Zoom! Pop!

     Well if you hadn't heard on the news lately, yesterday marked the final stage of the US Pro Cycling Challenge as it rolled through Golden and Wheat Ridge to finally come to a close in downtown Denver. The race is the first of its kind to take place on American soil, and hit pretty close to home...like 2 blocks close to home. I was able to catch the race as it came down 32nd Avenue and I have to say it was probably one of the coolest things I've ever witnessed in my life. Last summer, I was plagued with a few cross country injuries that kept me from running for a few weeks but I was able to keep my base training by bike riding up to Lookout Mountain in Golden, and ever since then I've picked up cycling as sort of a second sport.

     So after I checked out the race, I threw my bike into the car and hit up the Wheat Ridge Greenbelt trail. The plan was to get about 15 miles out (which did happen, by the way) but more than one thing went wrong, and needless to say, it wasn't a very fun Sunday. I've been having troubles with my iPod lately and right as I was heading back, I felt my back tire begin to bounce and discovered that I had punctured the rubber... completely. So there I was...15 miles away from my car, in the middle of the forest with a dead iPod which meant I had no indication of what time it was. I guess it's one of those situations that you see always happening to other people, but you never think it's going to happen to you. Well it did. Big time. I had to walk back the entire way with a dead iPod in my pocket and a busted back tire. Maybe it's finally time to get new wheels... yeah. I think I'm gonna look into that...