Well I made it through the weekend with out blowing it completely. The ride on Sunday was good - managed 54k with close to 3,000 feet of climbing, later in the day I got a 4k outside run in (yes, I do have a treadmill...will post photos of the cave soon)
Monday was Joyride and a breakthrough. I finally managed to do a bunny hop, on flat ground. Yes I have been struggling with this one for a long time, just could not get it - a J hop, lift your bike, throw it forward and pick up the back end, so many instructions, nothing seemed to work, I guess it just takes me a while. Funny how it all came together though. On my last 2 visits I was able to get the back wheel in the air riding up a ramp to a platform. That all took off on Monday - I was getting more and more air - guessing 2 -3 feet, it felt like I was able to cup the pedals with my feet. I tried from there to launch on flat ground, 2" then 6" then a foot of air. A few more tips from Tom (Silent Sports) and I was launching the front end even higher and bringing the back up. Can't wait to get back out on the trails and start launching on every rise.
Finally, last night my good friend John agreed to an outside ride, followed by a run. 31k 1500 feet of climbing on the bike, then a good 2k in snow uphill and down hill slog. I say "agreed" because, lets face it, when it is -7c and a strong headwind, who really wants to ride in that? Once we were out there, and were no longer heading north into the wind, it was great, night time, crisp snowy roads discussing religion, science and Cartesian philosophy. Top it off, as we are both trying to control the weight - no beer in the parking lot afterwards. All this is starting to pay off as the scale today said 196.6.
More later..Ride on!
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