. 18 min house to work. No bugs. They are coming..hear'em? Next sprinkle & nats will be your bug juice. Oh, ready for Ragnarok105. MaxHR 179YTD, ready for pain. Wildfire Rag, I called it! Water!!!!

Screen Time Issues

Duncan always gets the grade in school.

However we wonder about his screen time.

Groovy Beat or Feet?

They say the longer you live with someone........
....don't click toes or you'll be sorry...u b warned.... Sqrl Jr gots jazz beat, play a few times, it eventually flows.

Is this bad for the bike??

Just a bit of ice buildup after a good am roadie. J2pin no pug sqrl route- ah yes, good to be home. Stairmaster, no 8am wakey wakie huh? QR are down & ice extentions on caliper ect, means style points. You know it's all about looks for me. ha ha HA.

Fighting from Leeward

AM ride was a bit of Ragnarok. Except last year ssRag was 3-5mph - 20 min. intervals fighting wind/snow. Mainly ride thoughts were summer breezes & painful pushes on road bike. Looking forward to big ring efforts enjoying shakes of the old green Bianchi. As my mind wandered SNOW stuck to my fork and gloves, pelting my eyes. The tires left occasional snow tracks. Sweet. People say, "you sure train alot". Yeah it's hard to get up or out sometimes but every time pure pleasure. I'm in Rag105, Iceman, Cheq40 & Leadville100 all SS. Motivated to enjoy!