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Biking is one thing. Bicycling 100 miles is entirely another. But what about the bicycle ride that last all day and all night? At some point, you cross a line and at that point, cycling, becomes ultracycling.

This blog chronicles the story of a guy, his bike and a strange obsession with finding the outside edge of his personal limits.

In this chapter, having broken the UMCA record, recovered from a bone-crushing crash and achieving a top 15 finish at the inimitable Furnace Creek 508 we find our hero grappling with the realities of completing a 100km foot race.

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Gotta love email…

By Saturday morning, I hadn’t heard back from the Furnace Creek race organizers about my application. I was guessing this meant that I had been passed over, so I sent them this note to make 100% sure.

Hello AdventureCORPS!

A quick question -

The message below implies that I’ll be notified either way if I’m confirmed to compete. I noticed on the Facebook page earlier that confirmations for 2009 have been sent out. I’m on pins and needles waiting to find out if I’ve qualified or not, but I’m beginning to wonder if no news is bad news :-) Should I still wait to see what comes, or is a lack of a confirmation at this point an indication that I won’t be invited to compete?

Either way, I understand, but the suspense is killing me! Any light you could shine on the subject would be sincerely appreciated.

Late last night, I got this in response:

Ross

We sent you the “you’re in!” email on Friday morning. Didn’t you get it?

Yay! I’m in! :-)

I moped around all day yesterday waiting for this response. I was really looking forward to the race. Now, I’m on the other end of the deal - I need to get ready for the race!

This’ll be awesome.

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