took it easy in the lemans start, and got into a good rythym for a couple of miles on the first road climb and the start of the singletrack... suffered like a dog on the rocks on longaberger path & tussey mountain trail... once i was through that part of the course i started to come into form as the course started to suit me more... the last 2/3rds of the course had 3 long gravel & fireroad climbs, a long fireroad downhill, and 2 really rocky technical downhills. got into a rythym on the climbs and passed a lot of the riders that got by me earlier in the race, and survived the downhills. in the end i finished in about 3 hours 50 minutes, just ahead of butch... really hard course, but a lot of fun... i was definately pushed to the edge and this was easily the hardest day i've ever spent on a singlespeed... wore my new custom wool city bikes jersey and it felt great all day.
felt really strong on the climbs so i'm feeling pretty good going into the sm100 in 2 weeks. my calves were on the verge of cramping for a lot of the day, but i think most of that was from the walking and doing so much more out of the saddle climbing. the next two weeks are all about resting up and making sure i go into the 100 healthy and in good shape. anyone up for an easy ride at schaeffer tommorow night?
massive thanks to eric roman and all in the state college crew who helped put on such a great event. a bunch of pros and luminaries were mixed in with the already eclectic singlespeed crowd: gary fisher, jacqui phelan, jeff jones, keith bontrager, travis brown, marla streb, adam craig, and more...
sorry for the short post, but blogger ate my first post and i don't have the energy to re-write it...
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congrats man, that's a really good time! good luck with the SM ride in a few weeks, too. that should be a hell of a ride.
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