Sun Run

The Sun Run was this weekend, a local 10k and 5k race. TopoFusion was a sponsor, and besides that, Paula was the co-race director. She had some good ideas that turned out really well in the end. One of the coolest was having the Tucson Amateur Astronomy Assocation setup a telescope (and appropriate filter) for …. [Continue reading]

January 31st, 2005 | Category: Mountain Biking | Leave a comment

Back in Tucson

I need to document that I rode suburban assault and did not crash. Suburbo assault is our easy in town “mountain bike ride.” The quotes are firmly in place around “mountain bike ride,” although I would consider it much closer to mountain biking than, say, Fantasy Island.

My recently dislocated pinky has still not recovered …. [Continue reading]

January 28th, 2005 | Category: Mountain Biking | Leave a comment

An Update

I finally did a ride worthy of mention. I’ve been, how do you say, taking time off of riding due to a dislocated finger and a strong desire to ride my brains out this coming year. It’s been fairly non-stop riding for over a year now, so my legs are calling for something different.

So …. [Continue reading]

January 21st, 2005 | Category: Mountain Biking | Leave a comment

Arizona Trail Bust

1/2/05

I led a ride on the SDMB calendar that featured two new sections of trail Lee and I had explored on previous AZT adventures.

Rather than drive all the way up there for just that ride, we decided to add the next step of AZT exploration to the trip. Unfortunately the weather had other …. [Continue reading]

January 3rd, 2005 | Category: Mountain Biking | Leave a comment

Pinky runs

I thought I had finally done it — broken a bone while on my bike.

I went for a quick foothills ride, trying to beat the incoming storms. I got a bit soaked anyway, but was having an absolute blast coming down finger rock wash. I had some warning signs that indicated I was …. [Continue reading]

January 1st, 2005 | Category: Mountain Biking | One comment