{"id":6942,"date":"2014-01-23T07:54:42","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T13:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/?p=6942"},"modified":"2014-01-23T07:54:54","modified_gmt":"2014-01-23T13:54:54","slug":"6942","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/?p=6942","title":{"rendered":"Training Groove"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, Memphis had the privilege of a 62 and sunny weather day. Though I had a day off on my training schedule, it was too nice to NOT go out and enjoy the rare January chance for a ride in a normal jersey and shorts without additional layers (SUN&#8217;S OUT, GUNS OUT!). I took the Crowbar out for what I figured would be about a 1 hour loop of the Wolf River Trail from my house. However, by the time I reached the end of the trail where it&#8217;d be just 15 minutes to the house, I&#8217;d been out an hour, and I decided to turn around and go back the way I came. Sure, I&#8217;d only brought one water bottle and no food, but I was having too good of a time. Other than my stomach growling and my head getting a little foggy a couple of miles from home, I came out more stoked than dehydrated\/hungry.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the next day, the daytime high was in the 20&#8217;s with clouds and a constant 15-20mph breeze.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesdays and Thursdays are quickly becoming awesome. I&#8217;ve been going to the morning <a href=\"http:\/\/urbanfitnesskickboxing.com\/index.php\/classes\/body-focus\" target=\"_blank\">Body Focus class at UFK<\/a> for the past month and a half or so, and it&#8217;s starting to show. I&#8217;ve gained 2 pounds&#8230; totally cool with that, because being stronger is more fun, and I look fantastic with muscles. In the evenings, I go to the MMA class at the same place&#8230; even though it includes things like being choked with parts of your own body as well as getting lightly punched in the eye by your training partner, it&#8217;s more fun than I could possibly describe in one blog post. UPS is due to deliver a set of these to my door this afternoon:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/gloves.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6943\" alt=\"gloves\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/gloves-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/gloves-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/gloves-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/gloves.jpg 425w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, with the weather staying chilly, I opted to do my interval ride on the trainer. It was painful- my winter break came with the revoking of my keys to the wattage cottage&#8230; oof.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m debating right now as to whether I&#8217;ll venture to Arkansas this weekend for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ozarkoffroadcyclists.com\/12-events\/24-buffalo-headwaters-challenge\" target=\"_blank\">Buffalo Headwaters Challenge<\/a>. It&#8217;s a social ride on what sounds like some amazing trails. It&#8217;s about a 5 hour drive from Memphis, though, so, I&#8217;m weighing the options. I need 7 hours of riding this weekend, so trails outside of town could be more interesting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, Memphis had the privilege of a 62 and sunny weather day. Though I had a day off on my training schedule, it was too nice to NOT go out and enjoy the rare January chance for a ride in a normal jersey and shorts without additional layers (SUN&#8217;S OUT, GUNS OUT!). 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