Trail

The other day I loaded the pockets with food and decided to make another assault on the Mount Lemmon MTB trails.  It is the time of year to begin polishing the mountain bike skills and around here Lemmon is my favorite place to go because the trails aren't lined with deadly cacti.  Those things kill me, especially when my skills aren't quite primed.  I met up with my new teammate, Russell Finsterwald for the ride.  He has been down here in Tucson training for the last couple weeks.  I'm not sure exactly how he works it considering he is still in high school, but however he does it I definitely approve.  We ran into fellow mountain biker Todd Wells out heading the opposite direction.  It was perfect timing because he was just meeting Meg for a refueling stop so we scored some water and got to chat with both of them.  What a lucky guy.  Russell and I continued to climb up Lemmon and on the way down he kept me on point while ripping down the loose and rocky trails.  Plus check out his guns.  I think he's been working out.  Look for big things from him this year.

In other news, I'm heading to team camp/photos on Monday.  We are doing the shoot in Denver at an old Subaru warehouse.  I think it could be a pretty cool location,  plus the weather should be warmer in a warehouse than it was during the photo shoot last year.  I'm excited to see the rest of the team and hear what they have been up to.  Plus it's always sweet to drool over all of the new gear.  I'll keep you posted.  I'm off to get another Moka pot fired up and then get out on the bike...