I'm looking forward to this weekends DAMn ride/race....at least I think I am.. LOL Sadly This is it's final run! and I'm thankful I was/am able to take part in it..
warning.. I'm Probably overthinking everything...
bike is all cleaned and looked over. all my bike related stuff is laid out (probably way more stuff then I need) and and ready to get loaded. The truck is fueled and ready for it's sag duty and my wife got us a room in red wing for Saturday night.. Nothing much has changed for my bike this year, aside for a power meter (trying to pace myself better then last years run) I'm toying with the idea of dropping the "feed bag" after the sun comes up.. unless it super hot/muggy and I need it to haul another water bottle... other then that I don't really have a plan other then smile when it hurts, laugh when it's fun and enjoy as much of it as possible!.....and be thankful I didn't sign up for the 480!
well another (and the last) DAMn in the books. 242.5 miles 19+ hours and again one hell of a good ride... this year it seemed like it was 2 separate races. the gravel seemed fluffy and loose for the first 200 miles (seemed to slow everyone down a bit) the last 42 miles the gravel was hard as a rock. unfortunately I was to spent to make that last 42 miles as fast as I wanted to. stuff. start time 12:00am finish time 7:30 pm (19+ hours) temp low 46°F (7.7°c) temp High 107°F (41.6°c) 18 hours 28 min of seated time top speed was 35.9 mph (57.7 kmh) the ride is relatively flat @8012 feet but most of that climbing comes in the last 60 to 70 miles burned around 11,000 Calories and my stomach stops processing food at around 200 miles of riding. Oh and 71596 pedal strokes.
Sorry, I'm pretty bad at remembering to shoot photos while riding...
