Comments on: I Admit: I am Giddy http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/02/15/i-admit-i-am-giddy/ It's like reality TV. Except it's real. And there's no TV. Fri, 04 Mar 2022 03:21:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Bob http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/02/15/i-admit-i-am-giddy/comment-page-1/#comment-78970 Bob Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:59:55 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/02/15/i-admit-i-am-giddy/#comment-78970 Train=ride alot, sleep alot, eat alot. Weather, I guarantee thunderstorms, some snow and some sleet.Yep. That is Brian Head in August, awesome. Train=ride alot, sleep alot, eat alot.

Weather, I guarantee thunderstorms, some snow and some sleet.Yep. That is Brian Head in August, awesome.

]]> By: emily http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/02/15/i-admit-i-am-giddy/comment-page-1/#comment-78715 emily Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:33:45 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/02/15/i-admit-i-am-giddy/#comment-78715 how do you train for something like that? how do you train for something like that?

]]> By: Boz http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/02/15/i-admit-i-am-giddy/comment-page-1/#comment-77406 Boz Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:21:58 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/02/15/i-admit-i-am-giddy/#comment-77406 I didn't comment, so I didn't make any mistakes. I didn’t comment, so I didn’t make any mistakes.

]]> By: Kaapie http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/02/15/i-admit-i-am-giddy/comment-page-1/#comment-77082 Kaapie Mon, 18 Feb 2008 07:00:12 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/02/15/i-admit-i-am-giddy/#comment-77082 Fatty, pencil the Cape Epic - A 8 day Mountain bike stage race in South Africa, into your diary. Check out their website if you need confirmation www.cape-epic.co.za. It is the most awesome event I think I will ever do. That being said, the first four days were hell, then it just got fun. Fatty, pencil the Cape Epic – A 8 day Mountain bike stage race in South Africa, into your diary. Check out their website if you need confirmation http://www.cape-epic.co.za. It is the most awesome event I think I will ever do. That being said, the first four days were hell, then it just got fun.

]]> By: BotchedExperiment http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/02/15/i-admit-i-am-giddy/comment-page-1/#comment-76190 BotchedExperiment Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:51:58 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/02/15/i-admit-i-am-giddy/#comment-76190 Yeah, I should have said 7000+. Yeah, I should have said 7000+.

]]> By: fatty http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/02/15/i-admit-i-am-giddy/comment-page-1/#comment-76137 fatty Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:54:04 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/02/15/i-admit-i-am-giddy/#comment-76137 TheNeil - Tom did explain the route, but my note-taking abilities are poor and I didn't get it down properly; it makes no sense to me when I read it back. However, nearly the whole thing is on dirt. The only pavement is to connect dirt segments. So no road bike. TheNeil – Tom did explain the route, but my note-taking abilities are poor and I didn’t get it down properly; it makes no sense to me when I read it back. However, nearly the whole thing is on dirt. The only pavement is to connect dirt segments. So no road bike.

]]> By: deepersouth http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/02/15/i-admit-i-am-giddy/comment-page-1/#comment-75653 deepersouth Sun, 17 Feb 2008 06:13:26 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/02/15/i-admit-i-am-giddy/#comment-75653 Fatty, I rode the Cape Epic in 2005 - 8 days of stages between 70 and 90 miles, not that much singletrack, but extraordinary landscapes, brilliant race organisation, and bucketloads of pain. Each morning it became a little harder to get going - from planting the dollar-coin-sized raw patches on my ischial tuberosities on the saddle, to turning the cranks with legs that felt as if every artery had been injected with latex. It was particularly entertaining when I developed tendinitis in my left thumb and couldn't work the shift lever anymore without using the heel of my hand (which of course meant taking it off the bars). And then,on day 5, suddenly, miraculously, the agony began to ebb. I even took the strapping off my knee, and barely grimaced on the massage table at night. Anyway, the point I am making is the Brian Head Epic stops after four days, just when, for me, the pain would likely be at its apex. But your results may vary. Fatty, I rode the Cape Epic in 2005 – 8 days of stages between 70 and 90 miles, not that much singletrack, but extraordinary landscapes, brilliant race organisation, and bucketloads of pain.
Each morning it became a little harder to get going – from planting the dollar-coin-sized raw patches on my ischial tuberosities on the saddle, to turning the cranks with legs that felt as if every artery had been injected with latex. It was particularly entertaining when I developed tendinitis in my left thumb and couldn’t work the shift lever anymore without using the heel of my hand (which of course meant taking it off the bars).
And then,on day 5, suddenly, miraculously, the agony began to ebb. I even took the strapping off my knee, and barely grimaced on the massage table at night.
Anyway, the point I am making is the Brian Head Epic stops after four days, just when, for me, the pain would likely be at its apex. But your results may vary.

]]> By: Don (cyclingphun.blogspot.com) http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/02/15/i-admit-i-am-giddy/comment-page-1/#comment-75452 Don (cyclingphun.blogspot.com) Sun, 17 Feb 2008 02:59:27 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/02/15/i-admit-i-am-giddy/#comment-75452 Fatty: So I may have missed it, but has the "Rick Sunderlage (not his real name)" thing ever been explained? Could you explain it for me? Fatty:
So I may have missed it, but has the “Rick Sunderlage (not his real name)” thing ever been explained? Could you explain it for me?

]]> By: TheNeil http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/02/15/i-admit-i-am-giddy/comment-page-1/#comment-75250 TheNeil Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:19:52 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/02/15/i-admit-i-am-giddy/#comment-75250 ...and by Todd, I meant Tom. …and by Todd, I meant Tom.

]]> By: TheNeil http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/02/15/i-admit-i-am-giddy/comment-page-1/#comment-75247 TheNeil Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:18:12 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/02/15/i-admit-i-am-giddy/#comment-75247 Botched, the town of Brian Head sits right under 10,000 feet, I think the base of the resort is at 9,800'. Fatty, did Todd say anything more about the last day? do they have a trail down to Parowan and back, or are they going to make all the mtbikers ride the road down and back? In that case, can you have a second bike? Botched, the town of Brian Head sits right under 10,000 feet, I think the base of the resort is at 9,800′.

Fatty, did Todd say anything more about the last day? do they have a trail down to Parowan and back, or are they going to make all the mtbikers ride the road down and back? In that case, can you have a second bike?

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