that one hurt a little bit
our wood floor project persists. the blemish in the top coat is finally being resolved today after a meeting with the owner, getting stood up yesterday by the sub-contractor, a few stern phone calls followed by a new sub coming this morning (with the owner) to make it right. end of the day, if the floor is done right i'll be happy but this is getting ridiculous. in hindsight, there were some red flags along the way but this is our first project of this type and took the sub-contractor for his word on things we should have not. live and learn.
anyway, after meeting up with the owner on friday, i wrapped up getting things ready to rock for wausau24. i made it to the venue around 3:00 and staked a claim to some prime real estate in the team area. ron made it by 6 and we headed out for a little pre-ride. marc parked next to us which turned out to be a great set up - we had 4 easy ups put together for ample shade space throughout the event.
our impression of the course (which was the same as last year) was that it was more bumpy. roots were more exposed, rocks were loose and everything was bone dry (even thought it sounded like it had been raining a bunch of late). saturday morning came quick and before i knew the start had been announced we were running (i went first). the first lap i was super sketchy - not handling the bike well and at one point almost missed a turn on a fast double track section. i spend the rest of the day trying to stay steady. my back took a beating and somehow i also bruised my tailbone. i did 7 laps for around 75 miles. there was a distinct chance that i was going out for an eighth lap - we were only ahead of 3rd place by a couple of minutes when mike started his last lap. but, he didn't get passed at all and finished 5 seconds after 10:00 to seal our 2nd step. i was ready/resigned to doing another lap if that was what it took but i would be lying if i said i wanted to do another lap.
this is the most beat up i've ever felt after this race - the 2 man 12 hour is still a tougher race than 4 man 24 hour in my book. the speed/intensity is so high and the recovery time is so minimal. it was fun to hang out after the race and exchange war stories and put a few back.
i hung around for awards to pick up our swag (planet bike floor pump, twin six socks/bottle, and some headset spacers) and then we hit the road. home to find out our floor hadn't been fixed which was a downer. but we got it worked out (they are re-top coating as i type this).
i need a few days off the bike to recover.
m: 1:45 (commute)
t: 1:15 (commute)
w: 1:00 (blackhawk)
r: off
f: 1:00 (pre-ride)
s: 6:00 (75 miles at wausau24, 2nd place!)
n: 0
total: 11 hours
happy monday.
anyway, after meeting up with the owner on friday, i wrapped up getting things ready to rock for wausau24. i made it to the venue around 3:00 and staked a claim to some prime real estate in the team area. ron made it by 6 and we headed out for a little pre-ride. marc parked next to us which turned out to be a great set up - we had 4 easy ups put together for ample shade space throughout the event.
our impression of the course (which was the same as last year) was that it was more bumpy. roots were more exposed, rocks were loose and everything was bone dry (even thought it sounded like it had been raining a bunch of late). saturday morning came quick and before i knew the start had been announced we were running (i went first). the first lap i was super sketchy - not handling the bike well and at one point almost missed a turn on a fast double track section. i spend the rest of the day trying to stay steady. my back took a beating and somehow i also bruised my tailbone. i did 7 laps for around 75 miles. there was a distinct chance that i was going out for an eighth lap - we were only ahead of 3rd place by a couple of minutes when mike started his last lap. but, he didn't get passed at all and finished 5 seconds after 10:00 to seal our 2nd step. i was ready/resigned to doing another lap if that was what it took but i would be lying if i said i wanted to do another lap.
this is the most beat up i've ever felt after this race - the 2 man 12 hour is still a tougher race than 4 man 24 hour in my book. the speed/intensity is so high and the recovery time is so minimal. it was fun to hang out after the race and exchange war stories and put a few back.
i hung around for awards to pick up our swag (planet bike floor pump, twin six socks/bottle, and some headset spacers) and then we hit the road. home to find out our floor hadn't been fixed which was a downer. but we got it worked out (they are re-top coating as i type this).
i need a few days off the bike to recover.
m: 1:45 (commute)
t: 1:15 (commute)
w: 1:00 (blackhawk)
r: off
f: 1:00 (pre-ride)
s: 6:00 (75 miles at wausau24, 2nd place!)
n: 0
total: 11 hours
happy monday.
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