Rookie Mountain Biker - Training for the Leadville 100

You wake up, excited to see beautiful weather outside. You told yourself you'd get in an early ride. You begin to assemble your gear, only to be delayed by having your gear spread to the four corners of your house. Shoes upstairs, bike computer downstairs, empty water bottle still on the bike... Not good. I'm sure you're more organized than I am, but it happens to everyone. Some more than others. By "get organized" I don't mean "put everything you need in one place the night before." That's basic stuff. What I mean is - create a space to keep everything you need easy to find. Be committed to keeping the space clear of everything else. ONLY use the space for your riding gear. Helmet Sunglasses Headphones Gloves Cycle Computer Water Bottle(s) Backpack Wind/Rain Jacket Tools Tire Repair Kit Spare Tube Pump Cycling Shoes

Well, I need help. I need help with my recovery. I did a body-weight, leg-centric, workout on Monday and I'm still so sore. I'm walking like a cowboy after a rodeo and making funny (not "haha") faces when I walk up the stairs. My wife, a college athlete, tells me I need to stretch more and keep up with the workouts. Taking too much time off between resistance workouts isn't good... I'm not convinced 100%, but I'll get back on the horse tomorrow and see how it goes. Wish me luck.

I'll go backwards some other time and explain how this madness started.  For today all you need to know is that my entire lower body, everything below my waist, is SO F'N SORE I can barely sit on the toilet to drop a duce AND get back up. I guess having DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness) is a good sign, in some weird way. I'm pushing my body to the limit and it is replying with a big old "oh yeah, well let me show you who's the boss here...". So, instead of another bodyweight workout this morning, I went shopping, picked-up some yum-yums for my daughter's birthday, and I'm riding the couch dreaming of what bike I could realistically build for the L100. Today my son suggested getting a  Knolly Fugative  frame as the foundation. I haven't done the full analysis yet on the geometry specifications, but it looks like it could be a reasonable approach. The price is right, but I still have my heart set on a XC-specific frame (aka Pivot Mach 4 SL). My ca...