{"id":6558,"date":"2013-08-28T07:42:08","date_gmt":"2013-08-28T13:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/?p=6558"},"modified":"2013-08-28T07:42:43","modified_gmt":"2013-08-28T13:42:43","slug":"6558","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/?p=6558","title":{"rendered":"A well-recovered weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After taking it easy for a week following the trip back from Breck, my legs were feeling good, and I was ready to get some structure back in to life. Time off following a hard race is great at first, but always makes me feel lost and floaty after a couple of days. I have a hard time getting anything done because the lack of structure makes organizing tasks feel like a game of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/52_Pickup\" target=\"_blank\">52 card pickup<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So, on Saturday, I set out with Matt on a ride to the Stanky Creek trails and back via the Wolf River trails. I felt fine, and had enough fun that I did it again on Sunday with Ryan. We rode to meet some of his teammates at Stanky Creek for a hot lap before heading home. Nearly 8 hours of riding for the weekend followed up with some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=H.A.M\" target=\"_blank\">H.A.M.<\/a> intervals on Tuesday felt like a nice trip back to normalcy. To polish off a fun few days, I went to No Regrets yesterday to get part of my left arm half sleeve colored in with World Championship Colors&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/ink.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6559\" alt=\"ink\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/ink-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/ink-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/ink-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/ink.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll post tattoo photos once it&#8217;s all healed.<\/p>\n<p>This weekend, I&#8217;m off to Ackerman, MS for the <a href=\"http:\/\/starkvillecyclingclub.org\/skool-of-hard-nox-50\/\" target=\"_blank\">Skool of Hard Nox<\/a> 50 miler. I&#8217;ve never ridden in that area, so it should be fun to get out and discover some new trails. Speaking of discovering new trails- I&#8217;ve been in talks with David Wilson from <a href=\"http:\/\/nukesunrise.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nuclear Sunrise<\/a>. He&#8217;s going to help get me set up for some bikepacking adventures this fall. I&#8217;ve spent the last two winters dead set on racing Worlds. This year, I&#8217;m not discounting the fun of cyclocross, but I do plan on diversifying my fun into the &#8220;go to the woods for a few days&#8221; category.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After taking it easy for a week following the trip back from Breck, my legs were feeling good, and I was ready to get some structure back in to life. Time off following a hard race is great at first, but always makes me feel lost and floaty after a couple of days. 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