Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Bone Bender = Reality Check

Well, that was interesting to say the least... Apparently I have a sheet ton of work to do! On a positive side, I am quite a bit faster than I was last year, not so positive side, I am going to get my arse handed to me this year...
Dude, not kidding ya, the upper echelon on race day made me look like a Cat 3!
Le-mans Start (However you spell it)
I honestly had top 3 in my mind on driving down to Bone Bender for the 6 hour duo. Yah, welllll, not so much........
I did the Lemans start like usual because my grandpa, ugh, I mean parter always complains about his knees. I lined up on the front row, but by the time the gun went off I was three rows deep. I had to jump out to the right of the trail in the rough to get buy a bunch of dudes lolly-gagging it up the hill.
It was worth every ounce of energy spent, because I was hearing complaining about the walking/waiting on the singletrack if you got to your bike later.
Well, once we hit the singletrack (I have never ridden Clinton) amateur night began for me. On the first lap with traffic and all, I seriously looked like a roadie out there.. I could not quite get in a groove, and as soon as I did, I would hit a rock section that would get me out of it. Also, lost my water bottle somewhere during this lap that would hurt me on the next lap.

Second lap, I finally got a little used to the rocky sections and got into a little groove throughout the lap. Well, except for the part where my legs seized up cramping harder than I had ever had in my life! I must have looked ridiculous out there trying to bend my leg and keep it from seizing up! Once I worked it out and kept moving, I made it back and starting taking in a high regimen of endurolites that seemed to work pretty well.
Third lap, not very good, getting better at the technical sections, but the legs were not there.
Fourth lap, felt actually pretty good, I had finally recovered from the cramping and was able to push a decent gear through. Made up several minutes on the next couple of places on the lap, but in the end it wasn't
enough. A dismal 7th... Game over...

On a positive note the Ethos Crew was second to none, bunch of bad ass dudes (and couple of fast ladies too)..

Bone Bender Pics HERE... and Results are HERE....

Monday, April 11, 2011

Bonebender

The countdown is on!
Website Here...     Blog Here....


Got my new bike, helmet, kit, breakpads.... Lets roll... Time to start breaking all of it!

Monday, April 4, 2011

Sweet, sweet, singletrack...

Yes, riding around in circles in a  park with a bunch of dudes is fun... I throughly enjoy it every fall and winter... Cold weather rides on the pavement/gravel do kinda suck, but they have to be done to keep any kind of fitness level.. Trainers, don't even get me started on those damn things....

But.....The second you get back out onto the dirt, it just makes it soooooooo much better!!!! Man, do I love riding singletrack!!!!!
Krug is sweeet! Owe how I have missed her!!!

Owe, and the new ride is amazing... Light and fast... Did you know that gears can make you go faster? Huh....1x9 setup is perfect!!!

After three laps out at Krug, these were well deserved....
I am so excited, racing is just around the corner... Literally.....Bring on the pain....