If a picture could say a thousand words, this one says it all.As most of you know, the sale of my house fell through less than a week before closing. As you can imagine, extremely disappointing news. It's back on the market, but home sales are slow and I'm not getting many showings. Maybe, perhaps things will pick up soon as I think Spring may be coming... but not really sure after this mornings snowfall.
Earlier in the month I escaped to North Carolina and did some warmer weather training. Rode on the Blue Ridge Parkway one day, over in Hickory a few others, and on my last day over in Asheville with Chris Carmichael (no kidding). Got some great training in, with some nice sustained climbing miles bagged. A great trip all in all.
The miles are coming this season, but much slower than I'd like... it seems to keep snowing on my days off while home. It even snowed on me in Amsterdam last week, and it rarely snows and accumulates there... maybe it's me? So far my miles are on par with 2007, so I'm a little shorter on fitness than what I'd hoped for. Perhaps April will bring us warmer days.
I've pretty much decided my race schedule for 2008, with season objectives for my better results at the Stony Creek MTB Marathon Race, The Leadville Silver Rush 50 and of course The Leadville Trail 100 (the latter two in Colorado). I'm also planning on racing cyclo-cross in the Fall, at least until it starts getting too cold and wet (snow or rain). I'm becoming a fair weather rider :-)
So please Mr. Weatherman, please bring us some warmer weather. All my bikes and I would appreciate it much. Happy Trails, I hope soon.
