Now what:
My plan is to take the Nomad to work with me tomorrow and ride with Julie (at Tolt) after work. Saturday is the Tour de Cure (45 miles). Then on Monday I have a road ride planned with Kelsey (I'm going to try to talk her into riding around Mercer Island). I'd like to swim at least 2 days next week. I'd like to ride the worm on Tuesday (need to see if Joseph is free) and then maybe back up to tolt on Friday.

Some desires:
Mountain: I'd like to ride Bend Oregon and I want to do some riding at Whistler, B.C.
Road: I'd like to find a motel based 3-4 day road trip (supported). I have no desire to stay in a tent...at the end of a hard day riding, I want a hotel room! Maybe after a few more trips I'll change my mind...but, when I did the Arizona bike camp...I was so glad I had a room.

Thursday, May 17, 2007
I'm beginning to re-evaluate what I can do (time wise). This quarter my class has taken almost as much time as my class winter quarter. I'm definitely spending a lot of time on homework. Actually, my team (we have to do team work in most classes) wants to meet most weekends and we spend 4-6 hours together...which is killing my free time. The thing is I love taking classes and if I keep my noise to the grindstone, I can be done in two years. But, I have to take a class every quarter to make that happen. So...my plan is to work hard and finish the degree as soon as I can (one class at a time).

What that means for riding. I don't see myself doing STP in a day (and I don't have a desire to do it in two days). So, I'm going to try to get 3-4 rides in a week and be content with a 40-70 mile ride on a weekend day. The bummer is that I'm not going to be able to ride with the STP group...so I need to find some new riding buddies. One desire I do have is to build my distance up to 90 miles over the winter so that I can do the PacTour again...that was just too much fun not to do again.

Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Today I swam. Haven't been in the pool much lately. In fact, I haven't been doing much (other than work and homework). I've signed up for a class in summer quarter (management of marketing) and a 4 week class that meets twice a week during intersession (the 4 weeks between summer and fall quarters). So I'll be studying this summer.

Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Had a great ride at Moab Utah. Road Klondike Bluff with a guide. I had a blast. My body had decided that riding wasn't so bad after all. I loved riding on the slick rock! The ride was 6-8 miles of climbing and then a short hike to get to the top. It was great! The descent was heavenly.

Sunday, May 6, 2007
Road my mountain bike in Salt Lake City. Spent 1.5 hours climbing and about 20 minutes descending. It was the first day there and my body didn't like the heat, the altitude and the climbing. I had to keep my heart rate around 85-88% of Max HR or I'd feel sick. Once I figured out that keeping my heart rate down kept me from feeling sick...I did fine.

Saturday, May 5, 2007
I took the Juliana to Utah with me, which was a good choice. My bike box was so heavy that it was a bummer to drag it through the airport. If I'd taken the Nomad...I'd still be trying to pull my bike through the airport. I learned an important lesson as well. Delta charge $100 each way for a bike box...it would have been much cheaper to ship the bike. Oh well! Also the mountain bike is so much heavier (or so it felt so). None the less I was happy to have the bike in Utah with me.