Well...its Leadville 100 cram time...starting today. This week I think I'll be mostly a mt. biker. Then back to running next week. I need to get at least some semblance of some biking legs before saturday...we'll see how that goes. I did 30 awesome single track trail miles today in the Buffalo Creek Area by Pine, CO. It felt great. Wasn't really hard at all actually, so I think Leadville is going to be fun. I definitely don't have a very strong biking legs right now though, so I'll be taking it pretty easy next saturday. It takes a lot more than 300 miles over a 6 month period to actually be strong on a bike. But my fitness is good, and the mountain running has definitely helped. Its just not the same though. Todays ride was 3:28 - 30 miles - 3400 Feet ascent/descent. Probably about 3:10 of riding time. We were taking it pretty easy, stopping at the top of the climbs to eat, and swap bikes, and stuff. The area down there is absolutely phenomenal for fast cross country non-technical riding. It's got some nice climbs, but nothing too steep, and really, really awesome 5-7 mile down hills of superb, smooth single track. It is exactly the type of mountain biking I really prefer. I'm not a huge fan of ultra technical mt. biking...its fun, but I like the smooth faster stuff better. | 