September 03, 2008
September 01, 2008
City of Rocks
For the long weekend we (Ingrid, me, Ron, Angel, Dan Little, Cyndi and her dude) went over to City of Rocks in Idaho. The weather was perfect with low 80s and light winds. Everyone had a great time (except Cyndi who got heat exhaustion - she's ok now.)
We got in good climbs on all days (though never enough). I had my first fall outside on a thin climb Castle Keep (5.8). We all agreed that the ratings were a bit stiff, maybe 1 or 2 grades. It seemed like none of them were sustained but the hardest move was at least a grade harder than listed. Or we are wimps.
The van did pretty well on the way there and back. While there the left rear wheel was making bad noises so Ingrid spent an hour repacking the bearings. Noise begone. I helped by not touching the van and eating Ritz.
On our last full day we hiked out to Site 18 and decided to ignore (which is close to ignorance?) the incoming thunderstorm. After 2 climbs and the sight of lightning above the chains we decided to hightail it back to the van. Ingrid saw a rattlesnake on the path back. We were going to use it for food like Bear but it was too wet to start a fire.
August 24, 2008
Krugers Cyclocross I
Today was the first cyclocross race of the season on Sauvie's Island at Kruger's farm. It was a criterium and had no barriers or run ups. Ingrid and Matt rode with the Bs, and JT and I rode with the Cs. It was pretty badass and fast.
Our results were pretty good I think. I tried to pace myself and not go out too fast so I could finish strong. My splits were 6:18, 6:18, 6:35, 6:28, 6:28, 6:30, 6:20, 6:19. Ingrid helped by telling me I could go faster on the last 2, so I kicked it up a little.
Heart rate during race
August 20, 2008
Jack Johnson
Ingrid and I went to the Jack Johnson concert with JT and Anne. It was way over in St. Helens in some grass fields and we lucked out to have no rain. Ingrid had run into Jack on the MAX and he called her out inbetween songs. We screamed like idiots to get him to bring her up on stage, but he took off his shoes instead.
August 19, 2008
Karen's birthday
Karen's birthday was on Monday and she was playing at Kelly's Olympian downtown so we all went to listen to her sing. She's pretty bad ass and got some funnel cake or some such, it was really good.
August 17, 2008
Punchbowl Falls
On Sunday to escape the heat we went up to Eagle Creek and Punchbowl Falls. There were a ton of people, go figure, and the water was uber cold, go figure. It was nice to get out of the heat and we were back to complaining about it once we got back to the trail and headed back to the car.
August 16, 2008
Mt. Tabor soap box race
On Saturday we went up to Mt. Tabor to check out the Soapbox Derby. The soapboxes were really cool and made us want to do it next year. I see us watching it again instead. I just picked up a new/used camera and here are it's first pics. It's not quite as fast or clear as the Canon cameras, but for $25 it's a good price and will do well for climbing.
August 09, 2008
Crater Lake
Ingrid and I went down to Crater Lake for the weekend. The van did a good job of getting us there and back with no issues. On Saturday we finished the drive from just outside of Oakridge to the lake. We hung out at a pullout on the rim and read and napped for the day.
We camped that night just north of Diamond Lake at a horse camp that was full of horses. On Sunday we went back to the lake and rode around the loop on our bikes. It was around 35 miles and 3700 feet of elevation gain. We did it in under 3 hours, which is pretty good considering we were at 7000 feet and lazy.
