Sunday, May 25, 2008
80 Miles
I did 80 Miles enroute to my first Solo finish. I was in the Singlespeed category Even though that is only 16 laps @ New Fane, I did do 5 laps in the last 2 1/2 hours. I feel like garbage today and am a bit weak, I thought it would be worse. I'm still so tired... I will blog more about this more extensively this afternoon. I'm going to kick back and watch the Indy 500, Coca-Cola 600, and Ax Men today providing I can stay up that late and I won't pass out. I still can't see straight.
Friday, May 23, 2008
Fuck That
Apparently no one has any fucking integrity these days, geeze.
ANY ONE WANT TO DUO WITH ME THAT HAS INTEGRITY!!!
ANY ONE WANT TO DUO WITH ME THAT HAS INTEGRITY!!!
Thursday Night Shakedown
Last night Theo Peters, Griffin Baker, and I went up to New Fane to ride the trails there. I had never ridden there and I wanted to know what to expect. Griffy and I did 3 laps, and Theo did 4. Griffy and I were going to do a 6 hr duo, but so is Nate Labecki and Theo Peters so we are kicking around the Idea of a 12-hour 4-Man. 1/2 the fun of a WEMS Race is to socialize with everyone so that will give me more time to recover between efforts and talk to other people.
After I get done with work today I will be heading off to Hartland to finish off and pick up my New Salsa. Just for this weekend we are going to cannibalize the Fox Fork off my Cogitory. I will likely shake down the New Salsa tonight yet @ Lapham Peak.
After I get done with work today I will be heading off to Hartland to finish off and pick up my New Salsa. Just for this weekend we are going to cannibalize the Fox Fork off my Cogitory. I will likely shake down the New Salsa tonight yet @ Lapham Peak.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
The one year anniversary of...
My first ever century, it was actually a double metric century (124 miles) round trip from Road America in Elkhart Lake, WI. Totally 100% Solo.
Monday, May 19, 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
It look like I may be slated for...
a Solo Again. I'm going to try the world of 12 hour Solo Single Speed to see how I like it. Since this weekend is a WORS Weekend as well I can't find anyone to team up with let alone support me. O well
I have the Redline all rocking to go already. I haven't gotten it converted over to Disc brakes yet though. I have a pair of Avid BB7 Brakes laying around just chilling but I need rotors, rotor bolts, and caliper adapter. I did put a WTB Speed V Saddle and a race face Crank on there I had laying around. Monocog 29er is a rigid bike, I don't know what I'm going to think of it. I've almost always ridden with at least a suspension fork. Sometime I ride with it nearly completely locked out but even that is nothing like a rigid fork. It won't be my first time on a 29er though as I did have a GF Supercaliber 29er last year but ended up selling it at the end of season.
After school yesterday I was able to get in a lap at John Muir which is about 12 miles ish. I had done the 12 hour race there last year and alot of the trails are totally different, I swear some stuff is being run backwards, but I could be wrong.
For the remainder of the week I will be prepping for my race. I'm borrowing an extra light from Aris Peters as I don't have another battery right now, I should though by the time of 24/9. I need to open up my EZ-Up. I bought it last fall but never actually put it together. As well as other items needing to be prepped.
I have the Redline all rocking to go already. I haven't gotten it converted over to Disc brakes yet though. I have a pair of Avid BB7 Brakes laying around just chilling but I need rotors, rotor bolts, and caliper adapter. I did put a WTB Speed V Saddle and a race face Crank on there I had laying around. Monocog 29er is a rigid bike, I don't know what I'm going to think of it. I've almost always ridden with at least a suspension fork. Sometime I ride with it nearly completely locked out but even that is nothing like a rigid fork. It won't be my first time on a 29er though as I did have a GF Supercaliber 29er last year but ended up selling it at the end of season.
After school yesterday I was able to get in a lap at John Muir which is about 12 miles ish. I had done the 12 hour race there last year and alot of the trails are totally different, I swear some stuff is being run backwards, but I could be wrong.
For the remainder of the week I will be prepping for my race. I'm borrowing an extra light from Aris Peters as I don't have another battery right now, I should though by the time of 24/9. I need to open up my EZ-Up. I bought it last fall but never actually put it together. As well as other items needing to be prepped.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Pua Responded to me!
I asked Monique "Pua" Sawicki a simple question 26" or 29" and she responded on her "Ask Pua" portion of her Team Mata Website.
http://teammata.com/pua/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=61&p=115#p115
http://teammata.com/pua/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=61&p=115#p115
Monday, May 5, 2008
4-Man Singlespeed for 12-hours of Sexynight?
Would anyone be interested in doing a 4-man Singlespeed Team for the 12-hours of Sexy Night? I'm willing to drive, I would be willing to do a Duo too.
Iola = maybe a little too much excitment and prep
Well I need to pretext this weekend saying I did 22 miles of riding @ John Muir on Wednesday which felt great. When I say felt great I mean, I felt very comfortable on the bike as far as handling and my aerobic and anaerobic abilities. Saturday, I packed Saturday morning and headed out around noon, I got up there around 2:30 ish. I registered did 1 lap of pre-ride, which felt decent, I made it up all the hills w/ my 32-17 gear. the hill in the back of the property kills me though and it would be the only time I made it up that hill all weekend w/o walking.
After my lap of pre-ride I went and picked up my 9004 number plate and back numbers. I went back to my car and cooked up a few brats and sour kraut and snacked a little. I waited for it to get dark and then the fun began. Only I know what its like to have an entire WORS Race course to myself. I think that I wished the race was on Saturday, the two abbreviated laps I did of night riding were very fast and very fun. I skipped the lead out to the top of hill by the jump scaffolds and the bowl. It was the first time I had spent a good amount of time on quality single track at night and it was fun. I think I was riding sections faster at night than during the day, because during the daylight I was looking too far in advance and riding accordingly. The short course/long course sign for trail run was already up for the trail run in the morning which confused me a little bit.
Sunday rolled around and it was pretty darn cold in the morning, as I camped out but I knew that was going to happen and had made preparations accordingly, lots of blankets. I slept through the night and that was good. I went to sleep around midnight and woke up around 8.
After I left some leftovers from the night before for breakfast and banana I went for a ride around the parking lot to find anyone I knew. I found Gus, Theo, and Jordan a.k.a. J-dog was sporting his 2008 Big Sur, he hadn't even ridden it on dirt yet. So Iola would be a little bit of a learning experience for him. I did not get his post race reaction but I think things went well.
My race time was rolling around and I rode on the road some, did some last minute checks of my bolts and stuff, I hopped on the Cyclops trainers by registration for like 10-minutes and my legs felt very very loose. It was still 15-20 minutes before race time so I just chilled hung out and talked to some people. Race time rolled around and I found out my class was pretty big. Only after my race did I find out how big that actually was. I Chugged up the start hill alright, lot better than last fall where I endo'd in the first 100' of the race. Everything was going OK but I didn't have the power in my legs like I did the night before. I don't know if I had prerode too much or my legs had too much to tighten up or I was running the wrong gear. I know that my Heart doesn't like deviation, it like static wattage and a static HR. Big surges of power are not my forte. I did have a pretty decent day in the single track though, faster than I think I ever have before. I pretty much did an aggressive sunday ride rather than "race mode" and clocked in at a modest 1:46 putting me around 36 minute laps, not great but not terrible. I later found out I got 17th out of 19. I looked at other peoples numbers and realized there is at least like 16 series registered racers in my class. I know a few people within my own class that have openly admitted they should upgrade. Granted not everyone ends up competing for the whole series, you naturally get degretion. As long as I pile up the finishes and continue to work on my conditioning faster than the other people, thing SHOULD improve but I've already made it clear that WORS isn't my #1 focus this year.
I will do the Muskego Crit. Next week because I like that course and after that It will be a return to WORS in Lake Geneva's treadfest.
After my lap of pre-ride I went and picked up my 9004 number plate and back numbers. I went back to my car and cooked up a few brats and sour kraut and snacked a little. I waited for it to get dark and then the fun began. Only I know what its like to have an entire WORS Race course to myself. I think that I wished the race was on Saturday, the two abbreviated laps I did of night riding were very fast and very fun. I skipped the lead out to the top of hill by the jump scaffolds and the bowl. It was the first time I had spent a good amount of time on quality single track at night and it was fun. I think I was riding sections faster at night than during the day, because during the daylight I was looking too far in advance and riding accordingly. The short course/long course sign for trail run was already up for the trail run in the morning which confused me a little bit.
Sunday rolled around and it was pretty darn cold in the morning, as I camped out but I knew that was going to happen and had made preparations accordingly, lots of blankets. I slept through the night and that was good. I went to sleep around midnight and woke up around 8.
After I left some leftovers from the night before for breakfast and banana I went for a ride around the parking lot to find anyone I knew. I found Gus, Theo, and Jordan a.k.a. J-dog was sporting his 2008 Big Sur, he hadn't even ridden it on dirt yet. So Iola would be a little bit of a learning experience for him. I did not get his post race reaction but I think things went well.
My race time was rolling around and I rode on the road some, did some last minute checks of my bolts and stuff, I hopped on the Cyclops trainers by registration for like 10-minutes and my legs felt very very loose. It was still 15-20 minutes before race time so I just chilled hung out and talked to some people. Race time rolled around and I found out my class was pretty big. Only after my race did I find out how big that actually was. I Chugged up the start hill alright, lot better than last fall where I endo'd in the first 100' of the race. Everything was going OK but I didn't have the power in my legs like I did the night before. I don't know if I had prerode too much or my legs had too much to tighten up or I was running the wrong gear. I know that my Heart doesn't like deviation, it like static wattage and a static HR. Big surges of power are not my forte. I did have a pretty decent day in the single track though, faster than I think I ever have before. I pretty much did an aggressive sunday ride rather than "race mode" and clocked in at a modest 1:46 putting me around 36 minute laps, not great but not terrible. I later found out I got 17th out of 19. I looked at other peoples numbers and realized there is at least like 16 series registered racers in my class. I know a few people within my own class that have openly admitted they should upgrade. Granted not everyone ends up competing for the whole series, you naturally get degretion. As long as I pile up the finishes and continue to work on my conditioning faster than the other people, thing SHOULD improve but I've already made it clear that WORS isn't my #1 focus this year.
I will do the Muskego Crit. Next week because I like that course and after that It will be a return to WORS in Lake Geneva's treadfest.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Thursday Night Ride
I am going to be leading the Thursday night ride out of Expedition Supply starting tonight and every Thursday from not through September. expect 25-35 miles @ 16-18mph. It leaves 20 W. Sumner in Hartford @ 530.
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