No Gas: The Other 6 Days

April 26, 2011

Well, my “no gas for a week” experiment has concluded. My final thoughts: using no gas at all is either VERY difficult, or not reasonably possible. It is, however, very easy to cut ones use way back. On day 2 I made the uneventful trips to and from work. Nothing major.  Day 3 was when [...]

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No gas: Day1

April 19, 2011

You may remember a little while back I thought it would be interesting to try to go a week without using any gas. The week of Earth Day seemed like the logical choice. Well this is the week. Yesterday, Monday the 18th, was the first day. You may also recall that I had a plan [...]

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2011 Ouachita Challenge

April 5, 2011

First of all, I have to say that this was the best organized and best supported ride/race in which I have participated. Every other cycling event should take a page from their book. There was breakfast and dinner provided for all racers and family/friends. The route was very well marked, and there were trail marshals [...]

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Experiments

March 29, 2011

The Ouachita Challenge is this weekend. I will be riding in the Sunday race. I am confident  this will be the hardest race/ride I have ever done. This time last year, I would not have considered finishing to be possible. I’ve spent the winter trying to prepare. I still don’t know if I am really [...]

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Time to pull

March 21, 2011

You know what would be lame? If you were out on a ride with a whole bunch of your buddies and  you were pulling into the wind. You’re really giving it all you’ve got to make sure you do your part. When you finally decide to move over and let someone else pull, everyone just [...]

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My First Marathon MTB Race

March 14, 2011

I need a break from work, so I figured I’d tell you about the Spa City 6 Hour which happened over the weekend. I have to say,  you couldn’t have had a better day for a race if you had planned it. Saturday (race day) was a beautiful sunny day with a high in the [...]

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Race Time 2011!

March 8, 2011

So, it is just about time for the marathon series to get started. The first one up is the Spa City 6 Hour. This one is at Cedar Glades in Hot Springs. I am really, really excited about this race. Especially because the weather is showing (right now) a sunny Saturday with a high in [...]

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The wheel destruction continues…

February 28, 2011

If you read my last post, then you know that I broke a spoke on my MTB last week. No problem there. Took it in to the shop and Lane had it repaired and both wheels trued in no time. Some real quality work there! I decided this would also be a good time to [...]

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Team Ride 27 February 2011

February 27, 2011

Just wanted to tell everyone on the Team Ride today: Thanks! I enjoyed the opportunity to ride with you all. Only problem was that I already knew that I have no early season fitness, but you guys made it painfully obvious just how bad my fitness is! (and I use the term “painful” in both [...]

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Urban Assault

February 24, 2011

The warm weather and quickly approaching MTB race season have gotten me looking for both more miles as well as more challenges. Consequentially, I recently went out in search of the “Urban Assault” group ride. According to the stories, this ride is an all out MTB hammer fest, ridden almost entirely on pavement and under [...]

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