The full story (ie the ever popular “lessons learned” posts that everyone finds so entertaining) will come in a couple of days, but to satisfy everyone’s curiosity, here’s the basic plot of my first 100 mile completion.  (Sorry – it got kind of long, so it’s less basic and more….comprehensive)   Ah yes, it was […] more

Ah yes – the joys and challenges of a 100 mile race…..and I haven’t arrived at ride camp.    I took my truck in to have the cruise control looked at today.  It stopped working Monday and this was the earliest appointment they had.  Considering my warranty is up is ~1000 miles, I really wanted […] more

I sent off the last post and realized I hadn’t responded to comments.  Drat!  So here’s a bonus post for the day.   Comment Follow up So far my favorite response to a difficult person is Karen’s camera approach.  Perfect!    I really appreciate the heads up about the 65 milers.  Even though I rode […] more

This is likely to be my last post before heading to 20 MT (unless I get inspired and this turns into a too-many-posts day) so it’s likely to be slightly random.  You have been forewarned.   Thought #1 My whiny post about my endurance pet peeves got picked up my endurance.net!  It’s only the second […] more

As you can guess, Day 4 is all about my carefully laid plans falling apart.   Allergy meds made me stupid and groggy.  I anticipated that, which is why I started Monday.  However they also made me sleep through my alarm, which means my trailer will NOT be going into the shop to get the […] more

Five days before a big race – such as a 100 – I start thinking of all those things I should have done to prepare, now that it’s too late.  It will be interesting to look at this post-100 next week to see what really mattered….   Things I wish I had been able to […] more

You have GOT to be KIDDING!!!!!!   This week has been a glorious orgy of spring weather – sunny, warm, trees a’bloomin’ and ponies a’shedding   Imagine my dismay when I woke up and the ground outside the weather looked especially damp, as if it had RAINED.  Imagine my HORROR when I looked at the […] more