JB Recovery Sunday

Rest day Sundat at JB. 1 hour 45 mins of single track with Josh. The legs felt fresh. That's how good of a ride I was on Saturday. The trails were awesome for early morning. Sunshine with temps warmer than Saturday too. Good stuff!

Venga!

Egg

Coal Country Roubaix - Fatty Style

Coal Country Roubaix yesterday Fatty style. All was great until the 45 / 46 mile mark. I was in the lead of the 100k fat bike plus in a top 15 overall for 100k. I was with the 100 mile fat bike winner Chris when he turned right. The arrows were taken down but I followed him. My garmin said off course. 😳 Turned around but then garmin went crazy. File must have corrupted on upload. 🤷‍♂️Other 40 milers went right so I followed but that was wrong. I ended up taking other roads back adding on extra 9+ miles. I couldn’t ride across the line not doing the actual course so DNF officially. Ended up with 66+ miles / 8,000 ft. of climbing. Chris, Nick, & Stephen in 100 Mile fat bike class were fast. Nice guys too! Enjoyed riding with them.Positive side, I had a killer race. Felt great. Could have flatted in the first mile and not enjoyed the day. Congrats to Travis & Betsy! Great job Gary on his Fatty in 40 miler. It was great catching up with Joe & seeing Heather. Thanks to the Mayor & all volunteers.🤘

Venga!

Egg

Fatty HW Thursday

 

Fun ride at Hueston Woods with Big Tim. Lots of PR's so the legs recovered well after yesterday. The trails were in great shape. It's great seeing Big Tim smiling again. Good times! Next up, Saturday's gravel race. Mooooo!

Venga!

Egg

Mad Cow Ramble TT # 3

Every now & then you're in a hurry packing up for a race. Well today I was like that. Yep I drove all the way to Casstown only to discover I left my shoes. haha 1 hour later I was back. Mentally I was over it.  I hopped on the tt bike. Rode to the start without much intensity. 8.3 mile route. Fast course. Overall I'm happy. The form is coming. I love this bike. 28.3 avg. Great turnout! 

Venga!

Egg

Fatty MoMBA Tuesday

 

Fun ride at MoMBA after a rest day. Sunshine & 70.After twisted, Zig Zag, & Voodoo trails,  I stayed up in Hawk's Lair for ridge laps. I'm loving the new bike. I finished the lair then Lower Stealth, Twisted, & back to the lot. 90 minutes in the saddle. Mad Cow Ramble TT # 3 tomorrow. 

Venga!

Egg

Farmersville Fatty Sunday

Temps were chilly in the a.m., so I stayed local instead of a trip to Chillicothe. 6 laps of the Farmersville course. 41 miles with 2,100 ft. of climbing. Good steady laps. Sunshine & 70's. Oh yeah! The last prep ride for next week's race. Another good week down!

Venga!

Egg

Thurs, Fri, & Saturday

Back to JB Thursday. So much fun on the new Farley.  I had a blast with Ben & Mark. Good stuff! I hit Farmersville last night. 3 laps with 1,138 ft. of climbing. 80 degrees felt so nice! Up early this morning before the rain. Yep back to JB. Steal single track when ya can between April storms. Oh yeah!

Venga!

Egg

Fatty JB Wednesday

 The trails were killer tonight at John Bryan. Fun ride with Joshium, T.Bolt, & Big Tim! Beautiful day!

Venga!

Egg

TRGG Race Pics

Monday Intervals

Wow even better weather today with temps hitting 70. West wind was kickin'. I rolled West from Brookville out to SR 127.34 mile ride. The legs felt pretty good in the wind. I took my Madone SL6 out. I hit some Eastbound Strava segments. Price rd. was fun. 2.1 mile segment with 90 degree S turns. 7 KOM's today with top 2 on others. I'm pretty happy with those efforts. Rest day tomorrow as temps hit 50 for a high. Argggg. Today felt so nice. Halfway through April. Wow!

Venga!

Egg

Fatty Gravel Sunday

What a difference to yesterday. haha I hot the gravel in Liberty with 64 degrees and lots of wind. The legs felt good today. I did the flat 10 mile gravel route first then rolled North. I set a new KOM on Howard Rd. Not too bad since I raced yesterday. I rode North to the hillier race route. The first road had fresh thick sharp gravel. I made it 2 miles then my rear tire exploded. I hit a sharp rock or something. It left a hole bigger than my thumb. I had to walk 4 miles back to my truck. Arggg. Oh well, I made it back. I'm glad I got in 80 mins at least. The KOM made it ok too. haha 

Venga!

Egg

Three Rivers GG Video

Three Rivers Gravel Grinder - Victory!

The last week has been like Winter with lots of flooding. The morale has been low for everyone with the weather. Luckily got in 2 races this week. Joshium, The Beast, T.Bolt & I headed to Coshocton Friday. Killer dinner and off to bed early. up at 6 a.m. for breakfast. We rolled  to the race about 7 a.m. The park was flooded by the river a bit which lead to 38.5 miles instead of 39.5 miles. 30 degrees when we started. Brrrrrr. 

We rolled out of the park then the race was on once we hit the main road. The Beast was with the main pack right away. I looked back to see Howard behind Josh. I kept the speed about 21 mph then dialed the tempo up a bit. We bridged to the front group. A few small bumps. The pace was 22-24 mph. All of a sudden Josh attacked off the front. haha Awesome! He was off a bit too. We hit the first climb which spread things out. Last year I attacked there. I stayed with Josh & Howard. We made it over the first main climb. A few descents were sketchy early on. No mud but conditions were slow rolling. Temps were not going up much either. Luckily I had my Team Voler  thermal vest which kept my chest warm, I was dressed right for the conditions. 

I hit a steep climb around the 11 or 12 mile mark. From there I attacked to the finish. I didn't feel great but I didn't feel badly either. haha The weather was meh. Only a few minor muddy sections tho. One by one I caught more racers. Last 11 miles were due South which gave a little tailwind. The last climb at the 35 mile mark can go two ways. I felt great again this year. Last few miles rolled fast. I was flying. I rolled into the finish 1st place Fat Bike / 9th Place Overall. 2x winner. Yeah! The Beast lost the sprint for the win. He was 2nd but chip timing placed him 3rd overall. Impressive! Josh stayed with Howard playing the perfect teammate until 10 miles to go. Josh hammered to the finish for 2nd Place Fat Bike / 21st Overall. Howard came in 8 minutes later in 22nd Place Overall. I believe he was 2nd or 3rd place in 60+ on a Fatty. Proud of these guys. The weather was not ideal, but we stampeded it. haha Mooooo!

Venga!

Egg

Fatty Recovery Thursday

Fun recovery spin with Big Tim. Chilly 57 at the start falling to 50 when we finished. We rode from his place over to the dam. Flooding is still full force. The legs felt much better when we were done. All systems go for Saturday's race!

Venga!

Egg

Zwift TT Wednesday

Another busy day, but the rain rolled in when it was ridin' time. I hit Zwift riding the new Hell of The North route for the warm up. I then raced Zwift TT - Innsbruckring. 5.4 miles with 2 climbs. The legs were tired but overall a good effort for 3rd place. Watts were 20+ lower then with fresh legs, but 2 good nights of racing. Now spin tomorrow resting up for Saturday. 

Venga!

Egg