Washington days numbered but fitness is awesome

The good news is, after about a year and a half of training nearly every day, my fitness has reached new heights. On a long hard climb I can actually recover sorting the segments that are not as steep and push up the next steep segment. I was able to secure a KOM up the back side of Lord Hill out of Snohomish, nice! Just the type of fitness I need to be competitive in cyclocross this year. 

The bad news, I was laid off from work at BE Aerospace allong with a lot of my co workers. Such is the life of an engineer. I put in lots of miles contemplating my next steps to take in life.

Grr, that's a grumpy face. A fast solo ride was a good start. I needed some more miles and some company. The next day I rode wit my team mate Joe and ran into my friend Zach on the way to the ride start. We rode fairly fast and had a great time together. Perfect weather.

80 fast miles in 2 days but I was not done yet. I was still feeling great. The next day I did the Snowhomish Wednesday night ride which was really fast. We were holding 30 on the flats with 3 very strong riders on time trial bikes. That was fun! I really hung in there near the front and didn't getting dropped at all. That was fun. 

130 fast miles in 3 days and I was ready for some rest. Sara and I also decided to move to Colorado. The cost of living in Seattle is getting out of hand and will get much worse with the new $15 an hour minimum wage. I really like the mild winters and the dense forest but it's time to slow our roll off the bike. Now I am applying for jobs like crazy and spending a lot less time on the bike. I hope to still have a good cross season but it may require snow tires.