Wednesday, May 13, 2009

new post!


ok...it has been a VERY long time since I have posted to the blog. Things have been busy and there have been lots of great events we have done that are worth of reporting on ( including 2 x 6 hour races, the tour of the battenkill and a 12 hour duo race I did with Cara)....but they will have to wait.
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Last weekend we headed over to TN for the big Dirt Sweat and Gears 12 hour race. I hope to get a real report up soon...but as you can tell I did pretty well (3rd). Now this was not really a bike race...it was more of a mud running/ walking race. Take a look at these videos to see what I mean:
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Hopefully I can get to a real report soon...but the videos tell most of the story.
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Right now I am covered in poison ivy and have some strange kind of illness that is sucking all the energy out of me and wreaking havoc on my digestive system....must have been something in all the mud I ate on saturday. I have not been on the bike in more than 3 days and with my first 24 hour solo race just a week away I am getting a bit worried. Hopefully I can get rid of what ever this is soon...I am going to try a bit of an MTB ride in a few minutes before heading over to work registration for our "ring of fire" race series event tonight.
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