Productivity

I've really been lamenting the fact that I missed out on trips to Steamboat Springs twice this year. First was a planned (well, hopeful) trip in the spring that never came to fruition due to lack of staff at work to allow for any extended time off. The second was a chance to a free paid for trip over Labor Day weekend that again fell apart due to staffing shortages. Meh. 

Next year I am going even if I have to quit for a week and then beg for my job back. Luckily this cool snap we've had lately has really helped quell the pain. Low humidity and cool temps at night and in the morning have been very Colorado-esque. It's been fabulous. 

Cross season is rapidly approaching. I'm stoked. I've always enjoyed racing cross since the days when Dan Werle and I were battling each other in the CCC 4 race/dual weekend series. An A and B class only. That was our cross season here until White Lightening Werle picked up the mantle and created a 5 race UCI legal race series. Each race magically containing a sand pit. I miss those days. 

As I said I've always loved cross but never have I been so stoked for the season. I think it is because cross and all it's short intensity fits into what life is allowing me lately. Plus it's what I have available to me with my wacky work schedule. Another plus is I will have the rare opportunity to be able to sleep in my own bed, use my own bathroom, and race my bike all without leaving my property. Man I love cross. 

It appears as though we ( MOAB Cyclocross) will be having a 3 race MOAB Cup series with potentially 2 races at the farm. If a third location (already in the works) works out, it'll just be the one. Either way the course is dialing in nicely. All the work put in last year has made this years workload much easier. Less building and creating and more maintaining and improving. Very productive with myriad course and obstacle options. Even a legit ditch. 

I'm hoping to secure a projector for movie and bonfire / camping night before the race. Movies are being secured at the moment. I'm slowly combining all my favorite things to put together my own personal über-weekend. I love fall. 

Want, Can, Have, Should

Fall is nearly upon us and so much of the spring and summer passed by too quickly thanks to things I had to and should do. Things wanted to do fell by the wayside or effectively stalled out with hopeful thoughts of "maybe later". 

Only seven days remain officially of summer. Time is racing by. Opportunities missed, sacrificed, or just forgotten. 

Races and trips missed due to work events and/or retail Saturday hours. But it is what it is. No use crying over spilled milk. I can only do what I can do. 

And what I can do is get out for whatever adventure, great or small, for which I can make time. But all is not lost. Better weather is on the way. No more hot humid muggy buggy days. Cool crisp nights and cooler mornings will soon be the norm. 

Fall has always been my favorite season. Caramel is ripe and ready, pumpkins, Halloween, sweater weather, and my clothing palate becomes aesthetically pleasing to natures backdrop. I've always  been an autumn. 

The lesson learned from the missed summer is to not waste time. You can never get it back and it never slows down.