Ride Report: Marshall Mesa/Dowdy Draw

Well, yesterday afternoon four of us met up at the new Marshall Mesa trailhead for a tour of the recently-opened-to-mountain-bikes Dowdy Draw/Flatirons Vista trail.  It was an excellent ride!  The sun was going down behind the flatirons, so we rode in and out of the shadows a couple of times.  The downhill section on the west side of Flatirons Vista was in good shape for the spring, and the trail was almost completely dry.  Hideo took a flying leap off his bike, right before the first creek crossing, but all in all, the ride was thoroughly enjoyable.

I'm off to Colombia this week--I'll try to post pictures if I get the chance, but I'm not counting on having computer access.

Best,

Rob

Post-Community support ride

Hey all you feverish folk:

With all this support talk about blogging as a means of fostering community, I thought I'd post right from the peanut gallery at Wolff Law, where the IT Community Support Event is going on right now.

Saw Dave U. this morning, and we've decided to go for a ride over lunch. If you care to join us, meet at HUMN at 12:35!

RL

Ah, Colorado!

This weekend was a perfect example of why I love living in Colorado.  Saturday Maria and I headed up to Keystone, to ski a bit.  Unfortunately, Maria didn't realize that Saturday was a blackout day for her four-pass (curse you, Vail corporation!), so she read for a bit while I grabbed a couple of runs through the trees.  Not wanting her to wait for me, I headed back to the lodge at 10:45 and we were back to Boulder by 1:00.  

Since it was beautiful, sunny, and almost warm (for March standards) we got out the road bikes for a quick ride up NCAR hill.  Though a bit chilly coming down, it was nice to get out on the road bikes in the afternoon.

Then, on Sunday, we packed up the mountain bikes and headed to Lyons' Hall Ranch, where we enjoyed a quick tour of the trails there.  They were muddy in spots, but overall the trail conditions were terrific, and we had a great time!

Today, Sir Kent and I are meeting on the north side of Humanities to run up to the Mesa trail via NCAR--join us if you care to!

Ah, Colorado!

Sunny, beautiful--run?

Hi all:

Yesterday had me working through lunch, so today I need to get out and run!  Anyone interested in joining me?  I was thinking of heading to Anemone, but am open to other suggestions!

RL

Hamstring stretch

Just got back from the morning yoga class.... I spent a lot of time focused on my hamstrings.  There's nothing like a good hamstring stretch!   They have gotten quite tight this year, and nothing seems to get them to really release.  So, I guess I'll keep going to yoga :)

No run today for me.  It's a rest day!

RL

Powder Day at Mary Jane!

We spent the weekend skiing and camping in Grand County.  Saturday was a typical, spring day at the park--warm, with sugar snow from mid-mountain down.  Then, yesterday was a sweet powder day at Mary Jane/Winter Park!  Spent the day living the joys of skiing bumps and trees on tele skis.  Fortunately, the powder made skiing much much easier on my injured knee.  By the time the afternoon rolled around, my quads were quivering with the built up lactic acid.  We headed home at around three.

Today I'm heading out for a short run--short and early, since I've got a meeting at 1 PM.  I'll be leaving Humanities from the south at 11:30.

RL