LarryOz
Cruzeum Curator & Sigma Wrangler
Thanks everyone!
Riding home now, Gary driving.
A quick replay before I write my full ride report. It was so rainy and windy that visibility was horrible with slightly foggy and rain smeared visor. Worst sustained conditions I have ever ridden in! I literally prayed my way through the last 15 miles of the 3rd 50 mile loop and the entire 4th 50 mile loop after i was all alone. So, so, so many pot holes. Some you could see, some just looked like puddles. It was slow going and really slow through the 50+ turns on each 50 mile loop. Total consentrain required "every second" to avoid a miss-hap and no going all out, just too dangerous.
After I transitioned to the 7 mile loop, my crew said I was so far ahead (15-20 mins) of my nearest competition that I dialed it back a notch to just under 20mph. I caught and rode with Ben and Joe a lap, but the kept my pace and kept going.
Much to my surprise and young whipper snapper passed me on an upright TT with 9 mile left to go. I didn't know if he was on my lap, but I couldn't take any chances, so I stayed with him. I calculated that they would only let us ride to the 5th mile before the 12 hours was up, so I shifted up and laid into the pedals with 1/4 mile left to go. (We were doing about 25 at the time). I flew by him: and he said "you got me!", and I passed the 5 mile marker ahead of him. But.. the Marshall said you have time to go to mile post 6!
Man, my 1/4 sprint just turned in a 1 & 1/4 mile sprint, so I just kept the power on, not even knowing if he was right on my tail or nother (glad I did those sprint interval last winter now).
We both ended up with the same mileage, but I won since I was ahead.
I asked him after the race if was he behind me after I passed him. He said no. He said he could not go any faster and dropped back to about 20mph since he had 3 minutes to get to the next mile post.
Nutrition summary:
I rode the entire 12 hours on 4 scoops of Infinite, 2 scoops of perpetuam, and one swig of warm chocolate milk. Last year I used 2 1/2 scoops of Infinite each hour (=30 scoops). 5 times more fueling last year! No cramping, did not run out of energy, and could hammer at the end.
Thanks again everyone for the support.
Special Thanks to Gary and Andrew who made the trip to crew. Great to ride with you again: Kevin (bummed you flatted and got skinned up, but glad you are ok - you're sooooo strong!); and you Ben (good luck at RAW), and to great meet you Joe. You are all first class and it was an honor to ride with you. Tons of memories, mostly wet, all good!
I'll post my ride report as soon as I can.
P.s. I also rigged up double battery packs on my VIRB camera and got the entire race recorded.
Riding home now, Gary driving.
A quick replay before I write my full ride report. It was so rainy and windy that visibility was horrible with slightly foggy and rain smeared visor. Worst sustained conditions I have ever ridden in! I literally prayed my way through the last 15 miles of the 3rd 50 mile loop and the entire 4th 50 mile loop after i was all alone. So, so, so many pot holes. Some you could see, some just looked like puddles. It was slow going and really slow through the 50+ turns on each 50 mile loop. Total consentrain required "every second" to avoid a miss-hap and no going all out, just too dangerous.
After I transitioned to the 7 mile loop, my crew said I was so far ahead (15-20 mins) of my nearest competition that I dialed it back a notch to just under 20mph. I caught and rode with Ben and Joe a lap, but the kept my pace and kept going.
Much to my surprise and young whipper snapper passed me on an upright TT with 9 mile left to go. I didn't know if he was on my lap, but I couldn't take any chances, so I stayed with him. I calculated that they would only let us ride to the 5th mile before the 12 hours was up, so I shifted up and laid into the pedals with 1/4 mile left to go. (We were doing about 25 at the time). I flew by him: and he said "you got me!", and I passed the 5 mile marker ahead of him. But.. the Marshall said you have time to go to mile post 6!
Man, my 1/4 sprint just turned in a 1 & 1/4 mile sprint, so I just kept the power on, not even knowing if he was right on my tail or nother (glad I did those sprint interval last winter now).
We both ended up with the same mileage, but I won since I was ahead.
I asked him after the race if was he behind me after I passed him. He said no. He said he could not go any faster and dropped back to about 20mph since he had 3 minutes to get to the next mile post.
Nutrition summary:
I rode the entire 12 hours on 4 scoops of Infinite, 2 scoops of perpetuam, and one swig of warm chocolate milk. Last year I used 2 1/2 scoops of Infinite each hour (=30 scoops). 5 times more fueling last year! No cramping, did not run out of energy, and could hammer at the end.
Thanks again everyone for the support.
Special Thanks to Gary and Andrew who made the trip to crew. Great to ride with you again: Kevin (bummed you flatted and got skinned up, but glad you are ok - you're sooooo strong!); and you Ben (good luck at RAW), and to great meet you Joe. You are all first class and it was an honor to ride with you. Tons of memories, mostly wet, all good!
I'll post my ride report as soon as I can.
P.s. I also rigged up double battery packs on my VIRB camera and got the entire race recorded.
