B4K Stage Race, Venus and More Training....

I was able to complete the next 2 stages of the B4K Stage Race on Saturday.  The Road Race in the morning and the Time Trial in the evening.  I did okay in the Road Race but I lost some time in the Time Trial.  I knew I would without a TT bike but all in all I was happy with whole thing.  I ended up finishing 20th over all 3 stages.

We got to see Venus transit the Sun on Tuesday.  It's such a rare event that we made a special effort to do so. It was cloudy and windy and cold most of the evening but we drove to a break in the clouds, set up the telescope along the side of the road and watch the last hour or so of the transit.  It was could to see.  Not on the scale of the last solar eclipse but while thinking of how little it happens it was cool to see.

Yesterday I was able to go on a lunchtime training ride that turned out to be a little bigger than I planned.  I headed up South Mountain and back down the Highland side with the intention of turning around and going right back.  But I kept going.  I ended up reaching the mouth of American Fork Canyon and continued on up.  It's really a beautiful ride and the temps were cool and the climbing felt great.  I reached the summit trailhead and came back down.  I didn't bring near enough food or water with me so I started to struggle back up South Mountain back into Draper but I made it.  It ended up being 64 miles and over 6,700 feet of climbing.  I should have been better prepared but I really didn't intend on going so far.   Sometimes I get caught up in the freedom of riding a bike and I just keep going and going.