Palmer Park Ride Report

I got my butt kicked today.

By the heat, by the rocks and by some good riders!

Forecast is for low 90's...and I only jam down two glasses of water an hour before the ride. Can you say "Duh!". I haven't been spending enough time on technical trails either apparently. I came away with more bacon today than I've had in years. It's pretty awesome.

A couple of good riders from Dust2Dust showed up, Chris and Chris. One of them from Montana, loved Templeton. Jeff the hammer showed up...then disappeared...then called to say "Hey...where are you guys?" Funny stick boy uber fit riders!

We rode part of Templeton (Templeton had my number. One nice rock scrape to the shin...one side flop onto sandstone with forearm) then dropped down to Greencrest, rode back around by the stables, up Cheyenne to the Overlook and headed to the Improv. I had to bail...I was lightheaded and dehydrated. Dork.

Trestle Bike Park - Saturday August 16th

Trestle Bike Park - Winter Park

Where? Trestle Bike Park - Winter Park
When? 2008-08-16 One day trip up to Winter Park and back.
Duration? All day.
Difficulty? Moderate to Difficult Technical trails.
Meet Where? See here for contact details and riding arrangements.

Or...take the 16th and come down to the Gay Pride Festival in Pueblo Colorado!
Contact Keith for more info on Pueblo Pride.

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Ride: Palmer Park Wed 7/30

Palmer Park

Where? Palmer Park - Yucca Flats Parking
When? 2008-07-30 @ 4pm
How long? 2 hours?
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Ride: Ute Valley Park Friday 8/1

Meeting up with Dust2Dust for this Friday ride.

Where? Ute Valley Park
When? 4pm
How long? Until heat exhaustion takes us out.
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Group Ride - Friday July 25th

Palmer Park - Wahoo!

Yucca Flats area in Palmer Park (click for a map) at 3pm. Look for the Dust2DustMTB crew. I might be there, Rollo definitely won't be there.

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Motivation

I ran down to do some computer work for a non-profit during lunch today (about 5.5 miles one way on the ghetto commuter pig). It was blazing hot on the way down...spent about 45 minutes installing WiFi cards...hit the trail to come back and hmmm....those clouds are very DARK and it looks like rain.

I get about half way back to work and found a new motivation to pedal VERY hard.

Lightning.

Mileage

I've been riding a LOT (for me).

Problem is most of it is on bike paths (Santa Fe Trail, Sinton Trail, etc). I started parking at the Park-N-Ride at Tejon and I-25 and bike commuting to and from work from there. All in all it's a good thing. Save gas, save money, get fit and lose weight (if I can eat right!). Oh...I supposed that I'm even reducing my contribution to "greenhouse pollution" too (whatever).

That's 8.5 miles each way...for a minimum of 17 miles a day and 85 miles a week if I stick with it 5 days a week. So far I've been able to do at least 4 days a week for the last 5 weeks. Haven't dropped any weight to speak of...but that is another issue, my metabolism has adjusted so now I need to crank down on my intake.

Rollo and I will be pushing out ride invites as often as possible through the Yahoo Group. We have a regular weekly trail ride every Friday and look for more weekend rides as the summer goes along.

Pikes Peak DH anyone? Send comments or an email if you're interested.

Keith

It's a fresh face!

Welcome to the fresh face of Colorado Springs BOMB.

Stale old site - gone.
Stale old links - gone.
Stale old pics - gone.

Stale old fart riders...sorry, they're still here!