Base miles are great. Sometimes, however, they are arduous and inexplicably painful. Recently I've been feeling a little bit more of the latter than the former. I've also been fighting a light cold which just makes me feel terrible whenever my HR gets over 165. Because of this I've been breaking slightly from my workout regimen in order to spice things up and put an end to the long, flat miles. Two days ago I went mountain biking with Kate and DH out at Hall near Lyons instead of doing 2.5 hours on the road bike. This was pretty killer and the climb was super technical and challenging. We did a loop at the top of the climb and then descended the same technical route we had ridden up on. It was at this point (me riding a hard-tail Specialized Stumpjumper Comp 29er) that I slammed into some boulders and went OTB....twice. Kate got to witness the more impressive of the two instances when I got jammed between some boulder and was still clipped in hanging upside-down. I'm still hurting but it was super worth the break in the routine. Today was quite warm and I had 4 hours planned on the bike. I started in the morning and headed out in the valley towards Lyons and Hygiene as usual but the further north I went the colder it got. Since it was so warm (about 65 degrees) in Boulder, I decided to head back south and head up Lefthand canyon for some climbing. I missed heading up the canyons and it was really great to be in the mountains on a bike again.
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