It was a blur

Tuesday was another emotional day for me, the shock of my pups heart was over and now sadness setting in. The first time ever on trail tears of my life, some elton john song came on my phone raidio and I lost it. I pedaled on and made a ride out of it still. The rest of the day was rough, but ok, I am glad my Bowie is not ready to leave me just yet.

Even 75% can break stuff

So Monday rolled around and after a good weekend of rest from Utah I was ready to get back to it. I was on the salsa and could feel a click after replaceing a pedal. I tightened the chain and went on my way only for it to still be there I had a pretty good feeling it was the quick link which it turned out to be, after a quick fix I was on my way pleased with my readiness. However I was absolutely soaked in sweat from being idle in the sun, absolutely soaked from 5 minutes. Annoyed but lots of riding left I finished it up nicely and ran for a shower and AC, I hate you summer. My Bowie is not feeling well, he has this cough and his breathing in irregular, I took him to the vet that day and he has congestive heart failure and has not too much longer with us, I took it very very hard.

I am done with you summer

Ugggghhhhh so hot, so not feeling it this day, but I rode on in despiration of that lovely feeling of guiltless snacks and meals :)

Back to AZ :(

While it was nice to back in our own home and not bouncing around hotel rooms and houses and meals. It was over quick when I went out for my morning ride. My kiddo is now back in school which is very weird but great so I now have the 8am ride time. It's not that bad with 100F starts but some clouds and cooler weather sure helps but no sign of that yet. The ride was funky,alot was built up in my head and I was thinking of the fastest way out of this valley, but I chugged on telling myself how blessed we are and it's not that bad.

Corner Canyon disruption

Me and these have a long history over the last 12 years. I even use to ride just a mile from them. Corner Canyon trails have blown up and for good reason. So much that despite my 5am start most my downhills and uphills were completely ruined by MTB teams and random users. Seriously they sould not be rolling around in groups of 10 or 15 and how about we make Ghost Falls Dh only. I got kinda grumpy that morning but not enough to stand in my way of enjoyment. So long Utah it's been great!

Flying Doggy!

Flying dog has always been a cult favorite and before they had it so was Glenwild. So for my last hurrah up in Park City I took off early in the morning for it. The trail was a nice grade but still some work had to be done. It was a nice dark ride for awhile and nice temperatures too! Once I hit the Aspens it was bliss, very very savory. I kinda missed the preserve connector trail since I really liked that too but I went classic on this one. Once I topped out it was a long twisty ride down into the meadows, so so so good! A little more work to do in Glenwild area and then I kept adding in trails with my time left, I am going to miss you Park City!

Mid mountain loop

Unsure of how my legs were doing but I was bac pedaling along the Park City paths to use connecting to Armstrong. It was a chilly ride through the valley but as soon as I got onto dirt of Armstrong I was back warm. I like that trail, nice grade, tucked in the woods, still a long chug up the mountain. I hit Mid mountain and enjoyed some aspens and chunk and views, so many memories on that section. Time allowed me to to continue until Richochet for another fast descent back to the Canyons village, what a ride!