Update: I was in Salt Lake all last week, not as much riding as I wanted to do, but I was able to go out with my coach and ride city creek. A long 6 mile pull, uphill, then my chain broke, but I've bought a new one (actually three), it's a long chain. and will have it on tonight.

Joe

City Creek Canyon

Just a quick post. I'm in Salt Lake for the week working, and staying at my friend Marc's house. We are going to ride City Creek everyday, so I can get climbing miles in. I'm up next to the water station, where the road transitions from the new road, to the old narrow road, and this girl passes by, and says "is that easy", and without thinking, I just said "oh yeah, real easy". The more I think about it, the more it just makes me laugh on the inside, when I'm not crying on the outside.

Joe

Long ride

Sorry for the delay in posting, as usual I'm having computer issue's. Last Saturday I decided to do a long ride, to test myself. I woke up early (6am), and was on the rode by eight. The first eighteen miles of this ride is a long gradual uphill climb, the country is so expansive out where I live it seems to take forever to go up some of the roads I'm riding on. But there is a good side to everything, it allows me to reflect on allot of things as I ride.

Last week, I learned of my friend Earl Denet's passing; that really saddened me. Earl was Hopi, and a traditional kachina carver from the 3rd Mesa. He was one the nicest people I've had the privilege to know. I also thought of my friends that are gone, but never forgotten.

LTC Russell Carmody
CW4 Ray Frank
SFC David Garrity
SSG Tracy Tidwell
SSG Pete Shields

They are my Heroes.

ROUTE: From Grantsville, Mormon trail road,W Silver ave to Stockton, Hwy 36 to Erda, and back to Grantsville. 49.65 Miles, awesome ride.
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Joe

After a weekend of dreary weather. I finally had a few hours of good weather on Sunday afternoon. The ride soon turned into a comedy of error's. My 11-year-old daughter has been begging, to go on one of my training rides, so I relented and allowed her to come, with a few stipulations. Don't talk, drink to much, or complain.
1. I dressed way too warm--long riding tights and a long sleeved fleece jacket--way too much.
2. My Daughter would not shut up! (it was like riding with my Mom, nag, nag, nag)! She (Mom) doesn't own a computer, so I'm safe.
3. A ride I thought was twelve miles, turned out to be twenty four miles, at the fourteen mile mark I finally gave in, and let Tae call her Mom to come and get us.

I was proud that she made it that far, but she is excluded from all training rides from this point forward.

Joe