This Sunday I will do the Stoopid 50. A 50-mile (maybe actually 53 or something) mountain bike race with a good bit of trail and tons of climbing...something like 7,000' of it. Yikes. I hadn't planned on doing it but here it is and it's become part of my training for the Wilderness 101 - a 101-mile mountain bike race. I haven't raced in a couple of years and even then it was not very serious at all. But this year I am hoping to get back to something like the form I had 4 and 5 years ago when I was actually pretty quick. All the miles will probably pay off and the races I do in the next few weeks will put me in good shape for the 101.
Anyway, here's a map of this year's Stoopid made by my friend Ray Crew (sweet eh?). The race is sponsored by Shenandoah Mountain Touring with help from Freeze Thaw Cycles and The Bicycle Shop. No doubt volunteers are coming out from the locals in the Nittany Mountain Bike Association and Centre Region Bike Coalition.
Wish me luck.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
The Stoopid 50
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So how as it?
Oh yeah. I didn't finish because I tore a sidewall in my rear tire and it was irreparable. Lame. Quadruple flats don't really make finishing worth it. However, this past Sunday I raced again and got 4th on singlespeed at the Fat Tire Challenge. Seems the training is working out pretty well.
good to hear!
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