you've got to run to win
well, wausau is in the books. man, i love that place. seriously, if i could get a job in wausau, i think i would move there. nine-mile alone would make it worth while, but add in all the water, rib moutain, proximity to family, etc and it would be ideal for us.
anyway, the race course was even more difficult than normal with a lot of uphill stuff (600 ft/lap according to mike's gps). the start was fast and, once again, i got spit out the back after about 10 minutes of racing. i was able to regroup and began working my way back through. as always, the race is: bash your brains out on the double track, enter single track ahead of group you've been chasing, catch next group on the single track, bash your brains out on the double track, and repeat for 2hours. while i'm not running on all cylinders yet, i managed to close the gap to the leaders a little and showed some real progress towards getting back to race shape. this race gives me the confidence that i won't hold our 24 hour team up in august. and, my old school 'little' wheels with 'tubes' inflated to 45 psi helped me avoid the carnage that is sharp rocks at 9-mile. while i'm beginning to see the merits of 29-inch wheels, i was pretty content to be running the epic with 26-ers on this course...
it was a great weekend...the old jam crew posse was out in full force, and it was good to see some faces that i haven't seen for many many months.
happy monday.
anyway, the race course was even more difficult than normal with a lot of uphill stuff (600 ft/lap according to mike's gps). the start was fast and, once again, i got spit out the back after about 10 minutes of racing. i was able to regroup and began working my way back through. as always, the race is: bash your brains out on the double track, enter single track ahead of group you've been chasing, catch next group on the single track, bash your brains out on the double track, and repeat for 2hours. while i'm not running on all cylinders yet, i managed to close the gap to the leaders a little and showed some real progress towards getting back to race shape. this race gives me the confidence that i won't hold our 24 hour team up in august. and, my old school 'little' wheels with 'tubes' inflated to 45 psi helped me avoid the carnage that is sharp rocks at 9-mile. while i'm beginning to see the merits of 29-inch wheels, i was pretty content to be running the epic with 26-ers on this course...
it was a great weekend...the old jam crew posse was out in full force, and it was good to see some faces that i haven't seen for many many months.
happy monday.
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