In my book a 24 hour mtb bike race is WAAAAAYYY harder than an IM!!
My husband loves mtn biking with his heart and soul, but I just cannot do it. I've tried, but I'm a skeerdy cat! Give me terra firma TYVM! No technical stuff for this kid. The most I will do is fire trails, or real mellow singletrack.
But yeah, you are a STUD for doing that! And I really hope that what happened didn't contribute to that nasty crohns!
I feel for you with that. It sounds like a HORRIBLE thing! My co worker has lupus, and she goes through a lot with that. I imagine that though the disease is different, the forced change of lifestyle is much the same.
As you send them to me, I send them back to you.....
~~~~~~ flutterybys~~~~~~~
Denise

Oh- and to everyone else. I know what made me sick. The lack of proper hydration/nutrition on the bike. My tummy shut down. And the more I tried to take stuff in the worse it got.My gut became bloated. I think I should have passed by a couple of aid stations and let what was in my stomach absorb before I tried to take more in. Souds counter intuitive, but I think that was the course I should have taken.