Midweek trip to the valley to chase down a Great Horned Owl and her owlets. I've always wanted to see one and totally lucked out spotting 2 different nesting pairs as well as some fledglings learn to fly and catch prey with the help of another birder we met while down there.
Caught the sunrise and did a little bit more bird watching before leaving town back up to Flag. Can't ask for a better birding opportunity than that!
#Dennis #GreatHornedOwl #birding #Arizona #swag
Late lunch bike ride out to the canyon for a picnic then back home. I love having stuff like this in our back yard.
Flagstaff springtime is here!
Swipe to see me ask to pause taking a picture because I heard an Osprey calling in the trees above the canyon.
#biking #Flagstaff #swag
J Crow just crushed it at the Belgian Waffle Ride down in Fountain Hills, AZ! With a time of 8:13:36 he was flying with the spirit of the seagull🙂↔️
Here’s what he had to say about his fueling strategy:
“My nutrition plan for the race was to take in right around 100g of carbs per hour through 2 bottles of High Carb Spirit of the Seagull with 1 scoop of unflavored Hydra Mix in each bottle for additional electrolytes, 2,450mL of gel through mega gel flasks of a custom gel mix, and 2 standard 150mL gel flasks of a caffeinated custom gel mix.
I knew it was going to be an especially hot and long day, so I carried the gels in a vest that also held 2.5L of Blank’s mixer (plain water).
The breakdown of what was in each bottle is as follows: - Bottle of High Carb Spirit of the Seagull: 100g of carbs & 800mg of sodium per bottle (200g of carbs & 1600mg of sodium in the bottles) - Mega Flask 1: 3 servings of a custom gel mix that yielded 100g of carbs & 150mg of sodium per serving (300g of carbs total). My gel was flavored a watermelon x kiwi hybrid and viscosity level 2 to help it go down. I called this gel “ketchup”. - Mega Flask 2: 3 servings of a custom gel mix that yielded 75g of carbs per serving (225g of carbs total) This gel was flavored a pineapple x piña colada hybrid and was viscosity level 2 as well. I called this gel “mustard”. - Regular Gel Flasks: Each of these were 1 serving of a caffeinated gel mix that yielded 100g of carbs & 50mg of caffeine per serving (200g of carbs total).
GRAND TOTAL: 925g of carbs which roughly equaled out to 3,770 calories”
#upsettheindustry #fueledbyblanks #blankssportsnutrition
J Crow didn’t exactly know where this path was going to take him, but he knew he had to follow that tailwind feeling pushing him towards @blanks_sports_nutrition
Watch “Tailwinds” the origin story of Blank’s Sports Nutrition releasing spring on our YouTube channel.
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#upsettheindustry #fueledbyblanks #blankssportsnutrition
Bailee has picked back up sewing and really surprised me by working hard on making a full frame bag for my new gravel bike so I can have everything I'd need for my adventures. If that's not love then I don't know what is.
Her sewing page is @busy.b.sews where she sells some premade items and showcases what she offers! Check it out!
I personalized it by adding some patches of my favorite birds via @birdcollective
For those who care (all of you), the birds are the Northern Cardinal which is the state bird of Ohio where I was born and raised and the bird my mom would always point out to me as a kid, which got me really into appreciating birds and nature at a young age, the American Woodcock, Black Capped Chickadee, Wood Trush which has become a recent favorite due to it's beautiful call, the raven (for obvious crow-like reasons), and then my all-time favorite bird the Prothonotary Warbler. The bird on the top tube bag is the Northern Flicker (Flicka' please).
I'll maybe do a bike check or dedicated post on the bike build some time here soon. I just have to have a time that it's clean because I can't stop riding this thing. 💯
#BikePacking #CustomFrameBags #BusyBSews #love #swag
A lot of focus on work and life and riding other bikes this winter, but I still love getting a leg over my trail bike.
Getting antsy for some Flagstaff springtime trail riding this year! Until then, Sedona will do.
#MTB #Sedona #cycling #swag
