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

BR4 Race Video

Fatty MoMBA Tuesday

 

Back on the fat bike after yesterday's examination at Big Tim's bike shop. I beat the rain. Well it rained as I rode, but it was light. Nothing got through the trees. I tested last night's adjustments out. The bike shifted superbly under load which was a huge relief. The legs felt good too. Huge difference in riding tonight when all is good with the drive chain. 1 hour 20 mins of fun. The training has begun for the MoMBA XC race in late September. 

Venga!

 Egg

BR4 8 Hour Race

Josh & I headed to Michigan for a 8 hour race. We went to race dry trail with no expectation of doing the entire 8 hours. Sunshine with temps in the low 60's at the start. Josh was on his badass 29er. That bike is fast. To top it off, Josh was on an amazing day. We rode the first 4 laps together. We were 3rd & 4th. Wow! On lap 5 my bike started to mis-shift. Broke 2 chains the same way. I backed off a bit with Josh a minute or so in front. I debated stopping, but I did 1 more lap for 52.2 miles / 4 Hours 13 minutes at 13 mph. Pretty darn fast on a fatty and with the issues. Josh kept going and found himself in 2nd. He had to keep going. Well, in the end, he won the race doing 12 laps at 104 miles. Wow! So proud of him. Josh has worked hard over the years. Good stuff! I ended up 11th. Despite the mechanical, I got my 4 hours in. I have other goals coming up this weekend on the TT bike anyhow. Turned out the chain / shifting issue was resolved tonight with Big Tim. After 2 chains breaking, my ptsd's in high gear. Luckily my chain had no signs of wear this time. The 1x setup is just temperamental. We adjusted it a bit, so it should be smoother shifting under load. Back on the tt bike this week with MCR TT # 7 & Sunday's Senior Olympics TT's. 

Venga!

Egg

Fatty MoMBA Saturday

 Back to MoMBA again. hehe Short spin to make sure everything is good for tomorrow. Beautiful day. Off to Michigan to race. Mooooo!

Venga!

Egg

Fatty MoMBA Friday

Back to MoMBA. What a difference from Wednesday. The trails were in great shape. Josh & I had a blast. Summer has been brutal. So far so good on the new chainring. We'll see what happens in Sunday's race. The heat will be back but these days will be enjoyed!

Venga!

Egg