so much

yesterday sirus learned to ride his bike without training wheels! can you believe it? eric took the training wheels off, sirus messed around some, and then all of a sudden he was off! and even more impressive was in a matter of just a few minutes eric had set up a course on the driveway with cones and sirus was weaving in and out, hair pin turns and navigating it with ease! totally amazing little guy!
today i went on a mountain bike ride that kicked my arse. really hard. we went up to almost canada. we parked the cars and headed out. i knew right off the bat i was going to be in trouble because everyone was riding with so much ease and i was struggling with every bump. i was however really happy that i got up the first batch of switch backs but everythign else was tought! apparently i needed baggy shorts since i was the only one in lycra. there were 10 of us there, 3 training for la ruta, 2 training for bc bike race, one of whom is a pro, two dudes, and then two others who have some pretty awesome technical skills. i was the slowest of the bunch and not just slow, but like really really slow. i could keep up on the fire road climbs! and even on some of the single track climbs as long as they weren't too technical, oh and did i mention that my garmin said 33.3 miles and 10k ft of elevation? good grief. over 5 hrs of riding time. luckily there was some good stopping along the way! it was way fun, but really really hard. and then i drove the 2hrs home! tomorrow's run is going to be tough!