Gearing Up, Geared Down

I very recently realized that I started this to record my biking and training journey for 2009 and it fell by the busy wayside in the blur that was 2009.
Now that it is late fall and the "training" season has come around again, I will attempt to be more faithful in updating this blog with the daily/weekly workings and add the list of intended events for 2010.
2009 was a pretty uneventful year in race participation for me - I rode in one race, '24 Hours in the Sage' in August.
2009 was a very eventful year in other ways. My son graduated from college in June and he got married in July. Preparations and time away did not lend itself to lots of time to train, nor time to race.
The good part about the one race I did get to do is that the four-man team I was part of this year turned out to be pretty good. Not that we won or even made it to the top three, but we did turn 20 laps and placed 7th out of 13 teams in the Men's Four category and 10th overall.
(more to follow soon...)

Busy Year

This year has a lot going on and not much of it is concerning mountain biking. My son is graduating from college in May and getting married in July.

I'm trying to figure out what biking events I can ride this year based on what I will be able to prepare for (i.e. train for) in between these other big life events.

At this point I am thinking about trying to ride in the Courage Classic in late July, the proceeds of which benefit Children's Hospital. Then I am planning on riding 24 Hours in the Sage in September. I might be able to get in some local races at the Sand Creek Series.

Mostly I just want to have fun and enjoy riding this year. Last year I got goofy trying to train, train, train, and it really took the enjoyment out of riding.

I'll try to update again soon as it is getting into the full swing or MTB season here in Colorado.