It took me a bit longer than usual to get into my groove during my afternoon run. I just felt kind of stiff, and a bit of muscle pain in my shins, nothing substantial but it took a mile to loosen up. I felt like I was running slowly, not pushing, just plodding along at a comfortable pace. But when I got back to the office a little over a half hour later I realized I had been cruising at around 9 minute miles, a reasonable pace for a putz like me.
This evening I took the bike out for a ride. I didn't aim to go far or long, and I didn't, but I had one hell of an enjoyable ride. I wound up through my neighborhood trails, climbing 800 vertical feet up Ester Dome in the process. I continued up a dirt road for a short distance before winding down through some really nice, twisty single track and old mining roads before popping out on another dirt road and making my way back home via another few hundred foot climb.
Sometimes when I ride or run I'm capable of disassociating from what I'm doing. (Actually I'm fairly competent at this in most aspects of my life which drives my girlfriend crazy). I allow my mind to wander wherever it pleases. At times it ends up some very bizarre places. Today however my thoughts remained fairly cogent and I got to thinking how Fairbanks has a lousy mountain bike racing scene. We've got one stage race that occurs in June, a mixture of hill climbs, cross-country, skills course, and predicted time laps. But that's it. In my delusions of grandeur, I dream of competing in a 24hour endurance race. Which all got me to wondering what it takes to organize an event like that. And if I did go through all that trouble, would anyone even show up? Any AK bikers reading this? What do you think? Ever organized a bike race? Thoughts?
Mileage:
Running: 3.5 miles
Biking: 8.5 miles
August Mileage:
On Foot: 25 miles
Biking: 34.5
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