Racing resumes in 13 days, when I’ll be poaching the 12 Hours of the Peaks, an underground SS lap race in Flagstaff. While I don’t have the Lev back yet, I hope I’m not too bold in presuming it will back within the week. Technical terrain, lots of climbing, should be fun. No goals or expectations other than to have fun and kick my own ass.

Geoff is making me feel pretty damn lethargic these days. Well done sir.

I’m also getting one of these, in preparation for the fall when my running legs are back from holiday. The pack is supposed to carry at least two liters, and be stable enough for hard trail work. I’ve never found a pack that came close to working for running, but this one has good reviews from the skeptics. We shall see, it will arrive in a week or so, along with what will I hope be the rest of the year’s worth of Gu.

Nothing like 75 little hermetically sealed packets of goodness in the cupboard.