Most of my riding has been on two tracks in the Clay Springs area, and it is a beautiful area but in order to increase my skills I have begun to seek out more true single track. I rode a little more than half of the Juniper ridge trail a couple of weeks ago. It was beautiful and a great adventure but it's rarely used and quite overgrown. When I have more time and a riding partner I will be returning to finish that ride. I have recently found Show Low's secret trails to be a ton of fun and a great learning tool. They have some of the more technical features of the trails in the area and they are close by when I'm in Show Low. The mountain now has a high school mtn bike team. I think it's awesome! They ride twice a week. I had a blast riding with them last week and will probably ride with them a couple of more times before their season is over.
Most recently I started building a single track trail on the family property. All said and done it will be about two miles long with the main loop being about a mile and a half. It will be a great place for me to practice without interference and it will also be a safe place for Celisse to ride by herself when she doesn't want to ride out into the woods alone. I'm really excited about it because I think it will benefit everyone in the family. Trails help bring people to fitness, without them thinking about getting fit.
I don't know if I plan to race anytime soon. Sure I still dream about going to Rio in 2016 but the the sacrifice that would take is too much for my family. I am excited for our second daughter and I want all of my kids to see a few bike races before they have a chance to race. My daughter is already getting excited about the bikes and can't wait to have one of her own. I might do a couple really awesome races every year but for right now I'm just focusing on having fun and improving where I can. For me the bike is still about the adventure.
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