HR TRAINING TO THE NEXT LEVEL

THERE'S NOTHING QUITE LIKE the joy of climbing with friends to a distant peak and poking through the clouds. Summiting is like having...

... the top of the world to ourselves.

All is calm.

Bombing down the mostly unfamiliar other side...

... not so calm.

Heaven forbid we'd let a gap open and get left behind.

Already on the edge of grip, I came into a sweeping lefthand turn...

... a negative radius, sloping downward.

I drifted all the way wide to the soft bulldozed berm.

Exiting, it was nothing but steep with ruts and rocks competing for my attention.

It wasn't looking good.

Somehow I managed to wiggle through the gauntlet.

My HR now sky high.

Only one thing to do, let out a huge...

... WOOOOHOOOOO!!!

Sheesh, my heart skipped a beat just reliving and writing this.

It.
Was.
Awesomeness.

Had I gone down,
I wouldn't have died.

But, it woulda been a bloody mess firshur.

Glad I kept my eyes open
and arms relaxed,
the tires held...

... just another reason to be grateful this time of year.

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