MCR Gravel TT

Well, more like thick chip n seal, but we had a blast. 15.3 miles. Love that race course. I felt great at 20.6 mph avg on the fat bike. Yeah! The Beast hammered the gravel bike with Bradley running a road bike. Both 23+ mph. I was 3rd / 1st Fat Bike. The rest were on fat bikes including Big Tim. Oh yeah! The guys killed it. Impressive speeds. Great job fellas!

Venga!

Egg

TT Recon

Another killer day. I recon'd tomorrow's MCR TT route. The gravel has been blown off my traffic, but the thick chip n seal is there. Perfect for a fat bike. We will see what's in the tank. 

Venga!

Egg

Fatty Momba Monday

 2 hours at MoMBA. 72 degrees with perfect trails. Not many people either. Yeah! 

Venga!

Egg

Homer GG Race Vid

Homer Gravel Grinder - Fatty Style

What a day yesterday. 2nd year racing in Homer. The race is short but it's so much fun in those 30 miles. Zooooooom!  Another killer day with temps in mid 60's with no wind. I felt great. We started fast working our way up to the main group by halfway. Josh & I hammered the last 10 miles taking turns on the front. The pavement sections were so fast hitting 30 mph. Some strong racers. Josh took 1st place Fat Bike & 2nd place Fatty for me. Josh 2nd and myself 3rd overall at 20.2 avg. WOW! That's flying on a fat bike. Buz won the 21 mile Fat bike. Good stuff! We hit Alum Creek P2 trails on the way home. Fun stuff! Proud of Josh & Buz! 

Venga!

Egg

Fatty Farmersville Wednesday

 Fun 32 miler / 1790 ft. of climbing with Josh, Buz, & Big Tim. The weather was amazing. Perfect conditions for that loop. Gravel race prep for Saturdat. Yeah!

Venga!

Egg

Cow Country Tuesday

Stole one in Cow Country. Left Bethel School rolling North up SR 201 Rollers to Casstown - Clark. Nothing like those rollers. What great battles back in the day. Man were those fun times. haha I rode ahead of the rain. Had a few sprinkles heading West to Hufford. Good tempo ride at 19.2 avg. Always fun hitting The Cow Hill. I went up Pisgah Hill instead of Rudy. I had some good battles on that road too. Hard to believe that was 20 years ago. Time flies. I got back to the lot just in time. It poured as I pulled away. haha Good times!

Venga!

Egg

Recovery Monday

 

Easy spin 21 miler from Brookville. Nice being on the road bike. The legs were good. Rebuild for this weekend's race!

Venga!

Egg

JB 6 Hour Vid

JB 6 Hour - Victory

 I had no plans to race the JB 6 Hour. Then Josh agreed to a 2 man team. Well Josh wanted to go solo plus they added a fat bike class. Here we go again. lol Good having Buz & Tebow there. We lined up and it was go time. Lemans style run. Then came the tight winding tape in the grass. Lots of back up there. I settled in. Josh lead us around for lap 1 at a nice tempo. He stopped for a bottle and I spun ahead. I hit the single track rolling lap 2. I never saw Josh again. I ticked off another lap. I had the win locked up already. I did my 4th lap with a big lead. No need to keep going. 48 miles at 12.8 mph avg. Why not keep going? Well I didn't have to. lol I've done my share of 6-7 laps in the 6 hour. It gets boring.  I felt great tho. The bike worked like it should too. Yeah!

Venga!

Egg

Fatty Westwood Wednesday

 Awesome night in New Casrle with Buz, Josh, & Big Tim. No rain and trimmed trails. Zooom. The bike felt great finally. What a blast!

Venga!

Egg

Blue Streak TT - Fatty Style

Late night at work. Got home at 5:45. Took the fat bike since I wouldn't be getting a warm up in. Arrived 6:20. Short spin then raced. Working all Summer outside has been brutal. I still hammered a fast 20.7 mph avg. 2 days after Sunday's races. Glad I got to race. Racing the fat bike is one heck of a workout. Who knows if I'll race the tt bike again there this year.  haha Glad Howard and Tebow raced too!

Venga!

Egg

Fatty MoMBA Monday

Drove to John Bryan only to find it was the only place it rained. lol I turned around then headed for MoMBA. I spun the legs for 90 minutes. 90+ degrees. Argggg The legs were pretty good. Don't know if I'll race TT or fat bike tomorrow at Blue Streak. Hmmm.....

Venga!

Egg

OSO Sunday

 

I raced my first Ohio Senior Olympics. Yep. I could have done 2 other years starting at 50. Still feel weird, but hey a race is a race. Sean crushed both 5k & 10K TT's plus road race. I took 2nd place in both TT's. I had a gig Saturday night. I was whooped, but I showed up. 5k was first. Really happy with 28.8 mph avg. We waited a hour then did the 10k TT. My legs were meh after the break. I still did a good effort. 26.3 avg but that course was rough rolling. 25.3 at halfway. I did 28.7 avg on 2nd half of TT. Legs came around by then. Josh did a great job 3rd place for both TT's in our age group. Overall Sean was 1st on both TT's. I was 3rd Overall on both TT's. Josh was 6th & 7th overall. Road race was a bonus for me. I set the pace for first few miles then Josh took over setting Sean to attack and win. Josh 2nd place with me 3rd. Good stuff! 

Thursday Spin

 21 mile spin ride with a few efforts on my 2007 Madone 6.9 SSL. The legs recovered nicely after last night. Keeping it easy until Sunday's races. 

Venga!

Egg

MCR TT # 7 - Cowbooooom

 

It's been a while since I TT'd. I was excited to test out the new 54 x 11-28. Beautiful night. I designed a fast course. hehe 8.46 miles. Downhill on the profile with tailwind. I wasn't feeling fresh per say, but I got up to speed fast. I suffered veryet a very good effort. 28.4 mph avg. Yeah! Sean was 29.9 mph but he's pro level now. Amazing. Josh was still feeling Sunday's race, but did a great job at 26.8 mph. Everyone rode fast! I hopped on the fat bike for TT # 2. What an effort. 22.4 mph avg on pavement. I rode some anger after Sunday's race. LOL Very pleased. Great prep for Sunday's senior Olympics TT's. 

Venga!

Egg