Always Go
Yesterday was a reminder of why it pays to stay stubborn and keep the soul happy by tackling objectives that seem lofty. Alycia and I woke up at 3:30am and drove down to the Tushar Mountains. A range I’d heard about but not yet explored. At 8:00am I lined up for Tushar Crushar, a 70 mile gravel road bike race with 10,000 feet of elevation gain. Most of the course hovers at 8,000ft and the finish was up at 10,600ft. The race starts in Beaver, Utah, the same town Butch Cassidy grew up in. I raced on a borrowed one speed bike I’d ridden twice. Hard as the course was, riding with one gear in a place I’d never been brought me back to those youthful days of riding my BMX bike around Hollywood Hill where I grew up. If it’s steep you have to pedal harder, if it’s flat you cruise, and down hill always means coasting. The Tushar Mountains are the third highest mountain range in Utah. The range is polka dotted with alpine lakes, lichen covered granite walls, and t...