John’s Ramblings

We are quite fortunate, as we do not live in an area that is experiencing the extreme flooding that has hit the Northwest over the past couple of days. Our home also sits on a hillside, about 200′ above the valley floor. If nobody ever does a thing about global warming, I will have waterfront property someday…

I have been out of the saddle since Sunday’s HIT session. The added component in Sunday’s session was “surges” at the end of the 25 minute standing portion. I was told that this particular form of torture is designed to train my body to deal with the buildup of lactic acid in the muscles. I’m not dealing. While I felt pretty good during the surging itself, my legs have been very fatigued for the past couple of days. I’m “it” for ride leader duty tonight, however, so I’ll be doing 20 flat miles in the valley.

I did a quick reconnoiter of a couple of the trail underpasses at lunch, and it looks like the river is still several feet below the trail level, but that can change by tonight as the water level continues to rise.

If we end up traveling along the Green River Trail tonight, we will be slowing considerably at all underpasses to make sure that we’re not going to end up in the river.

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