Sep 2 - 7

Monday - Rode the WOW trail in Midway. 20.21 miles, 2890 feet, 3 HOURS and 32 minutes IN THE SUN. I wasn't expecting the parking to be $10. Next time we'll go to Park City. But I'm glad we did this and checked it off. We started waaaay too late though - 10:30 by the time we were on the trail. I was dying in my long sleeved BLACK shirt. We didn't bring enough water for the 2+ hour climb. Still trying to smile though. Took a BeReal.

Corey's wearing a shirt his sister got for him, kinda goofy. I was thinking about water for most of the climb. We brought 3 small bottles but it was not enough for such a long climb in the sun. I missed the Little Cottonwood creek - if we were by there I could pause and get a drink, or I'd have been in shade and wouldn't be suffering like I was! I was praying to come across a stream. We came across a plastic water bottle that had a hole it in but was mostly full, I gratefully drank it and was able to continue on. Up near the top (2485 meters) we did come across a little cool stream and I drank and drank. Hooray for living water! (and hopefully we don't get giardia...) It was a matter of life and death, er... extreme thirst and dehydration. 

Tuesday - 3 chin ups

Wednesday - Morning walk, 3.24 miles, 56 minutes. 1.5 passes on the monkey bars. My palms can't take it. 

3PM - drove up LCC for a quick ride before taking O to trumpet - Grit Mill to Techy and back, 5.27 miles, 49 minutes, 2 achievements: 2nd place for Up Mile 2 - 1.01 miles 14:12, 3rd for LCC Road climb, .79 miles in 8:42 (PR was 8:21 11/17/23)

Thursday - lots of yardwork. Not doing good with stretching. 

Friday - Corner Canyon with Corey. Anns > Edelweiss > Rush, 7.20 miles, 58 min. Hyrum took carpool for me and got the kids off to school. So that is the good news: Hyrum making is possible for us to even could take a ride. The Bad news: He called right when I was coming down the funnest part of Rush and ruined my soundtrack and I had to stop to answer his call cause for some reason my headphones don't work for phone calls. So with that interruption my music was ruined and I only got 4 achievements cause I had to stop. It's ok, without his help I wouldn't have even been able to go. 

Saturday - Ride in Corner Canyon with Corey, Canyon Hollow > Brocks > Rush. 5.63 miles, 48 minues, 13 achievements - PR on Sustained Speed, Brocks and Rush. I learned that on Strava, the part I call "Mario Kart" is called Rush. Got a PR on that today - .38 in 1:34. I also learned today that the segment right after Mario Kart is called "Rush SPEED VROOOOOM BRRRRRRR" and I got a PR on that too, .42 in 1:34. I was bookin' it and had a big smile, that was really fun. Then lots of yard work, bulk clean up on Monday

Aug 26 - 31

Monday - Corey not feeling well, so ride by myself, from trailhead to techy - and back. 1 hour 2 min, 6.32 miles. Fell on the first rock pile of techy. Lodged my front wheel in a rock, and then my right foot got held on my pedal by another rock and so I fell to my right but couldn't catch myself. No scrapes, but I'm sure I'll have lots of bruises tomorrow. Watched this Pacific Rim video (I told Corey several months ago that I want to sign up when I'm 50 years old, or earlier if/when funds allow) 

Physical and mental training. Right before bed did a few chin ups, pull ups, and then a hang-on-as-long-as-you-can

Tuesday - Ride from home to the ruins with Corey. Techy on the way down, of course. I also went by the school with Daniel as he was rollerblading there. 11.90 miles, 1 hour 43 minutes. Grounded for an hour as I read on the grass. Had three ice cream oreo sandwiches today, apologies to my body. 

Wednesday - stretching, 4 min planks, bridge for 20 seconds, I can barely straighten my arms tho

Thursday - This morning Corey and I went on a long ride. Yesterday I decided that I wanted to go do Pinecone cause Corey said that I would like it (he did it with Kyle our last day at Park City). I decided yesterday to do it today because today is a Thursday (not a Friday/weekend/holiday) and it is the last day that's not a weekend that we have Mel around (she starts at BYU on Monday.) I didn't want to do Pinecone on a weekend cause Kyle said it's too busy "but on a weekday morning you should be good!" so I've been eyeing the calendar for a few weeks but it didn't work with reunion prep and kids and school and then Peter being half day last week - but this week seemed like an ideal time. And I left it until the last chance, but that's usually how Corey and I fly - just taking care of the current fire that we need to put out! So I texted Corey yesterday that I was going to do it, and he said he wanted to come. We woke up the high school kids and then left everyone in Mel's capable hands. We left home at 6:30 for the drive up to Park City. There were only like two other cars in the parking lot when we got there, sweet. It was a good ride - we took Armstrong up, to Mid mountain, then took that south to Pinecone, and that was a long ride, but it was good! Nice and shaded, we saw 5 other bikers on the climb. We got to the top of  Crest - and it was a longer ride than getting dropped off at Guardsman, but yay we didn't have to do Puke hill! Ha, I think that's worth it. There was a big group of people from New Zealand up there and we asked one of the guys to take our pic - 

I had hoped to have more of the mountains behind us, but oh well. Before we started out descent, Corey left a message for Wes about the struggle of climbing and learning to keep working even when you're tired. Even if the climb isn't that fun, you're getting stronger. 

The ride down was really fun! Pinecone was really fast and flowy. There were 4 bikers (two groups of 2) coming up on our descent but that was good - we didn't have to pull over that much. It went by super quick though. Kinda crazy how long something can take to climb and how quickly it can be descended. we were back at Midmountain before we knew it, then took that south until we got to CMG. I got 19 achievements, and it was my biggest climb! - My strava said 3065 feet elevation, Corey's was 3206. We joke that he has the male version of Strava and it let's him get better times and stats. So finished our ride at 11, got back home at 11:40. 

Friday - rest day

Saturday - Corey and I left at 7:44 am and rode up Big Mountain, and we made it ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP! 2 hours 15 min climb, 40 min of fun on the descent. 

13.60 miles, moving time 2:45, I got all PRs on the descent!

Aug 19 - 24

Monday - First day of school for elementary kids, so I stuck close to home to get them up and out. Just went on a morning walk to the church in my flip flops so I could walk barefoot on the grass. So just walked around the chapel on the grass barefoot, plus used a tree to do 20 "round the world" backbends, 10 each way. 1.65 miles, 30 minutes. 

Around noon Corey was going to work at Snowbird so I caught a ride up the canyon, started to do Big Mountain but everything has signs saying it's closed for construction, so then I just came home via Tanners Techy Quarry. 10.49 miles, 1 hour 1 min.

Tuesday - 5 chin ups with jumps this morning, 63 sec handstand, Just Dance with Katharine around 10, then 12 min of planks at 3:30

Wednesday - Clarks and Rush with Corey at 7:22 this morning. 4.41 miles, 39:17 minutes. I missed/skipped dinner last night, so I was kind of dying, so maybe my resolve was weak from lack of food so I got off and walked near the top, Corey is nice to always wait for me.  

Thursday -  From home took canyon road to Lisa, then up to Techy, quarry down. 10.63 miles, 1 hour 21 minutes. I hit all of techy and got a PR on it - 2:46! First time I've gotten under 3 minutes.  

Friday - Morning walk delivering thank you notes for Bella. 2.25 miles, 39 minutes. Pull ups and stretching.

Saturday - Morning ride from Guardsman to Skyline. My strava cut out for the first 1/4 of the ride for some reason, so we'll use Corey's stats: 22.57 miles, 2 hour 22 min (someone in our group had his chain break twice). 14 achievements - PR for Scotty's Connector 1 mile 5:49. Would have been a longest ride for me, but my strava says it's my 2nd longest. Few chin ups and stretching

Aug 12 - 17

Monday - Corey's bike still in the shop. I drove up LCC and did 4 laps on techy. 3 miles, 38 min moving time. I got Lisa every time, and all of techy 3 times! On my first lap, there was a downed tree across the path, so I spent like 25 minutes gathering rocks to try and make a feature up over the log. It works ok, only it was on a corner, so makes it a sharp turn after you get over, not sure how much I like it, maybe someone will come along with a saw to move the tree... Got a silver on the cool way loop: .77 in 7:30

Tuesday - Corey's bike is back, they loaned him a new shock until his gets repaired. We left at 7:25 am for a ride, he went to ruins, I just went to techy so I could get back so Mel could go to the temple at 9. 10.78 miles, 1 hour 22 min. Kyle Oswald gave me kudos and a comment "You are really killing it Tiff! Way to go!!" :)

Wednesday - 8 am drive up the canyon to Lisa Falls, dirt was loose and soft after yesterday's rain, but it smelled soo lovely! Did 2 loops on Techy, up to ruins, techy 2 more times and up to ruins again, total 2 Ruins and 5 techy. 4.85 miles, 1 hour 2 min. Moved a few more rocks around my new log feature. Might come saw it though, the corner it's at is a bit too sharp. After got home, I raked in the backyard for 4 hours, I made a mountain biking loop for the boys! I think it's gonna be good!

Thursday - 2 pull ups. I noticed a saddle sore yesterday, so taking a few days off the bike I guess...

Friday - 2 pull ups, raking in back yard barefoot, 63 sec handstand

Saturday - Ride early with Corey before we had an 8am church cleaning assignment. He went to ruins, I turned around for home at the 3rd bridge, mainly cause my saddle sore was bothering me. A handstand against the wall, some push ups and pull ups.

Aug 5 - 10

Monday - Quarry trail with Corey, 11.22 miles, 1510 elevation gain. 1 hour 35 min, I wasn't feeling it and ended up going pretty slow on the climb, walked a few times, got up avalanche hill and the 3rd bridge pipe and the two end obstacles, not Lisa Hill or the 2nd bridge rocks. BUT I got all of Techy! Yay

Tuesday - 30 min of stretching, 2 legit pull ups, 5 hop help chin ups

Wednesday - Clarks and Rush this morning with Corey, 4.37 miles, 39:30 minutes, 15 achievements

• PR on Coyote to the bench .39 mi 5:53 
• PR Clarks Bridge to Bench 1.08 mi 16:44 WOO!
• PR Clarks and Rush 3.75 miles 34:!5
• PR Upper Rush flow .64 3:11
• 2nd Rush Exit Stage left .36 1:34 (PR 1:31 7/27/24)
• PR on RUSH!!! (my fav part, it's like real Mario Kart!) .38 1:37

6 hop chin ups, 2 min headstands, 5 left handstand, 5 right handstand, 10 hanging knee raises, then repeat in reverse. 45 min stretching while I read

Thursday - Corey went to temple, me at home did 10 min workout recommended by Dr. Livingood (pg 88 of his book), repeated this 3x:

• 50 sec 180s, 10 sec rest
• 50 sec push ups (tried on toes, some on knees) 10 sec rest
• 50 sec jump rope, 40 sec rest

Then stretching for 45 min, and 20 min of earthing/grounding (I laid down on the grass in the backyard with my arms and shins touching). 

PM - went for a quick evening ride, did Techy 5 times until it was so dark I fell. I got the Lisa rocks twice! AND Techy 3x! Total distance 3.5 miles, 42 min. 2 achievements:

• 2nd lap: Silver for Upper Tech Loop .57 in 6:37
• On my 3rd lap PR "Cool Way" .37 in 3:08

Full lap times: 8:13, 6:37, 8:30, 7:13, 9:17

From those laps above, my Techy times: 3:25, 3:12, 3:41, 3:21, 4:25

Friday - Something is weird with Corey's shocks, so his bike is in the shop, so I did a solo ride this morning. Did short and sweet, Clarks and Rush, 4.31 miles, 38 minutes and 5 seconds, go me! 12 achievements 

• 3rd Coyote to Bench .39 mi 5:57
• PR Clarks Bridge to Bench 1.08 mi 16:10 (tied Corey and Joseph's best time!)
• PR Clarks/Rush 2020 3.75 32:03
• PR Top of Rush all the way down 2.68 mi 14:49
• PR Full Rush DH Official 2.04 9:00

On the Mario Kart part (RUSH!!!) I got 1:38 today, PR is 1:37 but I must have 1:37/38 a lot over my 32 efforts, cause 1 second slower didn't get me anything. I shall try to go faster there next time!

Watched this video about improving technique on taking corners. Inside knee bent, pedals level, dab, and don't squat, HINGE

Saturday - Corey's bike is in the shop, so he rode my silver bike and we took the road up the LCC. Road up, Quarry down, 1 hour 31 min, 11 miles, 2nd place on "the cool way" .37 in 3:09, 2nd place cool way loop .77 7:42, techy section .35 2:56

Jul 28 - Aug 3

Sunday - 90 second handstand against wall! I was breathing hard

Monday - Mother Urban and Loose Moose with Corey and Joseph, left at 6:36 am, 8.75 miles, 1 hour 32 min. 11 achievements. PRs and silvers on everything, which is easy when it's just your second time doing the trail. Full Mother Urban today was 59:57. Last time in the snow was 1 hour 24 min. Full Loose Moose 5:33, previous time 7:41. 

Screen shot from a video that Corey took of me at the end of Loose Moose. I'm hoping to get deeper into turns as I keep practicing, of course this was a flat corner and not a berm, but I'm not too fast on the berms but I'm getting a little better!

Tuesday - Ride with Corey, did Armstrong, HAM, and Seldom Seen. Seldom seen wasn't as smooth as it was in May, but it was still fun. 7.62 miles, 1:13:07, 1247 elevation gain, 11 achievements.

• 3rd place for Dawns to HAM, 19:02 (PR 10/5/23 17:04) 
• PR for HAM down, 2:46. 
• PR for HAM down, Spiro, Seldom seen 2.70 in 16:58, 5/28/24 20:10. 
• Seldom Seen PR 10:35 1.79, last time 5/28/24 was 13:26

Wednesday - Ride with Corey and Joseph, Armstrong, HAM, Seldom Seen. 7.61 1:31:23, 1266 elevation gain. 11 achievements. 

• 2nd place for Dawns to HAM 18:40
• HAM down silver 3:15
• PR for HAM down, Spiro, Seldom seen 2.70 in 16:57 (one second off) PR yesterday
• Seldom Seen 11:13 

Thursday - Morning ride alone. 6.59 miles, 1 hour 14 min. I went up Spiro - it was brutal, felt like Clarks. Then along CMG, Jenni's, then Loose Moose. 9 Achievements

• PR Big Finish .30 in 1:18
• PR Loose Moose (Jenni's to Clearing) 1.16 7:19
• 2nd Loose Moose DH .82 3:56
• 2nd Home Run Turns .4 2:15

Gym with Hyrum, some stretching and push ups. Then evening ride up Jenni's and down Loose Moose with Hyrum and Corey. 4.50 miles 52 minutes. 3 achievements

• PR Home Run Turns .4 1:57
• 2nd Big Finish .30 1:25
• 3rd Jenni's to CMG 1.45 21:28 

Friday - Ride with Corey and Nancy, up Jenni's to Mid Mountain, around to see Montage, then turned around for ride back down. 11.89 miles, 1,855 elevation, 2 hour 5 min. 15 achievements

• PR Jenni's to CMG 1.45 18:47
• 2nd climb Jenny's to Loose Moose 2.68 34:47
• PR Jenni's Trail 4.11 57:31
• PR Loose Moose DH .82 3:46
• 2nd Complete Loose Moose 1.22 mi 6:38

Saturday - Ride with Corey and Kyle. They were just chit chatting and visiting and I was behind them breathing heavy! They went for over 3 hours, up to Mid mountain and along pinecone. I turned off at HAM. So Armstrong > HAM > Seldom Seen for me, 7.78 miles, 1 hour 9 min. 12 achievements

• PR Silver Spur to Armstrong .37 2:24
• 2nd Armstrong to HAM 2.84 38:59
• 2nd Lower Armstrong 1.08 12:10
• PR HAM .84 4:51
• PR HAM down .48 2:26
• PR HAM >Spiro>Seldom Seen 2.70 14:08
• PR Seldom Seen 1.79 9:19
• PR Seldom Flow .89 4:40

It was a good week at Park City. 7 rides in 6 days. I'm kinda missing climbing at the moment.

Jul 22 - 27

Monday - Trailhead to ruins with Corey, techy on the way down. 6.72 miles, 1:07:47. Got the lisa falls rocks, and one achievement: 2nd place time on techy! 3:01, previous PR 2:47 on 5/13/24. I got the first rock garden, almost the 2nd. 

Tuesday - 7 min jump rope, handstand, 7 more min, then beginner hangboard thing, 15 min stretching

Wednesday - Home to ruins with Corey. 11.22 miles, 1:33:34. I got the 2nd bridge rocks today, yay! My second time this year. 2 pulls ups, two lower bar to top bar hand walks, then 2 pull ups again

Thursday - 5 little jump chin ups in Abi's room, 81 second handstand (against wall) woo!  25 min stretching

Friday - 7:30 am ride with Corey, did Clarks and Rush from temple parking lot, 4.73 miles, 43:21. Got 11 achievements - 

• 2nd place for Clarks bridge to bench (17:33, PR was 17:16 from Sat two weeks ago) 
• PR for Clarks and Rush, 3.75 miles in 34:41
• PR on upper rush w/o trees, 3:17, previous 1st 2nd and 3rd times were 3:18, 3:18, and 3:19 haha, yay I took off one second. 

Other segments I don't know where or what they are. Good hard but quick and fun ride! I was listening to Mapache on the Rush "mario kart" part in the main canyon, I was all smiles, so fun. Short & sweet (and intense, tho I didn't hate clarks as much today, but it's still a killer)

Saturday - Ride with Corey, Joseph, and Scott (Joseph's father in law). We did Canyon Hollow and Brocks up, and then Rush down. 5.41 miles, 48 minutes. I got a PR for the end of Brocks, .23 in 2:24. Also a PR for Exist Stage left (which is what you can take instead of the trees) .36 miles, 1:31, previous PR was 1:36 on June 12 this year. Also 3rd place for Brocks and Rush together 24:41, previous 16:46 on 6/25/24. so lots of room to improve on that one.