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it’s five o’clock and i don’t want to go. i waller until five-thirty, then brew a cup of hanover coffee. blueberry oatmeal, sepultura, tire pressure, keys.

at the trail before 7am.  the air is almost cool.  heading south on trail 100.  flat/smooth mile, then jagged rocks.  loose rock climb to trail peak.  over looking SR-51/dreamy draw and phoenix.

windy drop, fast but rocky.  river bed, then climbing to asphalt.  potentially fast street ride.  i play it safe and max around 20mph.  Street ascent back to dirt trail.  fun, fairly-smooth, and fast.  ride through pit, roller coasters.  grinder ascent towards trail end.

<45 min new baseline.  shooting for <40 tomorrow morning.

check out trail at sportstracklive.com.  image from google earth.  download/open .kmz from sportstracklive.com.  right-click map then choose Show Elevation Profile.  note, you can turn-off all the stats in the sidebar.

Start at Christy Cove, head south towards 51. Find tunnels under 51, continue south to Glendale/Lincoln. Lincoln east, past Squaw, until Tatum. Tatum north to Trail 100 entrance (just past fire station on West). Trail 100 to Dreamy Draw, under 51, north to Christy Cove. Apprx 15 miles (lot of street).

left for nice sunday ride at 7am.  headed for west towers.  pushed bike 75% up and 25% down.  great ride, too hot.  finished, then headed for farmers market-but they only roll on saturday.  went to Gino’s on 32nd and Cactus for breakfast and hops.  looking forward to next sunday.

Trail details at sporttracklive.com.

What do you think?

Ha – good shit… this was during the Papa’s Blue Wave Challenge (2010, right?) @ the heli-pad… Desert Classic, South Mountain

NOTE… this post was originally written in May 2009… I pulled it from the dirtclawd archives. Enjoy!

Traits of a mountain goat:
* Ignores pain
* Climbs crazy shit
* Eats/drinks anything

For our 30th birthday [May 2009], Joel and I hit the Desert Classic trail @ South Mountain. Chad too…

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