What a crazy race….heat, dust, hurricane like storms, fierce competition, rule changes and finally called early, but not early enough. The end result was still my best race and subsiquently my best result to date.
Full report when my hands hurt less.
Eddie O
Hello from Cheeseland USA. Nam, Richard The Bottle Hander Outter and I are up here at the NORBA 24 Hour Nationals. Checked the course for the second time today and it’s still flat, dry and fast. There are a few twisty, rocky sections to keep you alert, but little else. It [...]
Fellow Dauset racer Ladd Dunwoody shot this video during his first lap at the race. It will give you good idea what the start and trails look like from a riders perspective. It’s a Windows Media Player file and you’ll have to download it to watch.
A big thanks to Ladd for permission to [...]
That was tough. Right from the start the pace was high. I lined up in the front for the Le Mans start, got to my bike without tripping on anything or anyone, and once on the bike I was surrounded by my 6 hour competitors….IF Harvey, Greg Turner, Drew from FL, Trent, and [...]
It’s a shake down race. Just 6 hours of solid effort to get the legs ready for the 24 Hour Nationals next weekend. I’ve seen the course map and ridden all of it, but not in the laid out order. Still it should be a very fast, mostly big ring course. [...]
…because that cyclist that’s adding 5 seconds to your drive home could be me.
Namrita & I took off from Crank Performance yesterday after noon for a 45 min spin. Not even a hundred yards down the road a pickup truck accelerates around a blind turn to pass us (rather closely too) to [...]
I’ve been training my butt off…literally. I’m down to a steady 145 lbs right now from all the hours I’ve been putting in. With the NORBA 24 Hour Nationals at 9-mile in WI only 16 days out I’m almost done with the training and ready to start the taper. I’ve got a [...]
I knew that some time ago, that’s why I proposed back in Dec. She, being Namrita, has out done herself this time. I came home to this sitting on the couch today:
Excuse me while I go thank her…….
Eddie O
I received an email from Team Dicky over the weekend about sending him and a teammate to the Trans Rockies via the Race Face Ultimate XC Challenge. The premise is that teams submit a resume and video explaining why they should get an all expense paid trip to this amazing 7 day mountain bike [...]
I’ve been contemplating the things that I can control during a race and the list is rather short:
Attitude
Effort
Nutrition
Did I miss anything?
During my last race (Cowbell Challenge) I had a lot of time to think about pain, suffering and their effects on my attitude. Just prior to the race I was talking with my coach [...]