Thru Endurance We Conquer!

Sunrise photos between intervals are always tricky! I recently switched my work hours to provide a little more time in the morning to get my training done. And over the last month, it's been great. I get up at my usual time, even sleeping in just a little, ride or run and then head to work. Since I'm not really doing two a day workouts right now, it hasn't been an issue when I end up being there a little longer then 8 hours. It might seem counter intuitive - either way I have to do my workouts in the dark. But there's something about the mornings for me. I might be starting in the dark, but I won't finish in the dark. I'll get treated to a sunrise every day and be able to go to work knowing that I had a quality training session. I won't be stressed out about having to get home, unpack, grab a snack and then get out on the bike for two hours at 6:00 at night. I can get home and chill out or get everything ready for the next morning before relaxing. For me...

Normally, the first weekend of November is race weekend for the final hurrah of the season. The 25 Hours of Frog Hollow, out in Hurricane UT. We race hard until we stop, then take a week for vacation. It's been great fun, but the vacation part was always limited because of the race. I would need a few more days of recovery following the race before thinking about big rides and Hurricane is such a long, long drive. Felt like half the vacation was in the van, driving! So this year, with Breck Epic taking up much of the racing budget (and training time) we had to pass on Frog Hollow. That didn't mean we didn't want to get away from COS for a bit though! It just meant a shorter vacation and less driving around. Sunset from camp in Oil Well Flats It was a little strange, not having the stress of the race as we were getting ready to go. All we had to do was pack some food and enough clothes for four days of riding. No emptying out the entire closet or cramming both coolers ...