Jul 3 - 8

Monday - camping at Pineview, not a good nights sleep. We brought up our bikes to go on a ride, but didn't make it out - too tired. We'll get in a good one tomorrow.

Tuesday - Morning ride with Corey to the ruins, yay. 11.28 miles, 1 hour 37 min. 8 achievements: PRs for: quarry to mushroom land (37:29) LCC climb to 2nd bridge (24:08), 1st bridge to top (37:38). Silvers for UP Mile 2 (14:47) UP mile 3 (15:08) LCC Rd climb (8:55). A few good news: I did the board both times! On the way up and on the way back down, sweet. I also did the rocks (We'll call them "The Rocks") before the 2nd bridge today! Usually my head isn't in it - I think I've only done it one other time so far this spring/summer. I got geared up and as I approached I started yelling at myself "Come on! Come on!" and I did it, yay. It's been a while. On the way down, we did techy, I did the first rock pile AGAIN yay but not the 2nd, but almost. AND I went over the log for the first time ever, yay! On the way down we also did the techy part I explored with Peter and Katharine - Strava calls it Techgnar. And I did a part Corey usually does right before the 3rd bridge - he sits and does it with his seat down, I did it standing, it was fun. Ok, and then one bad part on the way down, right after the 2nd bridge, I fell on "The Rocks" - I was going down and maybe my shocks were too soft? Cause my wheel got stuck and I went over my handlebars. Good news: Corey was close behind me and helped me up out of the mud. Also good news: I didn't break anything on my body or my bike. And it was really good that I was wearing long sleeved shirts and pants. They didn't get holes, but they definitely protected my skin from many puncture wounds. I took a short walk up to the 2nd bridge to shake it out and get all the mud off of my hands. I was able to ride home fine but I was a bit shaky and I'm curious to see how bad my bruises will be tomorrow.  I feel very banged up. This is what hurts: my left outside ankle, left forearm, right front hip bone. left knee was the worst looking and that hurts.  

Wednesday - rest day, 3 chin ups and some handstands

Thursday - ride with Corey, 11.28 miles, 1 hour 34 min. 1545 elevation. I got six 3rd place achievements. Did Techy 1, didn't fall, but did have one tip over. Was able to go up the Rocks again today, sweet, and did the board both times, yay, and did the first rock pile. At home, 2 min hollow and 2 min superman, handstand, headstand, I was a bit dizzy a few times last night when I got up to feed Katharine. I thought I might be lightheaded cause I had skipped dinner last night, but after eating today I've still been a bit dizzy a few times today when I get up. Making note here for myself to watch.

Friday - Hike to Gloria Falls with Stephani, MaryAnne, and Ashley. 2.59 miles, 1 hour 11 min

Saturday - Corner Canyon with Corey. 1 hour 15 min, 1263 elevation. Corey's strava said it was 8.5 miles, mine only said 7.5, but we did the same ride, so that was weird, Corey teased "Men are just better!" haha, we can do the same ride and he can get a mile more than me without even trying. We parked at Coyote Hollow, did Rush the End, then down Limelight, up the Gasline Trail, over to Rattler and Ghost Falls for the up, then down Ghost, Down Rush, and did Rush the end one more time. 37 segments, 23 achievements

Jun 26 - Jul 1

Monday - Ruins and back this morning. I let Corey hurry home cause he was trying to do the ride in less than 1:20, and he got 1:19! Woo! Plus he got SIXTEEN PRs, wow. I was home in 1:23, 12 achievements for me, PRs for: LCC climb to 2nd bridge 24:13, Out n Back 1:06:04, Up mile 2 14:26, LCC Canyon climb 8:37, Up Mile 3 15:51, and 2nd fastest for 3rd bridge to top 16:36. For the descent PR on top to 3rd bridge 3:29, some 2nd places on the descent - LCC Speed 11:57, LC Descent Upper half 6:56. Pow plant down got my 3rd fastest time 2:12. Good ride. Leaving for Indiana on Wed, so we're going to do Quarry two more times and then maybe an evening ride on Saturday after I get back??? hopefully

Tuesday - Ruins and techy this morning. 11.19 miles, 1 hour 32 min, I did better on the techy than I've done before! Almost got over every obstacle. 5 achievements overall for today's ride: PR on 1st bridge to top at 38:19, Up mile 3 PR 14:41, 2nd fastest time for 3rd bridge to top 15:54. Downhill: DH Quarry 3.6 miles in 23:50, 3rd place for Quarry up and down with techy 6.41 miles in 1:22:46. 

Wednesday - ride with Corey to the ruins with techy, plus we did Grit mill on the way down, 11.33 in 1:38. I got 3rd best for Up mile 3 (16:19) and 3rd bridge to top (15:58), got a PR on the Grit Mill, (obviously, since it was the first time we've done it) AND I got a PR for the techy section - and I don't care about the fast time on that, BUT I did care and I was whoopin' and hollerin' cause I DID THE TWO ROCK PILES! I've never done either of them and neither had Corey, we weren't sure it was possible! But now we know it is cause today I did both!!! I was cheering to myself and yelling back at Corey, but he had his earphones in. But I was very proud of myself, oh yeah. The only part I didn't do  was the log, Corey did that one, I've never done that one before, Corey usually does that no problem. Anyway, that was fun, good way to end my rides for this week. 

Thursday - walking at the airports yesterday and today, did some headstands at our Airbnb

Friday - dancing at the reception

Saturday - a few headstands, walking (travel day home) Good to be back

Jun 19 - 24

Monday - 5:45 am ride, Corey was still in bed cause we didn't get to bed on time, but he went later. I just went to the 3rd bridge. 9.39 miles 1 hour 27 min. I went slow cause my bike was feeling weird, realized after I was almost home that it was because it was flat, doh. Hope I didn't ruin anything.  

Tuesday - we didn't go on a ride this morning, but I did a solo ride this evening to the 3rd bridge. 9.56 miles, 1 hour 8 min, 7 achievements: PR for Cottonwood road dirt climb to pipe (41:39) PR for LCC Trail climb to 2nd bridge 24:41, PR for Little C 1st bridge (10:52), PR for Pow Plant to 2nd river crossing and back to power plant 36:30.

Wednesday - ride to ruins with Corey. 11.12 miles, 1 hour 32 minutes. Our goal is to do the ride to the ruins in 1 hour 20 minutes by the end of the summer. Today was my 3rd fastest time for "Out n Back" at 1 hour 11 min, 3rd fastest time for up Mile 3, PR for 3rd bridge to top (15:50), 2nd fastest time for LCCSpeed  13:06, 2nd place for LCC Descent upper half (7:14) and 2nd fastest time for top to 2nd bridge (4 min). Fastest section alive was 4:52 today. There were lots of hikers on the trail.

Thursday - went on a 3.3 mile walk in Dimple Dell this morning. 1 hour 7 min. Pretty place we live

Friday - Morning hike to Circle All peak with some friends, started from Butler Fork Trailhead - 3.5 miles, 1 hour 32 minutes. Evening walk/hike with Corey up Fergusons a little bit - 1.75 miles, 45 minutes.

Saturday - Morning ride in Corner Canyon with Corey - 8.38 miles, 1 hour 13 minutes. We did Canyon Hollow up, Ghost Falls up, Ghost Falls down, continued on Canyon Hollow, Brocks, then Rush down on Exit Stage Left, and Rush the end 2x

June 12 - 17

Monday - Ride with Corey up to the ruins. 11.21 miles, 1 hour 37 min. My dropper post is broken, it's stuck in the "move" position, so it always goes up, unless I'm sitting on it, which kinda messes me up when I'm going downhill. Two cool things - Corey and I both rode across the board! I didn't fall in! Yay! Got 3 PRs - Quarry up and down with Techy 6.41 miles in 1:18, and I was excited to get another PR on the Fastest section alive 4:16!!

Tuesday - Corey felt sick last night and a little weak this morning, but we still took a ride up the canyon, just went to the 3rd bridge. It was also cloudy this morning, so we slept in a bit on accident. I took my old bike, cause of my dropper post issue, and I love that it has 3 speeds, so I was able to go quite a bit faster than Corey (but he was also sick) but I kept waiting for him on the way up. And he was waiting for me on the way down, cause I didn't have shocks and it was really rough. I truly missed my new bike's shocks on the ride down. So Corey was waiting for me on the downhill. BUT, with my triple speed gears, I planned to push hard on the way home, which I always try to do but I can't beat my time. TODAY I did. I got one PR on LCC to Wasatch: 1.2 miles in 2:49 woot woot!

Wednesday - Corey and I tried a new trail today - drove to Hidden Valley and found the BST trail, rode it to Corner Canyon, took the Gasline Trail and Rattler then back to Hidden Valley. According to Strava there were apparently 16 segments of our ride, went 8.52 miles in 1:22 and my dropper post is being so stupid it made me almost want to cry with frustration.

Thursday - Happy Birthday Corey!! Corey got my bike tuned and fixed yesterday evening, so dropper post problem is solved, yay. Ride to the ruins this morning for the b-day boy. Water on the trail was mostly gone, finally, so that was nice to not get as muddy. We made it back home in 90 minutes, so that was a pretty good time. PRs for the 1) coalpit area 1:51 (I still don't know where that is) 2) ELLCEECEE speed 11:20, 3) LC Descent upper half 6:29 and 4) Top to 3rd bridge. Silver medals for: Out N back 6.27 miles 1:09:11, Fastest section alive 4:18, LC Descent lower half 6:47

Friday - Hike up Fergueson Canyon, it was so pretty and fun! Very shaded trail. We were headed up the trail at 6:15 am, turned around to come home at 7, it was good. 2.5 miles. Went up again with my kids for a picnic this afternoon, 35 min up to get to a spot we got to in 20. Things are slower with kids, but it was good.

 

Saturday - stayed up too late last night, so I was up at 5 am today but we didn't do a ride cause I was waiting for Corey to get up. Then was dressed and ready to go in the evening but got a call from my SIL so I went to visit my MIL in the rehab center, she's not doing well 💔

Jun 5 - 10

Monday - morning climbing and evening ride - 11.38 miles, PRs on: climb to 2nd bridge (24:50), 3rd bridge to top (16:37), fastest section alive (4:32) and a few other silvers and bronzes. I also fell in the river as I was trying to cross the board, haha. I got wet. Thankfully there was no one around coming down or going up, so that spared me some humiliation. 

I'm not going to try that again for a while! At Momentum I logged 20 climbs.

Tuesday - Corey and girls get back tonight at 7:30 yay. Hollow, practiced L sit, head stand and hand stands

Wednesday - Hiked Bell Canyon with my friend Elasha, 1450 elevation, 4.74 miles, 2:05 hours

Thursday - ride to ruins and back with Corey. 4 achievements (silver & bronze) 11.21 miles, 1:36 hours. Snuck away to climb at 2pm, then cut that short a little early to take Corey a jacket (he was cold and hurt his ankle on a fall on our ride this morning) and then I went to Costco. 16 sends and a few attempts 

Friday - Hike to Livingroom and Red Butte Peak with some friends! 1 hour 57 min, 3.96 miles

Saturday - Corner Canyon with Corey, did Rush the end, then Canyon Hollow up and Rush down, 7.5 miles, 1 hour 7 minutes. Fun! And it's also crazy how big the world is. I kinda know where the trails are, but it also feels like I can get lost there, and that's just one little corner in this valley, world is so big. Also climbing tonight at 9:15 for a quick session with Wes and Lily as my guests. Did 16+ climbs of mostly V1s and V2s, attempted a few V3s but didn't send any, and on Kaya you can't log attempts anymore with the free version, only sends. My two week trial expires Monday, so it was good to go even if it wasn't for long. 

May 29 - Jun 3

Monday - Up the Quarry trail and explored other areas today. total 14.23 miles, 1873 elevation. 2 hours 13 minutes. Also got a two week pass to Momentum, yay! I went today and did 20 climbs, it was great. 

Tuesday - Bike ride on the trail up to the Lisa Falls parking lot, then I took the road up to Maybird avalanche area. I was going to try to go to Snowbird, but when I saw it was 3 more miles I decided against it. I'll wait for when Corey is back. 

Wednesday - 

Thursday - climb this morning, walk this evening with Peter and Katharine. Katharine was checking out how nature tastes.

Hmm, do you think they could survive on their own out in the big bad world?

I was nervous with Peter throwing rocks into the raging river. Kept me on my toes. 

We explored a little trail I found yesterday to see if it's bikeable. I think Corey and I could maybe do it? Hmm.

Friday - Ride this morning. 1 hour 49 min, 11.48 miles, PR on Fastest section alive 4:42, LC Descent Lower half - 6:49, and Coalpit area 1:57. Also 3rd place for Pow Plant down 2:19. Took my sweet time on the way up and chilled for a bit by the river. Did the techy section. I also tried the trail on my bike that Peter and I explored yesterday and now I don't think Corey and I should do it. I mean we could, it just wouldn't be very fun, cause you can't go fast and there's not a lot of room for error. 

Saturday - 

May 22 - 27

Monday - Bike ride to the top of the quarry trail.11.25 miles, moving time 1:39:53, 1507 elevation. I got 14 medals, yay. A PR of Quarry up and down with Techy 1:22:19, and temple quarry to mushroom land 41:10 and Power plant down 2:16 :) I did the avalanche area well (which I've done pretty consistently), and I did the under the branch part before the 2nd bridge! AND I did the big pipe after the 3rd bridge! That's the first time I've ever done that problem! 

Tuesday - Had to take Lily to jazz band this morning, so didn't make it on the ride with Corey. Did 4 pull ups, two 60 sec handstands, headstand for 1 min, hollow for 2 min

Wednesday - Ride with Corey, 11.05 miles, 1 hour 31 min! I did the big pipe again, my second time, cool. 13 achievements - PR/Gold: out and back 1:07:16, quarry to mushroom land 40:57, 1st bridge to top 39:16, 3rd bridge to top 16:52, LCC Speed 13:37, Fastest section alive 5:06, Pow plant down 2:11, plus others for areas I don't really know where they are - 5 gold, one silver for coalpit area, one bronze UP mile 2? 

Thursday - Ride with Corey to 3rd bridge. I was able to drove over the big pipe again! I know how to do it now, yay. Low gear, low seat, and go fast. Today 9.56 miles, 1 hour 15 min. PR for power plant to 2nd river crossing and back to Power plant, 39:39. And 3rd fastest time for LC Descent, lower half, 8:07. Also did the fish tail tonight with my silver bike from last year. I wanted to see if I could go faster since that has 3 gears, and I DID - Got a PR for church to Wasatch of.... 1:58! I was pushing hard, standing up the whole time, I was breathing super hard and kinda have a sore throat now. I also got a PR for the approach hill!! 4:58, woot go me! I'm not going to try and beat those times again until the season has ended and we're doing our final rides in the fall, after a full summer of conditioning. 

Friday - I felt like I needed a break today, so Corey went for a ride (went up to SNOWBIRD!) and I went for a walk. I hiked up Bell Canyon reservoir, it was so pretty! 

Saturday - no ride. Was going to go on an evening ride, but I spent 12 hours in the car instead, drove CMALSN to Las Vegas and then back home, arrived 3 am on Sunday morning.