the whiskey 9-5 was this weekend. its the last race for the year in the solo series. i suffered the whole day. too much working and not enough resting the weeks preceeding.

 colleen kept me fed and watered. la tortuga did its thing. the weather was great and the vibe at the bigfoot races in relaxed and fun.  

my mind was hoping to ride 8 laps but my body only wanted to ride 7. in the end i got first place for the series in singlespeed category.

 there was a point around 5 am where i was nodding off while riding. i’d wake up on one side of the road correct my trajectory, nod off, repeat. once the sun came up i got my circadian rhythm straightened out.

 i’ve lost interest in blow by blow discriptions of my ride so i’ll just say i had a blast riding and hanging out with all the riders and volunteers.

 see you all next year.

this year i decided to ride in a few more events. i figured i’d have some fun, see some places, meet some folks and publicise my company a bit.

longer rides appeal to me, so i’ve signed myself up for a few races in the bigfoot endurance series, 24 hours in the sage and the vapor trail 125.

 i have a few of the bigfoot races under my belt now.  i managed about 100 miles at each of the 12 hour events on my single speed. there is always some crazy nut who busts out 125.

 mark, amanda and i just got back from the 24 hours in the sage. that was a real hoot. a great group of folks puts the race on. nice and low key. it was my first 24 hour solo attempt. near as i can tell i rode 205 miles. i’m pretty fired up about that. amanda cranked out 135 on her ss vulture. mark rode 7 laps before throwing in the towel. mark is a nut and 95 miles is not his best. some days are good others are bad. he kicks my ass regularly and he’s more then capeable of riding 200+ in a 24 hour.

here is a photo or two of the race and the preceeding days in crusted but, co.