My day was made today! My LBS owner asked me after road riding 35 glorious miles of murderous hills and then cooling down with a 10k mountain bike, if I wanted to be on his shop's 24 hour mtb race team!


Seriously! I can't believe it a bit. But it's a mixed gender team of four of us including LBS owner, that guy I've got a crush on and a woman from Placid I haven't met yet. We'll wear our awesome Leepoff jerseys and hopefully tear up the course.

Anyway, this will be my first major mountain bike race and what a way to start!

Is there anything I should know for a 24 hour race before I do it in September? Tips? I know how it works, I just don't know what I should do to prepare.

Man this is so awesome!