That which does not kill me, only postpones the inevitable

5 Days until the Shenandoah Mountain 100 in VA.
It may be over by Sunday or Ernesto May Give us the Big FU!!!! Bring It Ernesto I'm putting on some fat tires!!!!

Iron Hill, Deleware=Fast and Furios!

Saturday evening I had no intention of Racing, I kicked back and drank multiple beers and ate some barbecue with my Fiance. I awoke on Sunday at 7:00 AM, headed down stairs threw on the coffee pot feeling sorta groggy. I sat back looked at my dirty unmaintained Cannondale Scalpel and said lets do it. Fortunately it was an early afternoon race so I had plenty of time to load up. I Threw the bike on the car and headed down to Delaware.

We did 4 Laps on this very fast course. I was able to eyeball the leaders rear tire for a better portion of the first lap, but eventually I decided to settle in to my own pace and maintained my position for the next 3 Laps. . A special thanks to Mike Faust for taking awesome picks of the race as usual, Including the picture of me above.

I think this goes under bacon....or beer

6 Hours at Susquehana State Park August 6th, 2006
August 6th, 2006, I feel will be a personal milestone for my endurance racing endeavors. I finished 9th out of 23 males in the open class. Generally speaking, most of my enduros I have competed in, my main goal was to just survive and not come in last. My nutrition strategey is starting to get dialed in. I used only HEED, Hammergel and Endurolytes. I started off slow and very quickly the leader led 15 riders out of my sight. I decieded to stick to my guns and not push it, I had 6 hours to reel in anyone that was not deserving of finishing ahead of me.

The Venue

Susquehana Stae Park in Harve De Grace Maryland is awesome, the trail flowed very nicely with a few technical climbs, a few logs and a few bomber downhills. The Perfect coures for a six hour race.