A Great Week

This week's training was unbelievable. Tuesday I knocked off my first 2 hour ride. It was along the American River again, but 70' weather, smooth pavement, and no cars make this an appealing place to put in the miles.


On Thursday Erik and I rocked a nice 40 min swim down in Truckee. We were both are feeling a bit out of practice in the pool, but we managed to put in a few continuous laps, plus some drills.

Friday brought about 3"+ of new snow, so I did a couple of nice 20min. hikes off the lift to get some amazing skiing in. Luckily my boss is a skier and likes to give us 3 hour ride breaks during "work".

Saturday we put in a little 70 min run from the Alpine Meadows parking lot, dropping about 800' in elevation to the bottom of the access road, before turning around heading back up. The pain from the elevation, altitude (6800' ft), and weak lungs were masked by good company from Erik, and two stray dogs who kept up with us the entire time!

The best part of the week was coming home from work on Sunday to a phenomial meal cooked by Garuna. I wish I took a picture of the portobello mushrooms stuffed with chipotle mashed potatos, on top of a bed of leeks. I'm definetely a lucky guy.

-Jeff