Busy few weeks...

Thought I would play a little catch up on the blog today while watching the Broncos.  Since the last time I posted a lot has gone on.  I have done 4 cyclocross races and my first Crossfit competition in the last few weeks.  On top of that there was a Tool concert with Timko, couple new breweries, and of course meeting wanker last night for beers since he was in town.  Good to be busy and active for sure. 

US Open of Cyclocross (2 days of racing)

 

Flatirons Cyclocross 

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Monster Mash at Crossfit Sanitas-  This was my first ever attempt at trying my hand in a Crossfit competition.   My only goal was not to be last which I achieved with a middle of the pack finish.  I will be doing more of these in the future.  Just a full day of trashing myself in the gym, good times!

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And of course a super mellow trail run in Golden today to try and flush out the soreness from yesterday's workouts.  Legs were pretty trashed so I joined the Denver Trail Runners on Lookout Mountain for some easy miles and vertical.

Awesome couple of weeks.  I bounce around between 15 to 20 hours a week of training so still some good volume there even though I am only running 40-50 a week now.  I have upped my game on the bike and mostly in the weight room which is my main focus right now.  One more month of playing around with whatever I feel like doing until the Boston training starts up again... sigh....

Best time of the year

Love fall when running is just running and not training.  Strength training is in full effect and of course, it's Cyclocross season!  Already have done 5 races and with 2 more this weekend at US Open of Cyclocross in Boulder.  I know I have been pretty quite on here lately but maybe I will get around to writing about the past 2 months and what happened at Run Rabbit Run or not.  But like Andy says, "excuses are like assholes, everyone has one and they all stink."

Anyways, onto cyclocross!

Little Bear Group 9/2016

About time I get this group done.  I have been wanting to get this group in for years and it finally has worked out. 

Headed out with my co-worker Scott on Monday Labor Day with the thought that everyone up there would be coming down as we were heading up therefore making the climb up the hour glass a little bit safer for us the following day.  Worked out perfect.  We hit up Ellingwood Point and Blanca on Monday and were the 1st ones up Little Bear on Tuesday morning.  Fun mountains for sure!  52 down and 6 mountains left to go to wrap up the 14ers.  Will get them done next summer.

Photo time.

August Numbers and Photo catch up

Thought I would throw up a quick review of August before the fun starts in a few days up here in Steamboat which should be interesting considering that I have been sick for the last week and burned out for the past 3 weeks.

Been a solid month based on the numbers that I ran even though it did not feel like it.  Did not feel like I did any real training this month but the numbers seem reflect something different.  So I guess we will see how it all plays out in a few days.  See below for the breakdown of the month.

Not quite as much bike riding as I wanted but solid overall.  Been a fun month with focusing mostly on helping Rebecca get through Leadwoman anyway that I could, she rocked it of course, and the first cyclocross race of the season in which I DNFed due to flatting so many times.   Here are some of the better shots from the month.

My 3-4 times a week before work view on my morning runs in Boulder on Flagstaff Mountain.  Spend a lot of time on Flagstaff and Green this month.

Rebecca's LT100 MTB- she rocked it.

LT100 Run Fun-- Rebecca got her first 100 run finish,  during Leadwoman.  HOT DAMN!!  Super proud friend here for sure after seeing what she had to push aka suffer through to get this done.  Hell of a lot more than I did last year that is for sure.  Congrats again RBA!

Even got to see this guy in Breckenridge on his birthday!!!!  Yes that is my dad...  Happy birthday again dad!

And of course the month would not be complete without the DNF cyclocross race which took place at 9000ft at the top of Coal Creek Canyon.  Damn hard going balls to the wall that high.  Thanks Bryan for the photos!!  Super excited not to run anymore after this weekend and just race bikes for the next 3 months.

It has been a super busy month in August for me and I am tired.   I just hope that it does not come back to bite me in the ass in a couple days time as I line up for the Hares race of Run Rabbit Run 100 run in Steamboat.  I would like to be able to match or exceed my performance earlier in the summer that I had at Bighorn but I am just going to go with what the day gives me.  Main goal is just to get it done in under 30 hours and get another buckle.  Like I said at the beginning of this post, I have been sick for about a week and mentally burned out for longer so it should be interesting.  Wish me luck and see ya on the other side!