back to training

I've been ramping up the volume the last couple of weeks since the OCup. After taking that unplanned long break, I re-vamped my training to see me through to the end of cross, just using the last few mountain bike races as training. I've also added a couple more training races - the Boy and I have been tossing around the idea of doing a tag team 9-hr in August (which sounds super fun... it includes a pie-eating contest!), and we've decided to go to Quebec again in September. I'll probably do the 8-hr solo in St-Felicien, but like last year, I'll just ride and have fun on the technical trails until I'm ready to stop!

Last weekend was another trip to Buckwallow, with Tara (who I am linking to in the hopes that she may sometime blog again) and her boy. His goal was to hit every piece of single track - we did quite well, but after getting home, I realised we missed Weasel. Next time! Despite falling short of this goal, it was still a great day - sunny and hot, and even though Mike told us it was busy, I hardly felt like we saw many other people on the trails. Trying to get to all the single track meant I went on a few that I'd never ridden before, and it took a lot of the "I can't ride that it's too hard" mystique out (even if I couldn't ride the whole thing). Sadly, no photos exist of this awesome bikey day because I seem to have lost my camera! I'll try to dig it out before the next OCup.