Had some ups and downs this month. Overall a solid month of training, but I had a stupid bike crash in Fruita on the 15th which bruised my ribs and forced me to dial back the intensity quite a bit for the last two weeks to allow them to heal.
Some highlights... won the Propinquity skinning race and set a PR... rode the Red Fleet trails in Vernal.... hiked the McKonkie Ranch Petroglyph trail..... rode the short version of the Holy Grail (Western Rim & Zion Curtain) in Fruita... and hit the Palisade Rim for the first time.
Totals:
25 total days with some kind of workout.
12 days skinning.
6 days on the bike
2 days jogging
80.5 miles on the feet skinning, hiking, and jogging.
114.75 miles on the bike
38,650' vert climbing so I missed my 50,000' goal, but that's all because the bruised ribs.
45 total hours of workouts.
Some solid mountain biking in Fruita, Vernal, Palisade, and decent climb through Montezuma on the rec path.
Weight only dropped from 171 to 168 so I have some work to do to reach my goal of 157.5 by June 21. I've had a good start to May and saw a 164.8 reading yesterday so hopefully I'm gaining some ground on that.
1st four days of May have been good with 3 days skinning and a 43.5 mile ride through Breck to Boreas Pass road until blocked by snow @ the Bakers Tank TH.
Today is closing day at Loveland so I need to try and weather the next few days of party season without blowing my diet too bad.
Goals for May.... lots of bike miles. I have a backpack trip in Capitol Reef National Park next week and then a scheduled trip to Gooseberry Mesa.
Got to keep it up!
