Comments on: Race Thoughts, Winners, And Sly Hints About the Next Contest

By: Zed

Zed — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 05:40:35 +0000

It means you’re faster than I am. There was a guy at the 12-hour whose pace I figured I could pretty much match (I was faster on the climbs, he was faster on the downhills) all day if I had to. He told me he did the 50 in 8 hours. Congrats, Fatty. Sounds like you’re in okay shape for the Leadville 100.

By: Lee

Lee — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 02:58:54 +0000

Hilarious-You make me wanna try to race my first Mountain bike race! ………not really.

By: Emily

Emily — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 14:14:26 +0000

Here’s my foolproof solution to the CliffShotBlox problem. Remove the Blox from their packaging and wrap them in Seran Wrap in quantities of 3 (I eat 3 an hour). Tape the Blox to your bike using electric tape. Much easier to pull them out. Worked great in my Half Ironman last month.

By: EricGu

EricGu — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 15:59:00 +0000

On the clif bloks, what you need to do is take them out of the package and let them air-dry for a little while. They get a nice little crust on the outside and aren’t sticky.

I typically do this by accidentally spilling them in my Bento Box.

Oh, and 204.5 miles, 11:45, 170 lbs, 10% body fat.

LoPhat

By: Unknown

Unknown — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 14:03:24 +0000

I knew there was a reason I liked this blog… another un-ashamed Oingo Boingo fan.

There are only a few CDs from college that I converted for full time use while riding the trails with my MP3 player. Good for Your Soul might be the best ever riding music.

Best song to climb to: Cry of the Vatos

The only danger being the need to clip-out to kick to the song… listen to it, you can’t help kicking along! Pedal, Pedal, Pedal, kick, kick!

oh… fine… forget it… maybe it’s just me…

By: Zeynep

Zeynep — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 21:40:34 +0000

Congratulations.

By: duane

duane — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 21:01:49 +0000

Hey FC! Love the music selection! Devo and Oingo Boingo are always loaded on my ‘Ride Mix’ playlists. and you can’t beat Johnny for the drive to the ride!

Hope you’re enjoying your time back in UT. We miss you out here in Redmond.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 20:42:40 +0000

Mmmm… A lot of this ride description sounds very similar to my effort on Sunday. Albeit on the other side of the world. I was hanging out for the iPod – altough my music would have been slightly different. And the post race nausea – whats that all about? Although 30 minutes later I was tucking into pasta and a bowl of fries.

By: Sue

Sue — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 20:29:39 +0000

C’mon, tell the truth. You looked at all the essay entries, and saw that Mark’s was the shortest, and it’s the only one you read.

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By: Sue

Sue — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 20:27:40 +0000

Forget Pam, use mayo with the blocks

Hairpins make you feel fast, because you’re turning.

Your playlist has exactly 4 good songs on it.

I told you I have a complex about other people hearing my ragged breathing while cycling. Now I can never ride with you again.

You remember when you got the poison oak caught in your wheel and were in agony for 20-something days because you didn’t go to the doctor who could easily fix the burning and itching in a couple hours? Now think about your arm.

The thing I hate most (or like least) about endurace racing is post-race enui.

bkeyes: I once paid $180 to do the E100 and then got injured and could even start. Hey, but I did get a t-shirt.

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