June has been an excellent month for me. My fitness and recovery have surprised me this month. I have set several hill climb KOM's the past two weeks and put in a lot of miles. My weekly average has finally exceeded 100 and I am now on track for a 4,000 miles and 200,000 feet of elevation by the end of the year if I can keep the momentum going. I did the longest ride in about 10 years with the Snohomish shop. We did our own version of the popular Flying Wheels organized ride and averaged 20 mph including 2 significant hill climbs. It was killer! Jeff Reed of the Starbucks team lead the paceline at over 25 mph on the flats. Tim Turner and I duked it out on the hill climbs and ended up sharing the KOM! Awesome for a segment with nearly 800 riders on the list! Thomas Horan took the next one. These guys are strong riders!
That was a lot of fun. The next day I did a 7 mile hike up to lake 22.
That was the grand fantail to a significant week of training and this week was nearly the same with a fast 55 mile ride (including a KOM up the back of lord hill) followed by a 9 mile hike up to Bridal Vail Falls and lake Serene. Another great week in the state of Washington! My body hurts so good. I would love to hit up another mtb race soon but at the moment I am enjoying the training miles and hiking with my wife. She even did 26 miles with me on her own bike rather than the tandem this week along with a black dimond hike. What a trooper!
