{"id":1633,"date":"2010-01-02T21:37:04","date_gmt":"2010-01-03T03:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/?p=1633"},"modified":"2010-01-02T21:38:44","modified_gmt":"2010-01-03T03:38:44","slug":"training-camp-09-days-5-and-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/?p=1633","title":{"rendered":"Training Camp &#8217;09- Days 5 and 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, this is a combo post- yesterday I rode, packed, and skeedadled out of Mountain View so I could get back home to Memphis before bedtime, and had a bunch of stuff to do once I got home, so I didn&#8217;t feel like updating.<\/p>\n<p>The sunrise\/blue moonset was a really nice way to start the day:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_0045.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1634\" title=\"IMG_0045\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_0045-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0045\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_0045-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_0045.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The ride was just a simple loop in the National Forest. I started out at Blanchard Springs on my MTB and headed up the mountain to Green Mountain Road. From there, I rode up a while then dropped back in to Gunnar Pool . It&#8217;s a gorgeous campground with a small lake, dam, and waterfall, but I didn&#8217;t hang around for photos because it was pretty dang cold. You&#8217;ll just have to take my word for it ;)<\/p>\n<p>From there, I turned around &amp; climbed back up to Green Mountain, tracked east, then headed south on Sandy Flat, which drops down quickly to a creek crossing then climbs again back to Green Mountain road. The entire loop was less than 30 miles and took about 2.5 hours. Each of the 3 climbs was between 500 and 600 ft of elevation gain, and I rode the rolling sections between climbs at a decent tempo, so I was happy to get back to the decent back to Blanchard.<\/p>\n<p>Once I was back, I figured I&#8217;d take some photos of Sylamore Creek&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_0047.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1635\" title=\"IMG_0047\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_0047-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0047\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_0047-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_0047.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_0048.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1636\" title=\"IMG_0048\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_0048-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0048\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_0048-224x300.jpg 224w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_0048.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today, Ryan and I day-tripped the Columbia #1 cyclocross race. It was cold and reletively uneventful. Kim Bishop showed up and gave me a run for my money. My legs were wondering WTF I was doing. Not only did I put in nearly 20 hours worth of riding\/hiking this week (my TSB is -38 right now for all you Training Peaks geeks), I haven&#8217;t done any CX-type efforts since the Outdoors race several weeks ago. Needless to say, I wasn&#8217;t really thinking about the usual cat 3 boy-beatdown that I liked to administer earlier in the season.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow is supposed to be even colder, so we&#8217;ll probably venture out to the WRT for a couple of hours on the mountain bikes.<\/p>\n<p>Random thought of the evening: Barleywine tastes like neither barley nor wine. Discuss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, this is a combo post- yesterday I rode, packed, and skeedadled out of Mountain View so I could get back home to Memphis before bedtime, and had a bunch of stuff to do once I got home, so I didn&#8217;t feel like updating. 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