Sorry, I just had to. For all you poor folk stuck in the big city of Raincouver, I've completely succumbed to the urge to get overly excited about the nice weather here in Tucson. I feel like I'm on a different planet; just waking up to that inexplicably bright orb in the sky that generally seems so vacant during a Vancouver February works wonders for a person's mental fettle! It seems to be able to cure any dark or depressed grey matter with it's warm bright rays and Vitamin D enhancing effects. I urge anyone living in the GVRD to escape for a warm excursion during this time of year, even if only for a weekend! (Vegas anyone?!?)
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| Just pack your bike and ESCAPE the winter blues!! |
Enough of that (not exactly uplifting Valentines Day chatter eh?) now that everyone's cursing my overt enthusiasm and excitement for the weather, here's a quick update on training camp activities:
I've made even more friends, including Tricia Shadell, a budding up-and-coming pro Enduro Mountain Biker. It was great to meet Tricia (a friend of Jesse V and Amy,) who was here to race a 24hr MTB race as a relay team member, but unfortunately managed to break her collarbone (not a little crack either, a rather legit FULL BREAK,) before the race, after she biffed it HARD chasing pro downhill mountain biker buddies on the trails. But to make her feel better, I made her my staple breakfast favourite of oatmeal pancakes (recipe coming soon to a blog near you,) and Canada's finest pure maple syrup (for which there is no equal. Period.) I also tied my first ever ponytail, as she was rendered single-armed due to the break. Actually, I didn't just adequately perform the tie, I freakin nailed it. And it was a double-bobble, which in my eye deserves some kind of trophy or plaque, or at least a sweet-ass medal.
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| Crispy-edged goodness..... |
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| Pancakes to make a sad day happier, easy to eat with one hand! |
I've had a pleasant conversation with a Harley rider while stopped at an intersection (while ogling his ride, he claimed my bike looked damn light. I replied with, "Yeah, but it doesn't sound as awesome as yours," (after which, he gave a good solid revving, which I returned fire with an awesome sign of the horn, leading to even more eardrum-shattering revving and laughing.) After our shenanigans, I discovered his son raced BMX's.
Amazing what you can learn at a stoplight.
It's been glorious here so far, swimming with Jesse V and the Ford Aquatics Masters at the Hillenbrand Aquatic centre, a phenomenal place of high performance that really shows how serious they are about athletics at USA universities! All outdoor, all the time, and the short course yards makes you feel like an absolute stud!
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| Logging some hilly, twisty desert miles on the new QR |
It's only beginning, and I can't wait to log some more miles on the new Quintana Roo CD0.1. Since I've been powering through so many of my Powerbars, I've started making some whole food training fare, based on some of the concepts and recipes of The Feed Zone: Portables, including leftovers from the above mentioned oatmeal pancakes (PB&J sammy's anyone?) as well as some Salted Dark Chocolate Sticky Bites that are currently cooling, that I'll post about sometime soon.
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| PB&J Pancakewich is uplifting during a LONG ride |
With that, I leave you a short clip on how to be a mountain biker:
Nathan
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