What to do + Getting my Crap together

I put in another order of Infinit earlier in the week, Its probably at my doorstep already. I love that stuff.

I'm him-ming and hawing about what I want to do about saturday. With a Week before my next 24 hour race the last thing I should do is 12 hour solo, even if I were to recover, I don't really want to risk anything. It would be nice to do something as I only raced the wednesday after 24-9 @ crystal ridge. Just to shake the cobwebs loose. I would like to either 6 or 12 hour duo with someone would be ideal.

I also need a set of wheel to borrow for 24 hours of Seven oaks, ideally tubeless. I still have my tank wheels that must be the most disproportionate equipment among everyone one I know... XO drivetrain w/old Deore hubs and super cheap Alex rims w/ straight gage steel spokes. About $60 total for the wheelset when new.

I still plan to get Crank Brothers Cobalts wheels and run them tubeless. Even though Mountain Season is winding down I still have Iceman Cometh, and since I'm spending the winter in Florida there is at least 2-12 Hour Races I will do and maybe a few others, not to mention day to day training and stuff. I think I will keep them to race only though.

24 Hours of Seven Oaks Here I come

I have officially commited my entry fee t'wards my second 24 races both ever and this month. I fully intend to race my hardtail here however. I think i will do just fine however on it. I'm still planning to get new wheels as well. What the new wheels are, are yet to be decided

22nd out of 36.

22nd is not great, but not terrible. I regretfully was not able to complete any laps from about 9:40 till about 6am due to breaking my Light and Motion Arc which was my primary headlight, I finished off the lap with my Stella and quickly realized I couldn't go on with just this light.
I had a few meager options out there to be nothing more than legal but I didn't feel good about the safety of light I would be using not to mention the unfamiliarness of the system. Come morning I would get just ambitious enough to do 28 miles/2 laps. On one hand I'm happy with my result under the circumstances and on the other hand I'm very disappointed with myself because I feel like I let myself down. I felt really good considering the mileage I did after stopping because of darkness at 10 ish. I'm blown away by how good I feel today, the day after finishing. It was the hardest 98 miles I have ever done. I'm so disappointed with myself that I just might have to solo the 24 hours of seven oaks on August 30-31.

To be continued...

(Pictures to come)

In other news I have already shipped off my Light and Motion ARC to them

Do you have an EZ UP I can borrow?

As I'm getting ready for my first attempt to Solo 24 I'm lacking a small but crucial Item, I do not have an EZ-up for my pits. If you or someone you know of has one I could borrow that would be fantastic. Just comment or email me.

Still looking for a duo partner @ 24 hours of seven oaks

August 30th/31st I'm still hoping to find a DUO Partner for the 24 Hours of Seven Oaks in Boone, IA. If you or anyone you know might have interest in this races, let me know.

The possibilities are "Infinit"

I will be running the best @ 24-9

50 mile pavement ride on a mountain bike

I'm going to keep it short but today I went on a road ride with my Mountain bike since its the only bike I have with me in Traverse City, MI. for about 50 miles. Up mission peninsula which is the the peninsula on the east side of Traverse City. I haven't gotten much training in as I would like to as of late due to work stuff.