Not expected #1:
My trail race on June 7 didn't exactly go as expected. It went ugly. Little did I know that later that day the flu would hit me. The run was horrible and I felt awful. I was most pissed on the fact that I am never sick, and now I was going to be out for a few days. This does not make me happy. Later that day came the fever, chills, no appetite, and inability to do anything but lay in bed. For a days! Not just a day, days. My recovery week quickly turned into a survival week to get better. 2 weeks later, I still didn't feel fully recovered.
Not expected #2:
A few weekends ago was track meet in Calgary for @Javelin_daddy, so we decided why not take some side trips in between throws to discover new trails on our mountain bikes with our littleman. Our Friday night ride of an expected 1-1.5 hour loop quickly turned into a 3 hour 19 minutes adventure when we got to a map on the trail and realized that we had totally missed our turn and went the wrong way. Once the "oh shit" factor was put aside, we carried on. This trail was up a mountain, down a mountain, up again, and through some insane mud, roots and technical trail. Lesson learned: when in doubt, get your compass out!
This is the sign we see exiting the loop, after we've already done the trail:
Not expected #3:
This past weekend I dipped my hand in off-road tri. Considering my mountain biking skills are what I would classify as "remedial" and "chicken shit" (evidenced in the expression on my face below from an earlier training ride), I was pleased with how it went. Only once did I get ejected from my bike, and managed to conquer some crazy root sections. The unexpected: I really loved scaring the crap out of myself. Eek, that isn't good.
