Lets see here, I did 10 six hour graveyard shifts straight during which I didnt do much of anything other than hit the heavy bag for short intervals like 3 days maybe 20 min a day. I may have rode once during this time period as well but dont remember.
Tuesday the 27th I switched back to day shifts and began riding everyday after work. I rode hogan trail on tuesday which was dry, rocky and technical. A good ride, kind of odd, the trail just ends. Mainly Ive been riding the Granite bay trails, something like 10 miles of singletrack dependant on how one strings them together. A couple nice hits, kickers and a table top and a hip to jump off in a few little play areas where the trail stops and starts at different trailheads and parking lots along the way. Barely a 20 minute drive from the house. Nice and cool, shadey etc.
I've been riding single track everyday for 5 days straight? I don't even know at this point. My mind is just wasted,I work,I get off I ride it rocks. Eat, shit, rinse ,repeat, sleep. Not in that order. So where to begin...I've made effort recently to possibly see the ex-wife again, On a more than conjugal purely physical level. Sure we've each had our booty calls with eachother, I was lead to believe we once again could have more than that. Unfortunately I don't believe this will ever work. Again I'm being treated poorly or being almost completely ignored. I've always poured my heart and soul into most everything I do. The affection is'nt being returned in the same or even nearly the same manner. It's like dealing with a hollow gourd filled with dried seeds. I can hear them inside but they only serve to make noise other than that, totally ineffectual, just a bunch of noise.
So how do I deal with all this? I'm heavily excercise dependant. I kind of naturally let my body do the kind of workout it craves. Be it snowboard,climb, kickbox,Mountain bike, run. It's funny really, I just rotate through different activities til I get burnt out on just one thing. Right now it's most definetly riding time.
I usually switch up to running in the summer,climbing in the summer and fall ,snowboard and kickbox in the winter. Spring time always varies but the cooler temps lend themselves to riding. Ya I know Bla blah blah.
I actually rode with a friend today...Wow instead of isolating and withdrawing from everybody and letting myself get totally absorbd in my workout I rode with my old friend Philly. We did'nt even wear the mp3's just kinda talked and cracked jokes the whole way.
Healthy? unhealthy? At this point I could rationalize everything by saying hey I did'nt get High or drink. I'm attempting to deal with problems in a healthier manner instead of just substituting addictions and approaching problems with the same line of thinking as before. It's constant work. I'm always having to fight to stay conscious of my choices and my approach to even the smallest challenges in life. Life will continue to be hard work.
I'll just have to not fight it as much. Attempt to flow.
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Saturday, March 17, 2007
not enough time in the day
Okay Ive been on mornings lately so after work I have enough time for a ride.
So the last couple days are as follows- Thursday march 15th-Shot up to Auburn to explore the trails after work. Ended up riding up old stage coach grade to ridge trail to the top of Foresthill bridge then went screaming back down. I still had plenty of light so I checked out lake clementine trail which I rode all the way to Lower lake and turned around just as the pavement began. I rode the single track back to the truck, it was getting dark and I was just scouting for the rest of the week. I ended up hanging out with the family and eatn homemade tacos.
Friday-march-16th Again cruised to auburn. This time I started on the lake clementine trail and rode it to clementine rode, which is basically an old road designed to allow vehicle access to the lake.I rode 2 more miles uphill then picked up the single track again. To sum it up, I pedaled my ass up hill for 4 miles then burly single track. As I started coming down the single track I noticed some other riders. Pretty soon some huge jumps and gaps and almost every kinda of hit you could think of turns up. It was awesome. There was some burly dudes on downhill bikes hucking big. So bam the trail gets nasty I rode through this weird culvert and then the trail gets rockier and the edge of the trail opens out to a scary drop down to the river. All in all, 8 miles later I made it back to the truck in one piece.
Sat-march17th- Ran into my buddy philly @ the bike shop, he works @ the shop and rides his bike to work every day. I've known Phil for 7 years and we are pretty tight. At any rate, I was on my way up to Jenkinson trail and was just picking up a fresh pair of socks from the shop. Phil informed me he was getn off in 5min so I loaded up his bike in my truck and we got to ride the trail together. We rode out to park creek bridge washed up in the freezing cold snow run off of the creek and wondered around for a bit on foot and found this little 50 ft waterfall /drainage thing that was just dumping the snow run off. The whole area was filled with spray it was awesome.
On the way back we caught an awesome sun set, the sun had just ducked down behind the trees and lake and everything had that classic orange hue. Then Phil flew off the trail and latched on to a tree just as his bike started to go over the edge. He was able to hold onto his bike with his legs...we rode on finishing the trail just as dark set in .
Phil's arm is a little burnt/chewd up from latchn on to the tree. That was a quick and perfectly timed 8 miles.
On the drive back around the lake we could smell everyones barbq and see all the campfires, it rocked, and we only saw 2 other people on the trail.
So the last couple days are as follows- Thursday march 15th-Shot up to Auburn to explore the trails after work. Ended up riding up old stage coach grade to ridge trail to the top of Foresthill bridge then went screaming back down. I still had plenty of light so I checked out lake clementine trail which I rode all the way to Lower lake and turned around just as the pavement began. I rode the single track back to the truck, it was getting dark and I was just scouting for the rest of the week. I ended up hanging out with the family and eatn homemade tacos.
Friday-march-16th Again cruised to auburn. This time I started on the lake clementine trail and rode it to clementine rode, which is basically an old road designed to allow vehicle access to the lake.I rode 2 more miles uphill then picked up the single track again. To sum it up, I pedaled my ass up hill for 4 miles then burly single track. As I started coming down the single track I noticed some other riders. Pretty soon some huge jumps and gaps and almost every kinda of hit you could think of turns up. It was awesome. There was some burly dudes on downhill bikes hucking big. So bam the trail gets nasty I rode through this weird culvert and then the trail gets rockier and the edge of the trail opens out to a scary drop down to the river. All in all, 8 miles later I made it back to the truck in one piece.
Sat-march17th- Ran into my buddy philly @ the bike shop, he works @ the shop and rides his bike to work every day. I've known Phil for 7 years and we are pretty tight. At any rate, I was on my way up to Jenkinson trail and was just picking up a fresh pair of socks from the shop. Phil informed me he was getn off in 5min so I loaded up his bike in my truck and we got to ride the trail together. We rode out to park creek bridge washed up in the freezing cold snow run off of the creek and wondered around for a bit on foot and found this little 50 ft waterfall /drainage thing that was just dumping the snow run off. The whole area was filled with spray it was awesome.
On the way back we caught an awesome sun set, the sun had just ducked down behind the trees and lake and everything had that classic orange hue. Then Phil flew off the trail and latched on to a tree just as his bike started to go over the edge. He was able to hold onto his bike with his legs...we rode on finishing the trail just as dark set in .
Phil's arm is a little burnt/chewd up from latchn on to the tree. That was a quick and perfectly timed 8 miles.
On the drive back around the lake we could smell everyones barbq and see all the campfires, it rocked, and we only saw 2 other people on the trail.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
tis the season
Tuesday 13th april-So I took Rhianon for her first mountainbike ride early this morning. We rode the Quarry trail. It was great , she fell a couple times but still had fun. The trail was actually shady and on the way out we didnt see anyone.
Over all physically I feel like im getting stronger.
Over all physically I feel like im getting stronger.
Monday, March 12, 2007
Spring
I went for a little ride on the quarry trail .Its like 11 miles of mostly double track. It was my first real ride in a while. - Sunday march 12th-.
Friday, March 9, 2007
?
Friday march 9th I bouldered for a few hours. Some pushups too. I've been alternating between feeling sick and oversleeping. Definite down, low energy week for me.
Thursday, March 1, 2007
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