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  • Life Updates Itself

    I have plenty to blog about. Adventure. Races. I have photos too. Life is to blame for injecting me with a strong dose of distraction lately. Or is it attraction? Or is it something as classic as love? I guess I will come clean and say that I have found a deep affection for someone…

  • Blind Faith

    Sometimes it isn’t clear so you will just have to have faith. This is a sign that Paul and I encountered on the Razorback section of the route we did through Blue Joint and Little Blue Joint (future blog with great photos). We didn’t have a map and at times we got a little lost.…

  • Syndrome

    I have been having some weird combinations of symptoms and cant quite diagnose the issue. I am keeping an open mind to see if there is anything I need to do to learn from them. I assure you I am not taking any kind of medication what so ever and no Kettle House Beer either.…

  • Reflection

    I just came off a weekend that presented me with some emotional adventure. Some feelings came rolling by and instead of getting me down I have decided to use this opportunity to reflect. Now most of the story I am about to expose below comes from fragmented stories that I have been told over the…

  • 27 Hours of Together

    Locating Eat Meet Experience Gather Ice Cream Wine Snacks Stories Discovery Failing to Sleep Wake Goodbye Sadness Sleepy Time …o/o To all my friends that left Montana this morning … miss you and great travels. I hope our journey will continue in the future. It was a great event!

  • Last Weekend

    This weekend is the last one for my friends Paul, Lucy, Niko, and Willow here in Missoula. I think they have had a great time and I have done the usual focus on myself so you don’t enjoy friends yearly ritual. I did manage to break away from my schemas to enjoy some time with…

  • 2010 Butte 100

    Welcome to my rendition of the 2010 Butte 100. Most of the story takes place in the first 20 miles or hour and a half. My initial goal was to ride the course in 9 hours and I have pre rode most of the sections to give me confidence in that plan. After the initial…

  • So You Like Milk

    Good for you. I just now read the latest information in a health newsletter I get. Normally I would not post a blog about this kind of thing but since every time I bring up stuff like this around friends they treat me like a minority freak, screw it, Ill post the details here. Pedro…

  • Butte 100 Thoughts

    Not yet. I am not ready. I have been enjoying this week. I sit now at my usual haunt City Brew just eaten a blueberry scone and sipping a black vanilla tea getting caught up on my friends. I just read that Jill is headed up to the Trans Rockies and feel slightly left out.…

  • What Friends Do

    Paul asked, “So what are you doing for exercise” after a nice Thai Salmon Wrap dinner late Monday afternoon. “Anything”, I responded. “Bike?” “Yea, sure.” And so we met up last night and while laying around in the grass decided upon University Beacon. It took us 3 hours and it was a spirit healing experience.…

  • Back

    Just sat down with a blueberry scone and a vanilla black tea. I have a pile of receipts to enter into my money management program and hoping there is enough for some groceries to finish out the week. The City Brew is populated with morning folk all chatty from their bean brew. I am aching…

  • Nerves

    In 48 hours from this very moment of writing I will be riding with Tinker and company through Elk Park and preparing to plunge into the Nez Peirce Trail.  The first year of the Butte 100 it was just a few of us riding along at a easy pace. The second edition had some frolicking…

  • The Journey

    It has been another good year, training wise. First it was a training plan just to get into good enough shape to start the double peak plan that ended last Sunday. Now I am on a taper and finally this weekend the final test to see if all that time was wasted. I don’t care…

  • New Wheels

    I got the call from Chad last Tuesday afternoon. “I am looking at a set of wheels right now”, he told me. I should of ran down right away but instead I opted for the “try to take a half day on Friday boss deciding to be mean denied” route. So when I called late…

  • TNR : Patte Canyon

    What were you doing today in years past? It was a good gathering of Missoula’s finest mountain bike folk. We started out ascending from town via the Fire Road Trail and the MoZ Trail. Soon we were in Pattee Canyon where we hit the Sam Braxton Trails. On the Sam Braxton side we all had…

  • Jumbo Pains

    Today I visit my bank. It is not planned but due to an online business called Quicken Online I am left without a personal finance solution. I don’t have much, maybe $23.45, but I do have bills and all the things modern society forces upon us. I have to see where things are coming and…

  • Missing Out

    I jumped right on Gmail and sent a note to my friend about hiking last night. Suddenly I was getting emails from others that were going mountain biking. I held firm to my belief that a rest day was necessary and that a small hike with a buddy would be the best way to calm…

  • Maps, Decisions, Recovery

    On Monday, a strategic pause from rigorous training was taken, complemented by several core exercises to maintain physical readiness. This day off provided an invaluable opportunity to delve into analytical considerations regarding the newly explored Alpe De Turah segment. With the GPS data now at hand, its potential integration into the RMVQ course merits thorough…