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05-01-22, 08:07 AM
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Yesterday was awesome.
The course was super dry and amazingly difficult. Many 18+ grades to climb with quite a few hike a bikers. The steepest segments were at nearly the end and the course finished with a steep 200 foot climb.
I was pleased with the effort considering I woke up at 5 and couldn’t keep anything down. Didn’t have enough breakfast so I had to eat a lot on the course. Took a shot of fireball from someone at mile 40 and that kept me going.
Boswell won, averaged something like 20, which is insane. I think I could have averaged maybe 15 if I had felt better in the morning and ate more- oh well, there’s always next year.
We met the owner of Mid South at a restaurant later yesterday and talked to him for quite a while. He’s really cool- I enjoyed talking to him. He said he’d put us in for 23 if we want, I’m considering it.
Official numbers for the day according to the race timing we’re 58 miles, 7350 feet and 13.8 average. All in dirt.
Here’s a crappy picture of some of the roads.
The course was super dry and amazingly difficult. Many 18+ grades to climb with quite a few hike a bikers. The steepest segments were at nearly the end and the course finished with a steep 200 foot climb.
I was pleased with the effort considering I woke up at 5 and couldn’t keep anything down. Didn’t have enough breakfast so I had to eat a lot on the course. Took a shot of fireball from someone at mile 40 and that kept me going.
Boswell won, averaged something like 20, which is insane. I think I could have averaged maybe 15 if I had felt better in the morning and ate more- oh well, there’s always next year.
We met the owner of Mid South at a restaurant later yesterday and talked to him for quite a while. He’s really cool- I enjoyed talking to him. He said he’d put us in for 23 if we want, I’m considering it.
Official numbers for the day according to the race timing we’re 58 miles, 7350 feet and 13.8 average. All in dirt.
Here’s a crappy picture of some of the roads.
05-01-22, 08:09 AM
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05-01-22, 08:11 AM
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05-01-22, 08:12 AM
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05-01-22, 08:13 AM
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05-01-22, 08:39 AM
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05-01-22, 08:42 AM
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Well, these are new, so I suspect they were done up too tight at the factory. But I'll keep an eye on them. Since they can be adjusted without taking them out of the dropouts, it shouldn't be TOO bad.
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05-01-22, 08:43 AM
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05-01-22, 08:49 AM
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Oooo! I gotta give that a try! Right after I use the microwave to charge my iPhone. I saw on the internet that the newest OS update lets you do that!
Then I'm gonna drill out the hidden headphone jack in Mrs. GJ's iPhone 7!
Then I'm gonna drill out the hidden headphone jack in Mrs. GJ's iPhone 7!
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05-01-22, 08:49 AM
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05-01-22, 09:12 AM
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05-01-22, 09:13 AM
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05-01-22, 10:06 AM
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05-01-22, 10:12 AM
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05-01-22, 10:15 AM
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05-01-22, 10:22 AM
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05-01-22, 10:23 AM
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05-01-22, 10:24 AM
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05-01-22, 10:33 AM
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that period of time before the race sucks. I feel like I should be doing something.
Got the time it takes for me to put contacts on down to about 15 mins. So that’s something.
Got the time it takes for me to put contacts on down to about 15 mins. So that’s something.
05-01-22, 10:42 AM
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05-01-22, 10:46 AM
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