Trails!

Providence Canyon Trail - 

Bike Run Bike with the run covering the entire (currently existing) singletrack trail for the first time.  4.5 mile run, felt pretty good.  Mild tightness on the downs. 

T- 60 bike 40 run 2000' Vert total

Bike commute (3 miles equivalent)

Providence Canyon Trail again....  still loving that trail.  Ran the whole thing again today.  

T- 62 bike 40:20 run 2050' vert

Quick trip up to Deer Fence to bike/run.  Spent the rest of the day driving to Colstrip Montana to spend a few days with my wife's sister and her family.  It took a long 12 hours.  Fun.

T bike - 42 min T run - 33 min 1000' vert total.

Explored around Colstrip Montana.  I took the road out of town for about 5 miles then turned off onto Cow Creek (pronounced Crick) Road.  It was a dirt and gravel road that went for miles.  I could have gone for 40 miles or so before it ended.  I made it only about 11.5 before ditching the bike in the brush and running for a bit.  I ran on the flat road for 2.5 miles before heading back.  There wasn't much to see except some ranches and lots of weeds.  I would sure miss my mountains if I lived out here.  I made it 4 miles before the leg started to hurt and by mile 5 I was glad that I was back to the bike.  Once on the bike, the tightness immediately dissapeared.   The ride home was nice, but man it got hot and I was out of water.  I saw way more cows than people this ride but failed to find the creek that was advertised.  Liars

T bike - 65min out & 69min back (convert to 13.5 miles)

T run - 36:30 (7:20) 750' vert for bike and run

This was the biggest "hill" I could find around here.  Reminds me of Goblin Valley kind of.

Rode up to the Colstrip lake and rode around it 2 times (2.5 mile gravel trail) before running it once.  My leg felt fine during the run but didn't risk another lap.  I was feeling sluggish today so I kept things pretty chill.  After the run, I took the bike on a tour of the town before calling it a day.  Spent the day at the lake and on the golf course.  Rough day...get it?

T- 62 bike 23 run 350' vert

Lake -

Power Plant - The town is built around the coal mines and the power plant.

Colstrip Tour Day #3 -

Today I went north and explored some roads north of town.  One was great, but only 5 miles before it dead-ended.  Another turned out to be a private driveway that was 1/4 mile long.  Another was a mud bog that went for miles.  The last was another ranch (ie private road and probably had a guy with a shotgun waiting for me on his porch).  I headed back to the lake and did a lap on the bike before doing a lap running.  Another tour of the town and I was bored so I called it a day.  

T-Bike 2:25

T- Run 24:00

Vert - 700'