I don't even know what to say. This is going to be hard. Both Dwayne and I have been having great seasons and when I talked to him last week he told me he was feeling fresh after the 24 hr race but a couple 12 hr days at work were getting him down! He is insane, but I don't doubt that his formula is dialed and we are going to be doing some racing! Not to mention the other 15 other solo riders, any of whom could shine... 12 hrs is a lot for stuff to go wrong and the race can change in a lap. It's funny to me, I have raced in 8 states this season and the strongest riders ar right here!
Since the Rapture in Misery on August 18, though the Mohican Wilderness 12 hour race on Sept 15 and up to now I have been doing maintenance workouts and resting lots. Coming out of the RIM is felt like I had an unreal base and didn't want to push it into the red. I went into the Mohican race wondering if I had done too much resting but the result assured me that I was dialed. No I am asking myself if my training/ resting ratios have been good and there is only one way to find out at this point. I did a little testing last week at Chubb and I was riding pretty fast times for me and I know that my base got even better after the Mohican race and some epic test days at Council Bluffs. I am 4/4 in 12 hour races and have learned quite a bit, but racing against Dwayne with where he is fitness wise right now is definitely going to be the biggest challenge so far.
So good luck to you Dwayne, as well as all the other 12 hr solo riders.
"Only the fittest of the fittest shall survive!" Jah!
hit you like a karate chop to your face
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This shit will go down in history...hell yeah!
Hoffmeyer
ALL of you guys are crazy.... no matter what you say. ;-)
You love to torture yourself. You just can't help doing that w/ Rocky's soundtracks. He, he, he!! ;-)
It may be similar enough to a core 80km/h bikepacer > 1hr at a drome... => better than sex...?!
Good Luck!! You know what to do for next couple days. ;-)
Awesome!
no shit furbs, it going to be wicked awesome!
I am still really bummed about your tire, you were riding way smooth! when I found out you were out, I pretty much lost all motivation and that made it alot tougher of a race than if you would of been just kicking my ass!!
we will have plenty more chances to race it just sucks the bad luck came at the last 12hr of the year!
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