Two weeks into running on these Brooks Pure Grit "minimalist" trail shoe and loving them. Light, lots of flex, grippy, and only 4mm heel-toe offset. Fun shoes that replace my Brooks Cascadia 3's, which were awesome, but long overdue for retirement.

Fun small surf after work on friday, although the water was brown from all the blown out rivers, after a week of rain. Watched this flock of late migrating geese fly low over us while we bobbed around catching some little fun ones.

Cleaning stinging nettles and watching Ryder Hesjedal win the Giro d’Italia....although that's not him in this shot.

Some mushrooms on a log. Not sure that you would want to eat these, but fun to look at.

Wicked afternoon ski. Cruising through the woods on fresh snow, listening to my body as i breath deep and exhale, move cyclically, changing rhythm and pace only as the terrain dictates. Winter. Embrace it. Shortest days of the year, but also the most alive.


be well
and
peace all

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bikes and morels

j., Lutsen and i booted out for a spin on some local trails this eve. Lutsen going like a bat outta hell and j and i taking a couple of spills over the ole handle bars just to keep things real, get acquainted with some dirt and remember why a helmet is a good thing. I'd say the rigs we ride are pretty rad...hand picked quality components, solid frames, nice wheelsets, cool skull stickers and black paint jobs... but there's a new rival out there in terms of coolness. check the uncles new wheels for cruising the north woods of Minnesota and for approaching unsuspecting ungulates come november.

The Surly Puglsy dominating this log last weekend.

Oh, and a booty load of morels from northern MN!!



Should see some tasty fungi comin around soon up in these parts, with a bit of rain in the forecast and some warmer days.

Photo's courtesy of: Erv Berglund