Still focusing on endurance events, 8hr, 24hr and 100mi.

3rd Place Solo 24 SingleSpeed 20h50’33″ @ 13 laps My first 24hr solo. Lesson #1: takes a ton of planning to go and do a 24hr solo race. Training alone is not going to do it; of course you need to be able to pedal for that long,  but I think nutrition, hydration and bike fit [...]

8hr solo Master Men +40 13 out of 19 in 6 laps @ 7:39 I was watching pics of last year’s race, I was wearing short sleeve jersey and shorts: very different story. Temps below freezing most of the time, the start was a cold one: most of the course was in ok shape except [...]

Had a great time at the Coolest 24 Boggs Mountain this week end. Got in on Friday just in time to pick a spot for the tent. Raced 8hr solo: there seemed to be more footies in this course than the Boogs 8hr, and there was also less time (8hr is the hard stop) so [...]

Sport Solo 20th out of 30 7 laps in 8:29’08″ (moving time 7:30’18″) This was my first solo endurance race: I raced last year at the Coolest 24 with a corporate team but racing solo in an endurance event is a totally different story. This is the 4th edition of this great event organized by [...]