Sunday, March 27, 2011

Alcova Trail



Have you been to Alcova to ride?  Just 30 minutes South of Casper on hwy 220, drive into the Alcova marina and park at the lot where the road ends.  To make a 5 mile, leg cramping loop, start your ride on the two track just behind the porta' potty.  Ride for 1.54 miles straight up some awesome technical jeep trail (averages 12.4% grade).  I rode from the porta potty to the fence line at 1.54 miles in 25 minutes and 2 seconds.  I hope you try to get to this place next weekend and beat my time..... Anyway, ride another half a mile to a 4 way jeep road crossing.  Take a left (East).  Ride for .7 miles and take a left (North) on the jeep road.  Ride down hill and straight on this road.  There are two dirt roads that jut off to the right (feel free to go exploring, but I don't know where they go).  After riding for about a mile, you will reach a fence.  Go ahead and climb through it and start riding single track the rest of the way down to the parking lot.  For two miles you will be going down hill.  Most of it is on solid rock, and the trail is marked with small blue paint markings and rock piles.  Have fun!  There was no snow at all and the trails were amazing.  I did the loop in about an hour (my gps died after 50 minutes).

Enjoy!

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

39 days to the Fat Fish Season Opener!!!!

A couple Fat Fish on vacation!

Chris and Adam took to Lake Havasu for a couple days of riding (for Adam) and a collegiate triathlon (for Chris).  Chris rocked the olympic tri with a time of just over 2:04.  That was enough for him to place top on his team and in the first wave at Collegiate Nationals in Alabama on April 9th.  I just rode and coached for a couple days.  Below was a mandatory spin that Chris did in the middle of our 16 hour drive.  It was a very nice break from the car. 


Chris and the rest of the CSU Tri Team.

 Some mid ride photos.  With temps at 85 degrees, the under armor warm weather gear was awesome!!!  I highly suggest the sleeveless shirt under your jersey.  It kept me super comfortable.

It was too beautiful not to call Andrea during the ride to say how much I was missing her.  

Mark your calendars for May 2.  That is the first Fat Fish Racing Event.  We can't wait to see you there.

Adam