Spring Teaser

Central Oregon treated us to a preview of spring this past weekend.  The weather was amazing and it is that time of year where you can essentially go chase whatever playground you want to pursue.  As mentioned in the prior post, I started the weekend with a bang by going up to Tumalo and doing a quick lap in the backcountry on the splitboard.

With a de-pressurize from the prior day's activities, it was time to figure out what the weekend held in store.  I decided to take the road bike out on Saturday and get a ride in.  It is always a bit of cat and mouse scenario during this time of year in trying to figure out when to ramp up mileage versus riding for because the weather is nice.  It is hard to know what the weather will allow in terms of consistent riding and if you start to ramp up saddle time too soon, you run the risk of burn out mid-summer.

I watched the clouds build up over in the Cascades and wondered whether I could get through my ride unscathed from the oncoming storm.  Fortunately, the storm stayed in the high country and the low country just had cloud cover to contend with.  I rode out to Sisters, did a couple of small loops out that way and ended up back at the homestead with a nice 60 mile ride.  It will take a while to get the body and legs used to longer days again but it is part of the process of ramping up.

All in all, it was a great day to be out and putting the legs through a workout.