Small Steps

 Haven't posted in a while, so let's see:

Drove to Utah to attempt Utah Mixed Epic again and failed horribly. Got off balance swinging my stupid leg over the seat and the rear seat bag and ended up on the ground on the same shoulder I hurt back in summer '18. Fiddled around getting to the top of Bountiful Peak. Sat there for a bit, probably could have continued, but had a hurting pity party and rode my butt back down the damm mountain and to SLC airport and got my car. Took a few days for the shoulder to ease up, all better now ... except for a little pop every now and then.

Farmington Bay

Climbing

Mountain Lake 

Salt Lake Valley

Riding some more now that it's cooled down. Probably not as much as I should. 

Mount Lemmon Gravel Grinder was put off a year due to Covid and I still had a registration from last year, so ended up in Oracle on Saturday morning and decided to do the 40 mile version. Had a great time! It was damm near perfect. Maybe 200 of us rolling out, I started in the back and felt pretty good for the whole race. I think the best part is the Haul Road ... it was pretty smooth and generally downhill for 10 miles or so?  Felt like a real bicycle rider for a change. The uphill on Webb Road sucked as usual, but there is great company out there, just about everyone is in some stage of suckage. Anyways got a podium that I didn't even know about ... apparently they created a 70plus age category and I was #1.  I was already in Oracle Junction scoring huevos rancheros at Lupe's when I found out.

Someplace on the Haul Road

El Tour de Tucson coming up in a few weeks. See how that goes.

I have big thoughts. Would love to do Camino del Diablo again, to do Baja again, to do Tour Divide next year. Will just have to see how the winds blow. But was really happy to FINISH something even if it was a little 40 mile gravel grinder.