{"id":8875,"date":"2015-06-13T07:44:47","date_gmt":"2015-06-13T13:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/?p=8875"},"modified":"2015-06-13T07:45:41","modified_gmt":"2015-06-13T13:45:41","slug":"rest-explore-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/?p=8875","title":{"rendered":"Rest, Explore, Race"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the absence of a structured training program (which I dropped last Fall when I found myself too freaked out by the thought of training on the road and limited by weather for consistent training on the trail), I’ve taken to riding hard for a block of time and laying off when the rides start to get arduous. Following the rides I posted about last time, I found myself needing a break from the epics when Matt and I went for a Golden Gate Canyon ride and I fell apart after the first hour.<\/p>\n

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I will say, though, when you’re having a hard time, and you open up a 4-pack of Gu Chomps to find that it’s a magical 7-pack, it can lift your spirits a tiny bit.<\/p>\n

So, I’ve been taking it a little easy. I make sure to go to yoga twice a week almost no matter what. I’ve dedicated my ride time to exploring little offshoots and mining roads that mostly end up being extended hike-a-bikes up scree fields. Sometimes, the hike-a-bikes end at nothing in particular. Other times, you find a an outcropping that over looks the entire valley in which you reside and you don’t want to leave.<\/p>\n

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Pictures never do these things justice.<\/p>\n

Other discoveries include a mining claim of some sort-<\/p>\n

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As well as one of my favorite trail features of all time, the aspen tunnel-<\/p>\n

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I still have some places to explore. I pushed\/rode to this split the other day, and because of weather and time constraints, had to turn and go back-<\/p>\n

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Then, when I went back out the next day to find that spot, I ended up on someone’s horse trail (more accurately, a path through the national forest land on which someone has repeatedly ridden their horse) and found this spot-<\/p>\n

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I’ve borrowed a hand-held GPS from my dad so that I can go out for more adventures and be slightly less lost.<\/p>\n

Now that I’m rested and relaxed, I think it may be time to test my legs out. Tomorrow is the Beti Bike Bash<\/a> in Castle Rock. There’s a singlespeed category. If everything goes as planned, I’ll drive down in the morning and give it a go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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