'endurance' Category
KMC: Just what do you think you’re doing, Dave?
Well Dave, I have to give it to you. This is my first official DNF in a race. Granted, I’ve had some 24 hour races where I stopped racing sunday morning before noon, but in a distance-based race, this is it.Then again, the full race was 126 miles, and Chad and I [...]
Coconino Dirty Century - Postponed due to Weather
I just spoke with Chad a little while ago, and it looks like the official call has been made to postpone the Coconino Dirty Century tentatively to June 22nd.It’s been snowing on and off all morning, and has cleared up for a bit, but more is called for tonight.
The AZT out by mormon lake [...]
SBFL - Beat Down, Sedona Stylee
Another epic race in the books. Some of these things I feel somewhat decent the next day. This one?I feel like a train wreck. It was hot, it was rocky, and it was a ton of fun.
The results are up here if you want to cut right to the chase.
The race [...]
SBFL Pre-Ride
I went down to sedona today with the intention of riding a little bit of the SBFL course that I hadn’t been on before. Out of the 50-some miles of singletrack that are on the course, the only thing I hadn’t ridden yet was “Damn if I Know”, so today was the day.I’ve [...]
San Ysidro Ass Kicking
By the numbers, I came in at 11 hours, 25 minutes with 10 hours and 47 minutes of moving time. 11th place overall, 4th place singlespeed. I was just over an hour behind the first place singlespeeder (who was on a cross bike. Chris: you are a madman. . . )The [...]
24 in the OP
It’s a done deal. The final numbers for yours truly came out at 9 laps, 144 miles, and 10,800 feet of climbing. 11th place out of 45 in the solo singlespeed category.As has been illustrated time and time again, I am horrible at pacing myself on something this long. Lap times [...]
