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Submitted by Bill on Mon, 02/08/2010 - 8:34am

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Friends, food, friends, food, friends, food with a little coffee and a pretty little sunset.

Half A TNR

Submitted by Bill on Fri, 02/05/2010 - 9:15am

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Willie who? yea, the group was going to a presentation by some dude that thinks he is special and has all these followers. Whatever … anyway the hike was a good one except I had some “commitments” in town so had to leave the group at the first bend. Made for some great evening views of the Missoula valley. What I like was at the end as the city had this orange glow in front of the hazy blue mountain backdrop. It was cool…o/o

Tonight I am thinking of a meet up at Bayern Brewery but first  must petition the Boss at work to release me a tad early so I can go home and do some intervals in the pain lab.

“After warm-up do 4 x 90 seconds in the heart rate 4-5a zones or Power L4 (3-minute recoveries in HR zone 1 or Power L1). Finish with a very easy cool down and stretch.”

As I open my email I see that may be hard to achieve

Today I should be able to pay off the Feds so that this summer is un fettered and very enjoyable. Cant wait for dirt!

Working on photos and dreaming about the summer in fact I am working on my taper for the Devils Slide race in Idaho next month. It is not a high priority race but might as well practice my peaking … right?

This weekend I hope to just sit back and listen to my breathing and Zen out.

Remembering The Grand Loop

Submitted by Bill on Thu, 02/04/2010 - 8:40am

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Last July just before the worlds I rode one last epic training day. I did a route I called the North Bitterroot Grand Loop. I was just going through some old photos and getting them online and I ran across theses images of the Grand Loop. I definitely want to plan on doing it again this year. Who is with me? Check Out The Map!

Winter Training

Submitted by Bill on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 1:15pm

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Thursday Night Ride/Hike

Submitted by Bill on Fri, 01/29/2010 - 4:32pm

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Thursday was perfect and felt much like spring. So I left work with mountain bike in car to go mountain biking before the Thursday Night Group hike. I did three sets of intervals and made sure I met the group totally wasted.

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We hiked parallel to the Blue Mountain Road and once we gained enough elevation to satisfy our nightly appetite we gathered in the moonlight for some photos. We then returned via the horse trail a trail that is off limits to mountain bikers. But this was winter and we were hiking. Yea!

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Great views of town and I had never seen Missoula from that direction. It was great! When I finally got back to my car I yearned to ride in the moonlight for a couple more hours but my hunger drove me home. Next week we are thinking Woods Gulch to the larches…o/o

January Mountain Biking

Submitted by Bill on Thu, 01/28/2010 - 8:13am

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