My New Favorite Route

Matt’s been telling me to ride this route for years and I’ve just now finally gotten to it. I’ve been missing out! Bill, TJ, and I took advantage of a nice, rain-free day last weekend. The route starts on Lime Creek Road. But this isn’t any old dirt road, it’s a very friendly grade all [...]

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Good Times, Great Friends

I love this town and all the wonderful people I’ve met in it. Last weekend was an Animas ride with Barb and Amanda. Nearly 360 degree views at the top. Good times! Great friends! All smiles!

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True

To some extent I’m still recovering from Mesa Verde. I was able to get out and do a set of intervals at my critical power…back to where I was before the race. But this weekend, I ditched the intervals for some real riding. The fun kind…Horse Gulch, Telegraph, South Rim, Colorado Trail, Hoffein’s, Dry Fork. [...]

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First Dirt

The first dirt ride for the season and I got to share it with my main squeeze, Lenny, TJ, Bill, Alice, and Katri. Somehow, we managed to fit 6 bikes and 6 people into the Honda Element. We got quite a few stares as cars passed us to and from the ride. The first dirt [...]

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Cheating Winter

I feel like we’re getting away with something. It’s December and there’s still no snow on the ground! Who am I to complain though. It has allowed me to stay off the hideous trainer and out on the dirt trails. This weekend allowed for a cold ride on the Sale Barn side of the Gulch. [...]

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Phil’s on the Singlespeed – Nice!

I took the Carver to Phil’s World in Cortez, CO for a fun ride with Kerry. Wow, now I can really appreciate that rigid fork! It still hurts a little on the descents, but for climbing, the bigger wheel and the rigid fork make me feel strong! I was able to go over obstacles I [...]

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More Carving

Decided to take the Carver out for another fun ride with Matt (no choice since the Moots and Intense had a flat!). Matt showed me parts of Test Tracks I’d never seen before. I ride Test Tracks, but always mix it up with a College ride or the Gulch. I rarely spend more than an [...]

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Virgin Voyages

The Carver 96er is built! This baby is awesome! Thanks to Matt for building up my fully rigid, Carver 96er singlespeed!! The short first ride was in the Gulch… This baby has some parts from two of the greatest sponsors we have: Ergon and White Brothers! I love Ergon grips, so of course Matt had [...]

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Riding Blackhawk

It’s an awesome riding destination, but not something you want to talk about doing while drunk with your friends, lest you get accused of being a pervert. Just ask El Jefe about that one. Even his wife doesn’t leave him alone about that one. Here’s me with a goofball grin at the top. It started [...]

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White Brothers

So I don’t know if they’re all brothers or even if they’re all white, but I do know that they know how to make one hell of a fork! White Brothers has been a great sponsor for Big Wheel Racing, and I recently got the opportunity to pick up a Magic 100 for the Intense [...]

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Thanks Ergon!

I love Ergon grips. I’ve done posts before on these babies, but I gotta do it again because they’re just so great! Plus, Jeff just sent Matt and me some new grips. I got 2 pair of the GP1 Leichtbau for grip shift, which is the only way I ride with the dirt gears. I [...]

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Jones Creek to Hermosa Creek with the Girls and a Guy

A much belated post, but I’ve been lazy about getting the photos from Matt. Got a chance to ride an awesome Durango loop that starts with Jones Creek to Pinkerton-Flagstaff to Dutch Creek and ends with a descent on Hermosa. It’s so cool to me that I can ride such great trails and expect to [...]

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Boscobikegirlz

Funny, all my years in Albuquerque, I’d pretty much become a solo rider. I’d ride with Denise, Paige, and Sue (before she bailed and moved to WA), but for the most part, I was always on my own and had learned to love that. It’s really relaxing riding on your own. You have time to [...]

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A Week in Cali

I love hanging out in SoCal! I really like it here, despite the traffic. Actually, I’ve been in the San Jose and honestly, traffic isn’t as bad as in LA. A software engineering conference brought me out here. I submitted a presentation to the conference and was accepted, so this got me a discount on [...]

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Hermosa Vista

Matt and decided to get off the road for our Sunday ride together. What a beautiful decision. Tight, twisty, singletrack everywhere. Splendid colors. Spectacular views. The perfect way to end February and enter into the month of March.

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Noodles

I biked to Needles today on the raod bike. I think they should change the name to Noodles. I like the word Noodles better than Needles. Wow, it was beautiful out today! 50s, quite nice, and it’s February! Good enough for knee warmers for the legs, undershirt, jersey, vest, and arm warmers on top. Still [...]

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Back in the Dirt

I’m missing the mountain biking now. I got a chance to escape to the Foothills once again and did a nice ride. I took off from the usual spot at the top of Spain, then headed north. I love the north Foothills. The weather was much warmer than I thought and the skies were blue. [...]

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Cold? Not Really…

Sunday, Matt and I decided to do our Sunday ride ritual–with a visit to Bread (can’t do a ride without stopping there–it’s yummy!). The forecast was 40 for the high, but when we rolled out onto the driveway, it was definitely warmer than that. Beautiful! Snow be damned….we’re riding. We did the Baker’s Bridge loop [...]

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Catching Up

Well, it’s been a while since I’ve been on the blog. I found something truly horrible online that is a total waste of time, yet it is addicting – Facebook. So I’m trying really hard not to use it quite so much. Time to get back to the more substantial blog post rather than a [...]

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Happy Trails

One last ride in the Burque before heading back home. I hit the Foothills with Lyn before saying adios. We started the ride from her place, where Kasen was getting a story. The day was overcast, but still “warm”. I totally overdressed! After the ride, it was back home to this… Poor Matt got the [...]

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40+ Degrees is Warm!

It’s amazing how the temperature outside is all relative to what you are used to. When we lived in Albuquerque, I really didn’t want to go out and ride in anything under 50 degrees, but I did. Yesterday, I was downright excited about the whole thing. Rita was wanting to ride, since she’s getting ready [...]

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Sunsets

I love sunsets, and there is something absolutely wonderful about the sunsets in Albuquerque that set them apart from all others I’ve seen. I think the best view you can get is in the Foothills at sunset. This used to be one of my favorite past times. Get off from a hectic day of work, [...]

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Animas

A 2000 ft ride from the house, perfect break in the day. I especially like the beginning of this climb. At the top you get some great views. And those views don’t stop unti you get to the bottom. It was a short-sleeved climb, but the arm warmers and jacket came on for the descent.

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Turkey and Biking!

Got to go to a pre-Thanksgiving party at Nancy’s this afternoon. I think just about the entire Wednesday night ride group was there along with their significant others and kiddos, plus a new puppy for the Campbell family. To work up an appetite, I went to Fort Lewis College to watch the cross races and [...]

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It’s Good to be Home

I’ve been on the road on and off for the past 4 weeks (Portland, Denver, Albuquerque, Las Cruces), and this is my first time home in a while. I’ve lost my routine, but today really helped me get back on track. This morning I started out with a food-free Hot Vinyasa Yoga class. It went [...]

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Post-work Relief

I’m at a training workshop that really isn’t too bad, but you can only handle so many hours straight with a bunch of engineers before the nerd meter starts to send you into a frenzie. So, end of the day bell rang, and I was out the door in a flash. Biked back to the [...]

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Hog’s Back…not!

Rode with Jamie out at Test Tracks. We decided to get some climbing in and headed towards Hog’s Back. That’s lots of climbing out there! Nice day, and then when we were finished, we headed to Yoga Durango for a free yoga class!  

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CO Trail…Ahhhhh…

I rode the CO Trail today with Tanya, Kerry, and Theresa. We met up at Tanya’s and headed to the trail from there. Wow, what a perfect day! Of course I think I say that a lot when I’m posting my blog pics. You get a lot of “perfect days” around here. We grabbed a [...]

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Test Tracks

Will I ever figure this one out?? Rode with the Wednesday night group, what a blast! The new trail sections makes it super nice. Thanks Trails 2000!

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The End

Well, it’s a happy end to a very nice, week-long staycation. Saturday, Matt and I finished our third Durango Fall Blaze Century together! Thanks to Matt, we did the whole 100–he pulled some strength out of me that I didn’t know I had! Lesson learned? Eat more frequently. Easier said than done! Team Turgeon completed [...]

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Last Official Vacation Day

Oh man, this is it, end of my week-long vacation. Well, technically it’s Sunday, but I only consider it a vacation when I’m intentionally avoiding my coworkers on days they have to show up for work. I’m going to take this vacation out in style. Yesterday, Matt and I rode the Gulch and got onto [...]

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Monday – Ahhh…

We got back from the M2D road ride pretty late (or technically, early since it was after midnight). Sunday was sleeping in and getting the bikes ready for Moab…again! Another early 3 AM wake-up call. If you know me, you know I’m not much of a morning person! So I jumped back into the loaded [...]

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Blackhawk

Today was a bad day to forget the camera, but a good excuse to ride out to Blackhawk again soon! Sue took me out and showed me what CO high altitude riding is all about. We had a super, rain-free ride that topped us off at 12,020 ft elevation at Blackhawk. Here’s the profile…click to [...]

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Missionary Ridge

Another blog with no pics. Sorry to disappoint! Today was a dirt road ride day. I’m trying to get ready for Breck100…a little late for that, I suppose, but at least I can start riding terrain, distance, and elevation levels that are similar. I’m glad I’m doing this as a 3-woman team! Lyn and Sue [...]

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Lots of Biking

Just home from the almost 2 week trip to the parents’ home, and I decided to get back to the real biking, no more MO gravel roads!! Thursday I rode Animas Peak. Great climbing, good workout on the legs. Friday was a huge group ride organized by the local Durango bike-n-beer group, an informal group [...]

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