Spring has Sprung

in the high country! The aspens are blooming, the trails are dry and the days are long. I absolutely love this time of year. Cool in the morning and getting up in the upper 60's during the day. Great days for playing in the mountains. Another week or so and everything will be green and summer will have arrived. Good times! Now, go ride and enjoy the sunshine. peace.

ridin' bikes!

Got several trail rides in during the past week, so good to ride with some of the front range folk. Ended up realizing that I am not in as bad as shape as I had thought, actually was still somewhat fast on the trail. Glad to see and feel it, gives a HUGE boost to the psychie.

Was working in Evergreen for a few days so made some calls and set up some ride times. Bergen Peak on wed. eve and 3 Sisters on thurs. eve. I believe it was the first time riding 3 sisters on a coastie bike and man was it a hoot. Raging down from the top with mGe and Lubes right on my tail. Hitting close to 30 mph on the 1-track felt soooo good. Got back to Leadville yesterday, did a 25-ish mile jaunt and then a quick spin this morning. It's all coming together. Trails are opening up daily and I'm constantly finding some new (to me) hidden gems. What wasn't rideable last week due to snow pack is now part of the loop. Good times!

Coasting

is so sweet! Resurrected something from the past to get the off road venture going again. What is it you say, come ride with me and you shall see! Hit up the first bit of DRY singletrack in town yesterday and it was such a nice little introduction. The possibilities that are about to open up is kind of silly. Two rides in yesterday and still had most of the day free to lounge around.

It has been so long since I lived at the trails without having to drive for an hour, at least, or commute for an hour through town to get to the goodies, I was kind of confused. It takes me back to the Slatyfork days of living in the Heckler house, where we were across the street from 900,000 acres of nat'l forest. Oh it feels so nice to walk out my door and within 5' ft I'm on a trail headed out of town. It's snowing today but supposed to be in the 60's for most of the week which should dry out some more sweetness. Lookin' forward to it!

Ordered some new bling for the Vicious so I can coast on that bike as well. I will post some pics of the sexiness when it is all together. I'm out.

It's been a while,

since I have done an update. so here is a quick hit:

moved from Denver on April 1st

hit up Moab for 5 days of squish squish riding

4 days in Fruita that ended with a severely bruised and battered left hand which started the running season

Moved to Leadville to get the ground work laid for the new clinic

running and riding as weather has permitted

4 days of riding in BC to keep the riding legs moving

Opened Leadville Community Acupuncture May 1st

Running almost everyday, getting ready to start throwing down some big-ish style runs

Completely over the fixie on trails and can't wait to get a coastie mtb again with A LOT of squish up front

No desire to leave this little mountain heaven for a while and glad to have someplace to call home!!!!!!!

Life is pretty amazing and looking forward to see what happens next.

There's a quick rundown of the last month. No pictures as I broke my camera and computer. One day I will get around to posting something, but until then it's all about the process of exploring on my own with my little black and white friend. Go ride...or run. peace.

I'm outtie!

Headed out of Denver in a minute. Gonna head west to Moab then hit Fruita & Grand Junction on the way back. Gotta be in Leadville on the 7th. So if you're in my neck of the woods look me up. My computer completely died the other day so no posts for a while. later on.

Movin' on up

I was supposed to move today, but that's not happening. The plan was to put everything in a storage unit in Evergreen for a month or two, just 'til I get the living situation figured out in Leadville. I plan on winging it 'til I find my new digs. Anyway, since we got over a foot of snow and are expecting some more I decided maybe I should wait a couple days. I will be out of Denver no later than March 31st!

So here I am, bored outta my mind! Heavy, wet, sloppy-ass snow that I want no part of. It's crazy how spoiled you get when conditions are generally so amazing out here. Whatever, it is what it is.

So here's the plan for the new town. I am partnering up with an existing/established chinese medicine clinic, Balance Healing. The plan is to integrate a community style approach, Leadville Community Acupuncture, to better accommodate the working class individuals who live there. We are in an existing building a mile from town. The plan is to be in a new downtown location within the first year, one that we own. It's actually quite exciting.

There are may unknown's about the future, but it sure is going to be fun!

The mountains are why I came to CO, but since finishing school was my priority the mountain lifestyle got pushed aside, somewhat. I can think of no city that would have been a better fit to live in for a few years while finishing school. Denver is a super cool town that feels WAY smaller than what it actually is. I enjoyed my time here, but it is time to move on.

The small town, nestled in the mtns is what I desire. I am from a small town in central WV and prefer the simplest way of life. So away I go. Moving forward to live the life that I desire all the while helping as many people as possible along the way.

I am also looking forward to the side effect of living at 10,000', getting in amazing shape!

So now, as Dr. Samples always told me, to FOCUS on the task at hand. Establishing an amazing and highly sought after clinic that focuses on treating people the way they should be treated at a price that is easily affordable by all.

I'm going to end with my quote of the day: Live your life and be happy, if you're not happy with your current situation, I hope you have the courage to stop what you're doing and start over. Remember you are in control of your own situation. peace

tired dog

A lot has been going on in the past week or so, at least in my mind. So, what better way to let the mind go, than to ride bikes. There isn't much better in this world. Was in Leadville for the weekend taking care of some business..........more to come on this subject shortly. Got a note from Spike about BC being good to go, or at least better than before. So I headed that direction with my b&w friend, to meet up with Spike and Avion. The plan was for an evening into dusk ride and since I had nothing going on today I figured I would camp out and then hit it again this a.m. Good times for sure. Conditions last night were sweet, except the fact that I forgot my light. Still some snow here and there but overall it was mostly rideable. That is until we pushed, literally, our way to the gashouse/baldy intersection. Turned around and rocked it back down sandy. The descent was feeling good and the fixie was rolling. It's always good having spike make me push the envelope when going down hills. Good times.

Kicked it in la hotel v-dub for the night in the trailhead parking lot. Dipped down in the low 20's but wasn't bad at all. Woke up with the warmth of the sun and decided to do the same ride as last night. Moisty was the theme of the day. BC is awesome of an evening, but stay away from the before noon hours, as the melt from the nightly freeze is on. Actually got muddy today. What a nice climb when your tires sink in about an inch with each pedal stroke. The easier gear made it spinnable and worth it. Got to the turnaround point and raced the dog back down. She tried to snake me in a few corners, that she would shortcut, but was unable to make a sustained pass.

SO much fun to be riding on dirt. About to see how long the weather holds out. Gonna hit up the T.I.T.S. ride tomorrow evening and call it 3 days in a row, on dirt. b&w has been sleeping all afternoon, I guess 40ish miles in a 15hr time period can do that to a rad little dog.

Leadville update coming...............................................