It's on its way

Just ordered - Delivery late March !!!!!!!

Here is my snow condition report from Sundance.

Sundance Ski Conditions 12/14/09 from atomicmiles on Vimeo.

Winter Accidents

This is what the mirror normally looks like on my wife's car.

Here is what the mirror looks like after driving down the freeway and a snow shovel blew out of the truck in front of her and obliterated her passenger side mirror. Pretty scary thinking how bad this could have been.

The wife of my good friend Aaron O. had an accident the following day.

She slid into a tree.

It wasn't a small tree. It took three people to move the tree. Check out the girth of the trunk.

Cost of my new mirror $300. Cost of Aaron's repairs (new hood, bumper, fender, and repair the bent frame) $10k +

Ouch.

Today I get to meet with Dan to talk about some bike coaching/training. I'll post about it. I'm excited and think it can help me.

Lunch Meetings Video Part 2

Yes, it is opening day at Sundance today, but I'm not going as they aren't opening the back mountain. No need to fight the crowds for just the front mountain.

Here is second half of the lunch meetings video.

I am entering a helmet cam video contest. If you have suggestions on the best clips or music from the lunch meeting videos that you feel should be put in the contest, please let me know. Lunch meeting videos can be seen here.

I'm going to head up the BST today to check on the trails.

BST Lunch Meetings Part 2 from atomicmiles on Vimeo.

One note - In the video, you will see Dan hunched over as he recovers from crashing into Mike Y.

Lunch Meeting Video Part 1

I love the winter. I love to ski. I get excited when there is fresh powder. However, this year, I am having trouble getting excited. I have been spoiled with lots of great bike riding through November and even into December. I keep thinking about how I can get in some more bike rides. Even with the snow on the ground, I plan on making some rides up on the BST. Opening day this Friday at Sundance will help with the adjustment.

Here is Part 1 of the video from the last few weeks of riding.

BST Lunch Meeting Part 1 from atomicmiles on Vimeo.

RAPR - R

A new acronym has been created (I think Ricky M. or Aaron created it) - RAPR - Ride Around Provo River. The clockwise route takes you from the water tank road down dragons back and up BST south to Indian Hills park and back to the shooting range. The RAPR - R or Reverse/counterclockwise was the Friday lunch meeting route - Up the water tank road, down Bramber, Up from Indian Hills Park, BST South to Bridal Veil park, up Dragons Back, up Frank, upper belt, and Ireland (some went over to 51 and dry canyon).

Here are some pics from Friday's ride.

This guy had been riding his daughters bike with his orange hunting vest and rifle. He said he was too tired and was walking it down the hill.
PHAST Dan recovering from his collision with Mike Y.

If you don't have snow, why not hook the dogs up to the bike?

The Pain Cave

The lunch meetings continue. Yesterday (Wed.) had the largest group yet. The carborocket rep came and made a presentation to the group.

I'm not sure who to thank, maybe Kenny, Rick M., Rick S., Kyle, or Phast Dan, so I will thank them all for a visit to the pain cave. After riding Betty, Belt, down Frank and Dragons Back, up BST south and down to Indian Hills park, we climbed a new trail for me - Bramber. It was steep and painful.

Video footage from the lunch rides is being accumulated and will be released shortly.

December

It just doesn't seem right that December is here and the bike riding is still in full swing. I'm grateful that the lunch crowd has let me tag along on their rides. It has been a huge benefit to me to ride with people that are better than me. I am pushed everytime I ride with them. I am happy to take on the role of the lanterne rouge. Little by little I am getting faster--I have lost five pounds since I started attending the lunch meetings.

I fully anticipated that most riders would be swamped and not riding on Monday, the day after Thanksgiving break. Not the case. I met up with Kris to start defining a new trail. In the short time up on the trail, I ran into Kenny, Rick M, Adam, and Aaron.

Kris and I are excited about the potential of this new trail. Let me rephrase - I'm excited and Kris is beyond excited - Christmas came early for him. We believe that we have found a good route for the ascent and descent (even for the SS's). Kris' post does a good job summarizing the route and work that needs to be done.