Quick B-day camp trip

For my birthday Saturday, Erin and I snuck up into the mountains for a quick overnight pow wow off Old Flowers road, complete with some smoked salmon and s’mores over a fire. Happy campers. "Officially" in my late 20s.... old man Bruss :)

Fat tire race report

Yesterday I got a little dirty in the first annual Fat Tire Triathlon, put on by Without Limits Productions in Fort Collins. Lance Panigutti and his crew did a fantastic job. The course was tough, but not overly technical. Some good Xterra athletes came out of the woodwork, and I was stoked to finish up 2nd place. I have been in crunch mode the last couple weeks in gearing up for the Duathlon World Champs, September 26th in North Carolina, and this last week was no exception. Speed work has been minimal, but the aerobic engine is really coming around. The race got my legs into that "uncomfortable" gear, and I was happy to have a pretty good swim- coming out of the water in 4th place. Still so pumped on my USA Triathlon Revolt wetsuit-- every time I get in it I am blown away at how much faster I go with some quality buoyancy. The bike course was really fun; two 6 mi loops, very flowing singletrack-- definitely had to watch the speed going into a couple corners, but there were some blazing fast sections. The photochromic Rudy Project Noyz were perfect for the overcast morning. The run was the most difficult leg- 2mi uphill, 1mi traverse, and 1.8mi back down, 4.8 total. More technical than the bike trail, the footing required 100% attention. The Avia Bolts handled the rocky stuff well, and have been surprisingly durable, still feeling supportive after almost 90 race miles. Caught the guy in 2^nd place on the last 1/2 mile- and made up a little ground on the leader, but being a MTB stud he had a huge cushion starting the last leg. One more training push this week before Muskoka 70.3 on September 13. My first trip north of the border....aye? Awesome!!

Fat Tire off road Tri

Yes I have a towel with my name on it.... so I don't get lost in the transition area :) made by Textile solutions

Flipflops = slow trasitions, but happy feet....

Epic singletrack

Erin takes the credit for this sweet shot

Home sweet home

We are officially moved into the new place here in Boulder. Uhg, I forgot how taxing moving is. The place is a lower floor of a 3 story house in north boulder.... in a word I would call it "cosy". Still have to fix some fence stuff in the yard for chip, getting a yard for him was of course the deal breaker :) Just joined RallySport Fitness, pretty sweet gym 6 minutes from the house. They have a great OUTDOOR pool- open year round. SWEET. I am not going to miss swimming inside. I am somewhat close to the trails/dirt roads of N. Boulder, which are ridiculously awesome. a bit if a run to get out there, I guess I'll just have to up the mileage. training has been sporadic, as expected with getting settled. New job.... Rocky Mountain Cardiology. stoked to be working 8hr days, opens up a little more daily workout time.
First real focus will be Muskoka 70.3 september 13th, and will probably race the fat tire offroad tri in Fort Collins Aug 30th.
jh