24 Hour solo worlds part 3

Than back to the condo to check in and relax with the legs up.  We were assigned to the Cougar suite. 

24 Hour solo worlds part 2

We drove straight to the nordic center and unpacked Kris' truck which was riding low. Set up our tents and left most of our race supplies under the tents covered by a tarp. Which included the race machines, Raleigh XXIX single speeds, each equipped with a set of Magura Marta brakes which were needed for the very root filled course, nuun tablets ( The key to keeping the electrolyte intake to the max), and  Dr. Naylor  udder balm, which is the product I use for anti saddle sore. ( it is amazing , I only have to apply once and it takes care of me for an entire 24 hour race).

24 Hour Solo Worlds

Well Its been a whirlwind of a trip! We packed up Kris' truck to the hilt on Tuesday , 5 bikes, all our gear, picked up our man Tadius at Orange Peel, stuffed our faces with BCP and started driving. We made it to the Canmore nordic center in three days with two hotel stops along the way. 

The Don ride

This 4th of July Kris and I went to Salida, CO., to partake in an annual ride that has been going on for about 20 years. Everyone who rides, meets at Don McClung's house/shop at 4:20 am. This year was Don ride # 3 for me. There was about 40 characters who showed this year, with the majority of them riding single speed.  The ride is Monarch Crest as a loop and consists of about 90 miles with 10ooo Ft. of climbing, mostly on dirt. We had dropped a cooler full of food and water at about 2/3 s the way through. This point is tough cause there is pavement leading back to Salida or to continue the ride there is about an hour ahead of hiking. To be honest this year I contemplated  taking the pavement back.  As Kris is super tough she helped me get through this feeling of quitting. We ate refueled and continued on. We ended up back to Salida in a solid 12 hours. We each took an ice bath and barely made it to watch the fireworks. This was one of the last big pushes before competing in Canada at the 24 Hours of Adrenaline solo world championships. BRING IT!