October 2009
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“In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning...”
– Dwight D. Eisenhower
September 2009
11 posts
A few thoughts before I leave...
The Furnace Creek 508 Invitational ultra cycling race is in less than 7 days.
Tomorrow morning, I will get on a plane with my bicycles, gear and the knowledge that I’ve done what I can take fully prepare for this awesome event.
How awesome is it you ask?
Well, for one, this will be the longest ride I’ve ever done - by a full 6 miles. My ride across Ontario in May was just over...
“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air…”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
AdventureCORPS Presents :: Individual Time Data... →
AdventureCorps, the organization behind the Furnace Creek 508, will be posting race updates throughout the day, into the night and through to the finish. Bookmark this link to see how I’m doing from station-to-station. We will also be updating this blog as often as we can with pictures and posts from the road.
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Preparation, Hard Work and Packing...
I spent most of the entire weekend doing one of three things - sleeping, eating and getting prepped for the 508.
Both of the bikes are in the shop now. The C0 needs a new saddle - not surprised, this one has at least 10,000 kilometers on it. The A0 will get a new chain and cassette and the alloy bars will get swapped out for my carbon bars. Both bikes will get tuned up, lubed and looked over with...
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“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and...”
– Colin Powell
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Getting the bicycles ready to race
Tomorrow is a big day at Ultrarider HQ.
I need to get up first thing and clean-up the bikes and get them down to the bike shop for final inspection and packing. Each of the bicycles needs cleaning, tuning and most likely repairing. I would normally break down and pack my own bikes, but I think it will be a bit easier this time around to get them professionally done.
I am taking two bikes with me...
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“Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will...”
– Sir Winston Churchill
The Final Strokes
It took a while, but I finally feel like I’m ready for the 508.
It wasn’t really until the last week of August that I felt like I had recovered well enough from my crash in June, and trained hard enough to make up for it, to the point that I was comfortable thinking about competing.
Now, after a few awesome weeks in the saddle, I’m ready to go out and do some damage.
I booked...
“There is no such thing as luck. There is only adequate or inadequate...”
– Robert Heinlein