I paid at 10:00 (start time 12)
10:01 the rain started (just like last year even though the race was bumped up an entire month)
lap 1 - start 1/4 mile run then a 10.5 mile bike. I went way to fast. i didnt blow but i was above my hr target the whole time
lap 2 - 2 miles in climbing a rocky wet rise CRACK!!! the setpost binder bolt breaks off and i fall off the back of the bike, still clipped in and hit the rocks hard. luckily i land on my right side because my left still hurts from a crash 2 months ago. I decide i cant yeld the time to go back and get a good bike so i decide to finish the next 8 miles standing. Felt ok but my hands and feet hurt. i had to use a friend as a pacer to keep from pushing to hard and blowing up.
lap #3 - went well nothing special felt good stated thinking about eating real food. 1st mile and last miles clay ground starting to clump
lap #4 - Everything was good no problem. Still pretty much on course to finish my goal of 12 laps and actually on couse to do 16 if i run the exact same way the rest of the night.
lap 5 - mile in tires, fork, brakes, pedals, drive train and everything else clumps with adobe (thats what the indians call it - clay, grass and water.) clean everything jump on clip in and KEEKKEKEKEKEKKEK rear derailleur goes all bad can bends frame.
I had a spare bike that i was using be decided to bag on the race because i need at least one good bike to race on the rest of the season. We've already had 2 races this fall in the rain, now this one and this weekends race will be muddy. we need a little brake.
today my whole right side hurts from the fall.
10:01 the rain started (just like last year even though the race was bumped up an entire month)
lap 1 - start 1/4 mile run then a 10.5 mile bike. I went way to fast. i didnt blow but i was above my hr target the whole time
lap 2 - 2 miles in climbing a rocky wet rise CRACK!!! the setpost binder bolt breaks off and i fall off the back of the bike, still clipped in and hit the rocks hard. luckily i land on my right side because my left still hurts from a crash 2 months ago. I decide i cant yeld the time to go back and get a good bike so i decide to finish the next 8 miles standing. Felt ok but my hands and feet hurt. i had to use a friend as a pacer to keep from pushing to hard and blowing up.
lap #3 - went well nothing special felt good stated thinking about eating real food. 1st mile and last miles clay ground starting to clump
lap #4 - Everything was good no problem. Still pretty much on course to finish my goal of 12 laps and actually on couse to do 16 if i run the exact same way the rest of the night.
lap 5 - mile in tires, fork, brakes, pedals, drive train and everything else clumps with adobe (thats what the indians call it - clay, grass and water.) clean everything jump on clip in and KEEKKEKEKEKEKKEK rear derailleur goes all bad can bends frame.
I had a spare bike that i was using be decided to bag on the race because i need at least one good bike to race on the rest of the season. We've already had 2 races this fall in the rain, now this one and this weekends race will be muddy. we need a little brake.
today my whole right side hurts from the fall.
:angry:
you'll get em next time though bro.