Thanksgiving
11.29.09 Happy Thanksgiving!! Wishing I were at Starbuck's
Coach Zoe’s Blog
Welcome to Coach Zoe's Blog. Keep track of my workouts, race reports, life and highlights of my athletes. Read ON!
What I’m Up To: Palo Duro Canyon
Where to start…I never quite know where to begin. Saturday I had the season opener of the Texas Marathon Mountain Bike Series in Palo Duro Canyon, Texas. I love marathon mountain bike races, I love Palo Duro Canyon. Sounds like a perfect day, doing my favorite thing in the whole world!! It was a challenge getting there. I should first thank all my sponsors who made it possible for me to have the experience. Thank you Bikes Plus, Orthopedic Associates, Sumy Designs, Dallas Vein Specialist, and Terra Firma Adventure Racing
I’m a Survivor
That's an interesting date isn't it? I'm TIRED, I'm frazzled, I'm busy, I'm a survivor. I went to Knob Hill today, I went in the back, knowing it was probably wet, I was prepared to tip toe around, you know, Leave NO trace. I went downt he hill, a little water at the bottom, this can't be a good sign! I just went cautiously, not expecting much. I got all the way to the end, and noticed we should be riding that section, it's so torn up by horse tracks it
What I’m Up To: Offroad Riding!
Hey, what a week of awesome off road training! Days like these are why I love riding mountain bikes! I took Monday off, Tuesday I did an hour at Horseshoe trail with 13 hill repeats, very educational, practice siting, speed, drills. Wednesdasy, no hills, horseshoe, fast, working on siting. Thursday, Northshore, work on technical skills and siting on the flats. Had a little bit of a mishap, some pain in the left leg, quite a bit, actually, but didn't lose the confidence to continue working on sections. It was fun, made it
What I’m Up To: Surgery Edition
I feel like a car commercial. 0 to 6 hours in four weeks after surgery. I can't say it was comfortable. But I can say it's done. Everything is so wet, the hardest part of getting the ride done off road, was finding a place to ride. With a 6 hour ride, and a lot of weekends away from my family, I really didn't want another one by the wayside. Since the three classes at Samson Park didn't work out for me, I had to either a) pray that Solavaca