A Dog's Nuggets

Today was like the 2nd hot day of the summer. We ACTUALLY got to close to or just above 90 degrees! I wanted to get out for a short ride today, but I owed owed my Dad a visit with B-Man. Usually that means a nice road ride on some rural-ish roads. But I wasn't into the idea of a road ride in 90 degree heat. So I delayed my departure time and took the Mamasita down to the hell trail for a spin and then onto the road for some climbing before things got too steamy. It was only like a 27 mile ride, but it was nice to get out, blow the stink out of my legs, and beat the dog ball heat by a bit. The warm temps felt good.

Today I did some climbing on some roads that I usually find myself descending on. The climbs were good, still doable in the big ring, and were pretty low traffic today. Just me and whirl of my knobbies on the road. Vrrrr, vrrrrr, vrrrr, vrrrr. I need to get me some slicks for these rides. That is one of the downfalls (maybe the only one) of running Stan's. Once the tires are on, you're kinda of a slave to them for a bit. Having said that, I wouldn't go back to tubes for anything. OK, there are a few things that I would go back to tubes for, but that's a WHOLE other blog on a WHOLE other "only $6.99, will not appear on your credit card statement" type of site. I'm KIDDING! EEESH!!

Hope to up the riding this week. Especially since I finally felt mentally recovered enough from the Wilderness 101 to register for the SM100 today. That week delay cost me like $25, but it was worth the time to get my head on straight and refocus on my goal for the season. I think after the SM100, it will be Iron Cross and then done. Then it will time to think about next year... Think REAL hard about next year!

Time to chill.

Later.