http://ogrehut.com Mountain Biking Northern California Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:00:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Two big trips over the last few weeks. I took Vivian back to Ohio where she wants to try and make a go at independence with some help from Fiona's family... 3 days of solid driving through fog and snow then a couple days of rest and Christmas ... http://ogrehut.com/20100107/struggling-with-weigh-recovery-oregon-trip Having crashes while mountain biking is considered normal. You come to expect road rash, cuts, and scratches. Broken bones are not common, thankfully. Usually Ogre only enters a couple races a year at the most.  His primary race is the Coolest 24 hour race.  It's a cancer fundraiser held ... http://ogrehut.com/20091219/injury-and-recovery-from-the-wifes-point-of-view Ok, seems like every year it gets harder and harder to ride in the winter time. This winter seems a little colder and wetter early on than the past few. This is generally good news around here since we've had a few dry seasons, but it does make ... http://ogrehut.com/20091217/winter-blues-and-recovery A 525 acre fire started in the Mamoth Bar area in the Auburn SRA. I haven't seen the damage but it appears it was mostly contained on the south side of the ridge, primarily burning the OHV area. It appears that most of the Auburn trails are unscathed ... http://ogrehut.com/20090717/auburn-sra-mamoth-bar-fire I had an appointment scheduled to have my staples removed on Friday but my doctor's office was CLOSED how lame is that? So by Sunday my staples were driving me NUTS so I did what any slightly insane person with reasonable pain tolerances would do.... I pulled them ... http://ogrehut.com/20090707/a-little-bit-insane Today and Yesterday are my best days since getting home from surgery and pain is continuing to be less an issue. It's still plenty of work moving around and if I move wrong the pain ramps up quite a bit. My appetite has returned but I'm trying ... http://ogrehut.com/20090628/recovery-progress My days seem to be broken up into little chunks. For a while I'm feeling nearly ok. Then I'll use the bathroom or just pass out asleep and then feel horrible for a bit. Sometimes sitting at my laptop, I'll be IMing folks and just drift off in ... http://ogrehut.com/20090626/more-ramblings-on-the-road-to-wellness Last week someone offered me free entry into a race near Clearlake, CA at a great park called Boggs. I'd been thinking of going to the race and getting the free entry sort of tipped me over the edge. The race is a 24 hour endurance race.  I ... http://ogrehut.com/20090623/boggs-ramblings-and-post-mortem Had a great ride today... a friend took me to a place called Pipi Valley east of Jackson. It's an OHV park but we had lots of fun. There was plenty of mud, a few creek crossings and Bruce broke his rear derailer. Overall not a bad ... http://ogrehut.com/20090509/pipi-valley-ohv-trails-for-mtbers As I pushed my bike up a steep section of 2" deep sloppy mud, I couldn't help but think "What kind of an idiot rides in crap like this in the middle of the night?" Then the inescapable thought bubbled to the surface "What kind of idiot composes blog ... http://ogrehut.com/20090503/the-coolest-24-wettest-22-hour-race