Dirt Bag in Da Bag

Another hundo complete. Today. Race has a lot more tarmac and circles than I thought. Flatter terrain. Still a good time. Organized well. Low key. Lots of food to enjoy before and after. Great cookies, awesome chili. I went 44x16 on the cx. Not enough time to change ss gear. Highlights: Catching back up to the lead group, losing the lead group, many of us at a dead end, I was offered and drank a malt at mile 70 and 103. Oh, and the pain from not riding much was definitely a highlight!! Legs didn't cramp but had that sapped empty hurt feeling only gravel endo can do. Last hillside race tomorrow. Costume required. See you there.

River Has It

The river still rocks. The two big logs I found last year remain. No Name and Eagle, 2pin lined up a new 35 footer called Hot Dog. Stair master and I found a new log called Not No Name. Walking the tree over creek with fat bike with only handle bar lights for the first time a bit of a pucker. Up and over alternate exit still good. What else. I still need to find the freak out teeter. 3+ hours messing around at night, down by the river. All good! Shantytown, the new age version in Bloomington still works for post ride fuel. Should I ride 104 on the pug at dirtbag?

Back after Crack

60 Miles West To Hutch, celebrate good health

It's been a while. I checked out, normal late season check-out plus cracked up this year.

Let's just say this year has been full of idioprofen and motrin moments. Well nothing too serious, not a moose-acre just crack. First point, seems this year focus was on family and work, and that's all good. Kids getting older and 4 week long trips to AZ for work, all good!

Looked outside to see if Leo and Friend made it, yep my boy Leo fixing a flat

So I focused on uber fun when available this Summer. Like road crashing on gravel with wood at Hillside (scabby scabs for weeks). No meds required there. Somehow I cracked my hand. Nice lump finally healing after Chequamegon weekend. Couldn't lift a cx bike.

Also managed to just race at Hillside while also work'n through a lower back issue (huh it's been years). Still no meds. Then after 5 years or more without a motrin moment I created one at Hillside. In a stupor I wheel'ed off a skinny at 1:00AM and slammed onto my back, on a root none the less landing. I can honestly tell you I sneezed 12 times in two weeks. Like a butter knife into the back. Still hurts. Yep motrin moments. Take as needed.

Thanks work, nice pad over golf course at foot of mtn trails. 

Train all day, work some but mainly play at night! In AZ heat and Mtn's. See the trail? Getting dark....

The 4 week long trips in 4 months trips to AZ for work we're great career learning and killer great rides at night. Love South Mountain!!!! Especially at night with lights. I have it wired! South Mountain, AZ "At more than 16,000 acres, South Mountain Park/Preserve is the largest municipal park in the country"

Nates cross country. THE RIVER LOGS ARE CALLING. Snow or Motrin???

Hillside 1:30AM Skinny

Impatient, I was bitching bout generator, lights & film crew set-up.
Now happy bout it.   Thanks Scrappy and Zilla productions!!

Better race this week...who cares...Moose got hit by a tree, then to Hospital. Crazy wind blew through as we raced. Rec class was racing behind adv and that's where it all happened. All I saw was tons of flashing emergency lights from a far. Glad he's going to be ok.

Video.....getting ready for el natural river bottom log skinnys found last year, we'll find more.

.....................with all this fun I might skip Sunday................

seriously

btw Camping at Hillside after out was a blast!!!

Alta Trail - Crag Like

This trail was 40% hike a bike. Going down at night was crazy hike a bike more than anything. It reminded me of many a approach hike I did to the crag (approaching a climbing wall). Steep, loose, practically 5th class. :) Very hard un-bike-able. It was dark on the way down the other side......

Phoenix S. Mtn Night Ride

With nightfall earlier now, packed lights for South Mountian night ride. I've hit almost every ridge line and hike a biked almost every major access over my trips here. Once up the ridge, the ride down is so fun. Better at night!!!!

From the south Telegraph pass is an easy access. A 20 min hike a bike. I hiked it after the 9 mile dessert classic trail. I came up in the saddle then headed up.



Looking to left of Saddle.



Another couple miles over the summit to Buena Vista lookout. City lights.....huge. 1000ft up from floor.

 Halfway down....

Buena Vista Lookout in the day..

This is how it looks during the day....

So unreal at nught. I admit I walked down more as I didn't want to kill myself up there. Amazing how many big ear rabbits, frogs, sipiders, heard a rattler, catapillars and life is up there. Good times....ok back to work.

Maplelag

Yep last holiday weekend was Maplelag.

The place rocks. Even Duncan the 17 year old said, "yes i want to go." It's a family yearly event. Cookies yes. Lake, comfy, woods, nice people, friends, racer family's and racers of all type stay the weekend and hang together. The course is awesome too. Quick recap...
   -30 seconds from the house we got hit from the side (car hit our pop-up!!)
   -All ok, just pop-up damaged.
   -Hacksaw to meg-shift pop-up camping. White trash to a whole new level!
   -Leo raced his remote control car until the wheel got damaged a bit (fix-able)
   -Pump track and jumps we're a big hit again.
   -Adults and kids playing a reckless game of frisbee with some glow in dark, some not frisbees (dangerous good times!)
   -Duncan jumped into the lake in full-on teen fashion, sprained his angle. Didn't race.
   -Mom raced and had fun hanging with everyone.
   -Alta did the kid thing, no racing, but has a total blast
   -I did the expert/pro race single speed, did pretty good
   -The only geared bike i had was my cross bike, i did some night riding in the woods!
   -I'm sick of blogging

Looking forward too..........