Countdown til work

Ok so I boxed a bit heavy bag/speed bag and did an exploratory run up finger rock trail. I did'nt start running til a little after 7pm and did'nt expect to run for long. I did have the where-with-all to bring my headlamp. Very cool trail brought me way out and above the city lights. I plan on going back as soon as possible to run all the way out to Finger rock.

lunch,run,climb

So I went out to lunch with my Aunt, uncle, mom and grandma.
Afterwards I went out to Saguero National Monument east and ran the park road for an hour.

After that I went to the gym and bouldered for a few hours.

3+ hours of romping through the desert

So I went out to the Tucson mountains today to ride Starr pass. It took some effort to find the trail head and once I did things were a bit different then the guide book. I ended up just exploring for a while and checking out all sorts of side trails. I some how messed up my front Derailleur,so I rode most of the way in my small ring in the front. Dodging cactus and scaring little cottontails the whole way. Fun trail, lot's of area to explore. Maybe bring a gps or a good map or just expect to be riding and exploring for a while. The intial ride starts out going south so it's easy to get back to your car ,just head north toward the Catalinas.

quickie

april25th wed-quick loop at fantasy island.

revenge of the jumping cholla

Went for a ride out at Fantasy Island.

So the power lines are still down. Whilst going around them I got stuck by a bunch of cholla balls. my tires were full of them, then my hands and gloves... boy what fun. So after that I noticed my tire slowly leaking so I took bunny trail out to the two way. I stopped once to air back up then made it about 100 yards from the car and my front went flat. Back at the trailhead I aired back up/ changed the tubes.

Well I've arrived. I am an official resident of Tucson Arizona.
After a few days to pack un pack and move I started working out again on

Fri. April 20th-Climbed at rock and ropes,assemblied the heavy bag and worked for a bit.

Sat.april21st-Rode at Fantasy island,all the loops.

Sun. April22ndDrove up to mt. Lemmon and bouldered at the amphitheater boulder and hiked around a bunch and checked out the matterhorn boulder.

Mon. April 23rd-Rode fantasy island just as it was getting dark,only had time for the lone cactus loop about 6.7miles.

flapper

I went down to Pipe Works to boulder for a while (3hours). It was cool, My buddy Morgan showed up. On the last problem of the night I ended up tearing a huge flapper in my middle finger and bleeding all over.

Running hot and cold without running

Ok so Ive been off and on the heavy bag. Last night(wed april 11th) I hit the hand paddles for a little bit then heavy bag work until my knuckles were bloody and I was able to spread a bruise from my toes up to the middle of my shins. Nice!!!

04/12/07 thurs- Got my bike back from the shop (tune up) mso I rode down to the river and did my back half of the hill loop. Mid way through the first climb I noticed front derailleur problems.

I kept a high cadence for this whole ride about 2 hours or so.

I had Phil readjust the front derailleur, tested it and it seems fine now.

In this house of cards were all holding hearts and spades

So late night post-work boredom started to creep in.
I went ahead and boxed for a bit. About 45 minutes in i began throwing flurry combos of left to right hooks,big nasty ones, then wham, bam, my chain snapped sawed clean through the main link. I struggled abit to get it back up and rigged by myself. Kinda tricky to hold a 100 pound heavy bag above your head with one arm while needing your other hand free to futz with the chain and hook it back up. I finished my workout and prolly got a good hour in.

I live in an upstairs apartment.
My poor neighbors, 2 in the morning and it sounds like the ceiling is coming in on them. The heavy bag did'nt hesitate or stutter at all. It just dumped straight into the floor. Christ....
My brain did'nt comprehend what happened for like 10 seconds. I found tiny bits of metal in the carpet,like shavings only slightly bigger.

I found the main link too, it was still warm!!!

Kind of moody, melodramatic, and outright depressed as of late. Well I'd better finish my tea and see if I can get to sleep.

Wow

The Cure "Hot Hot Hot" just came on the mp3 player.

Well I'm having trouble sleeping .

I've been back on swing shift for 3 days now.

I decided to work on the heavy bag for a bit. It's been a while since I've put the bag gloves on and gone ballistic. 45 minutes heavy and speed bags. Working on 4 to 6 hit combinations on the heavy bag and different rhythms on the speed bag.

Oh joyous Chafing

How could I forget, toward the end of my run my inner thighs started chafing really bad.

This has only happened twice before. Last summer while training for an ultra it happened on two separate occasions. Both times during long runs of 2 hours or more. I remember having some blistex and rubbing that on the inside of my legs and it worked. Today as with the other time I was un prepared so I suffered through it. This is'nt a regular problem and no it is'nt because I'm over weight and my fat thighs are rubbing together. Just weird thats all, my nipples are all good though.

Chores

So I took care of a couple bills and the last of the address changes and even managed to sneak in a run.

So I ran from the aquatic center up the bluffs and ran a short loop doing the steep climb up the bluffs twice then taking the trail out to the horse stables. On the way back I again ran up and down the bluffs and took the long way back to the truck. Not sure for how long or far I ran. I drank 1 water bottle that usually takes an hour.

time

Ahh a whole day off, and tomorrow I even have another one.

I can feel my time here in nor-cal slowly running out.
I'm attempting to savour it a little bit.
Just 16 more days and my exile to Tucson begins...Faaaantastic.

So today I went up to Sly park to check out the Fleming trail. Interesting little loop, it crosses over the old jeep trail up there.
Last year a few of my friends and I went exploring in our jeeps on the jeep trail so I was familiar with that area and was unaware of the single track. Fortunately the single track is for the most part hidden from the jeep trail. The ride was fun but afterward it left me craving more.

I toyed with the idea of riding the loop again and decided against it opting to ride the sly park jenkinson lake trail out to park creek instead. Nice day. Been tossing around the idea of riding a 17 mile loop tommorrow...we shall see. Perhaps a run is in order instead.