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Will it ever end?


This is certainly not the late fall/early winter of my discontent! I keep waiting to use some bad weather as an excuse to take my two week break from riding this year but... the sun keeps shining and the trails are in such great shape. I rode Lunch Loops yesterday for about three hours and then spent three hours out at 18 road today. The 18 road trails are in amazing shape making it difficult to take it easy and stay in base miles mode!  

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