Long Time Away

A long time away from my blog but here's a long winded update.

I spent some time in the Mid-west after finishing a job there and got to spend time with my parents. My dad just got a new Trek Madone for his birthday and had to break it in with a 40 mile ride to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. I think his longest ride for the season had been 12 miles so I was impressed that he hammered out the ride with no problem.

After the ride we took the plane out for a buzz around the lake.

Since returning to Bend I had a friend visit from Chicago for four days of biking and climbing. We were able to get in some good rides on the upper trails and spend a day on the McKenzie where I tested the strength of my helmet after many over-the-bar endos.

To give the legs a rest we spent one day at Smith bagging a few pitches in the park.

Since then I've been trying to put in some serious mileage on the bike. I pulled of an 11 hour day on the single speed biking from town, up the North Fork, down to the Metolious Windigo to Lava Lakes, over to Edison, and fire roads back to the river leading me home.



After a few days rest I dusted off the road bike and did a five hour ride from town to Bachelor, around and back home. My legs are tired but I'm starting to get some endurance back. I hope to put in a few more long rides in the next couple of days and see if I can push my envelope a little bigger.