Fall gose on

Well now what to say or not. It's been a sort of uneventful couple of weeks except for a cross race here and there on the weekends. it has rained so much here in gray wet Oregon that I think I'm noticing some webbing developing between the toes. But when there is a nice day ,it's celebrate and put as much into out door fun,training and other out door stuff as one possibly can and so now the effects of that have caught up with a cold in the head and going down for the lungs. This is the way I roll I start racing more,training smarter with good interval work outs and having some results like Barton park last week . having to start in around 50th out of 64 and way in back of the front group I moved up to 5th for the finish and felt all fussy with this tell guess from being all wet muddy and cold to long after that race and not really resting well two days later the bug is kick en-so down time.

i did just sign up for nats and will race with some legends like Ned Overend and many other past nat champs so I better mend up quick or hide well. hope to see some of the Montana peeps in Bend should be fun. Bring the boards so we can get some nordic stuff between the races.

Take care all and down a lot of turkey next week ML

To Montana and back ...

Well now life is still good and all . I took flight well actually drive from Oregon over a week ago up to Issaque,hung with Danyel and fam then next day off to the center of the universe Montana. Really started missing it and the peeps in just a month.

We know than rolled in and headed for Byarn brewery for dopple bock oh my 2 maybe 3 and things seem way better and can accomplish anything attitude sneaks in.

So head twinge that night up sort of early to catch the Scarfe suby express to bozzoe town for costume mule cross. the coarse rocked with everything but mud and I'm always good with that. I had my old tricross bike with way to high of gearing to peddle my massive carcass up the ahould run hills. We being the 40 plus masters raced with the 1,2,3 group and it was good time mostly cept for the sram rear derailleur going fragelie with 4 laps to go and 3rd was were i would stay after moving up close to the ghost like Scharfe. The Mule cross gang were very entertaining ,the hole was festive and fun to hang and chat.

The rest of our week in Zoo Town was full of good visits,dinners,drinking and blue bird awesome rides and company during. The fall colors were some of the best .

I no more than came back to Issaque with Danyel and Payton then I was up with a late start from there headed towards Salem Oregon for the E-Z orchards cross race.may ed it with a half hour to spare before 50 plus 35 plus B race ,just right.

So off we went 12 or so old guys and 24 or so young dudes in a muddy tight turning face clubben trees every where. The guise,ruts and muddy climb after the barriers were spots I kept lossing ground and would make up for it on the straights and some corners when I wasn't falling in my not so favorite corner 3 times-what kinda charm is that other than I finally kept it up last lap. So 3 times out of 6 laps , not so good. Did get 2nd behind legend Steve Yenne .

They were right by the orchard store with everything look en good after the hainess exertion. So I know I have lots of work before nats looking at sign up today and finding out that the man Ned Overend is in my age group along with Yenne,Griffits ffrom oregon and many other previous nat champs in there so shit better really buck up ...