Well, here it came and here it went... I don't want to talk much about it, but suffice to say, that I stupidly opted not to gear down and rode my normal 32X18, which combined with my lack of fitness at this point in the season, proved to be a bad bad choice...
I thought I ran out of gas by the aid station #2 at mile 34, but was convinced by my buddy not to quit. By mile 46 at station #3 I was completely out of it, and thought I was about to die right there.
By mile 72 at station #4, I started feeling like I recovered enough and could actually finish the remaining 28 miles and at least finish the thing, but I was told that I missed the time cut off by about 10-20 minutes...
So there I was with an embarrasing DNF, and crushed ego...
Sucks...
But I learned not to underestimate OH hills and OH single track. There were many many miles of of of the sweetest single track I ever ridden. If only I felt stronger and could enjoy it more.
Putting my head down and starting to "train" for the Wilderness 101 at the end of July.
Monday, June 2, 2008
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
