OOOOOHHHHHH BABY!!!!!!!! Windrock is without a doubt badass!!! Finally got out there today, and paid my $88 for my pass. This place is incredible, I am kicking myself for living in knoxville for 4 years and today was the first time at Windrock. After speaking to Downhill Doug and Rams, I was sold on how sweet this place was. Blake went with me to show me around, and show off on his 4 wheel beast. It was alot of fun to ride with Blake, to see him in his element was cool. Blake and I work together, so alot of times you have to wear your work hat. Its cool to see two buddies use the same trails on two different modes of transportation and still have the same enjoyment. I could tell by watching him ride he is very good, and fearless. We rode up P1, hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot...did I mention it was freaking HOT!!!!! The plan was to ride up to the windmills but that got cancelled due to the heat. We decided to take G1 over to 2, then to 1. Trail 2 was great, I bottomed out my shock at least 3 times and decided to stop jumping all the humps on the trail. Trail 1 was cool, it had some tough steep climbs but all of it was rideable.
We only rode for 1hr 30mins but I was crushed when I got home. Nothing a growler of Pisgah pale ale cant cure. Saturday I think I am going to go up 1 to 2 then onto the windmills, then just do some exploring.
The rode climb was no joke!! It was steep and HOT!! It reminded me of riding back in Carter county, big loooooong steep climbs. After that climb it was a blast, good shade and fast descents. I cant wait to do some longer rides, especially in the fall when its cooler and the views are not as hazy. I want to climb that rode again when I'm a lil more fresh. The past two days I have done some high HR intervals on the bike and the run. I know it will still suck but that climb will only make me stronger.
I am thinking about running out there in the next week or two. This is going to be grat training for some late fall ultras.
If anybody needs to find me I WILL BE AT WINDROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stover and i hit windrock early Saturday morning. We rode trail 1-2-16-G1-2. The climbs were steep and long and the terrain was insane!! Trail 16 is tough and will beat the shit of you. I messed my front wheel up half way thru our ride. So, I had to kind of take it easy on the descents. We ended up riding up 2hr 45 mins with 2740 ft of elevation gain. Trail 16 was soooo steep we had to do some hike a bike, the gravel roads were very steep as well. Cant wait to get back out there again, I am mapping out a big ole nasty ride out there for later in the year. I will post route later on.
