Quote Originally Posted by tangentgirl View Post
Were they 73 enjoyable miles? I hope?
Well the first half of the ride was great as we had a 25 mph tailwind, the last half we had to trudge home in it. At one point I was furiously pedaling downhill and asked my bf how fast we were going (I'm riding my cross bike with my road wheels on it and it doesn't have a computer) and he said we were doing 12mph! I think we had a 20mph avg on the way up. Oh well.

I know Mr. Bloom suffered a similar fate on Sunday.

To tell you the truth, I would much rather be out on the dirt but 24 hour mountain bike races aren't won riding dirt all day, I've got to be out on the road and just putting in miles. Our trails are super wet and unrideable. It's either road or nothing.

Yeah, I guess I could have alternatively said, "when did 12 hour solo mtb races become NOT LONG ENOUGH" I seriously think I need some professional help. hahahaha

I'm 35 and would love to qualify/compete at a world event by the time I'm 40. I've also been asked by a colleague to join him in Argentina to do a 5 day adventure race. He told me we would probably get about 8 hours of sleep the WHOLE race. Now THAT'S JUST CRAZY!!!!