ah.... just confirmed some reservations at my buddy bill a's place in state college for the 101 this saturday. meeting him and our old friend richie rich at his place, and bringing brett davis (look up the transiowa results - he finished!) along for the drive out. entry was somewhat steepish (in the $130 area) but splitting the cost on gas and a free place to stay should help out.
that's the only thing that kind of stinks about enduro racing - a lot of money goes into it and most times not a lot of money comes back. i look at it as "bettering" myself - get to see cool places, ride awesome trails, meet interesting people, see the bike industry, and hopefully have a good time. as with anything in life, if you don't have the passion for it, don't do it. i thought i lost the passion a few years back for racing, but enduro racing got me sucked back into it.
anyhoo, always good to get to a race at a cheapo rate. format is somewhat different than what i am used to - i like looped courses. you can somewhat plan out your feeds/food/etc.
this course has a bunch of neutral feeds (4 or 5 of them) and you are allowed to have stash bags of your own goodies place stragically at two of them. nobody is allowed to help you other than other people racing. i am thinking a camelback is probably a no-brainer, a large bottle of some magic potion on the bike and some more magic flasks in my back pockets. i have been contemplating food on this course for awhile now - just don't want to run out of calories.
looks like hendershot (santa cruz syndicate) will be there along with skip brown (seven cycles) and, of course, chris eatough (trek) - these will be the guys to watch, though i have a sneaky suspicion that nat ross and/or mr. cameron chambers (gary fisher) might show up as i know cameron is coming into state college for the sinlge speed world championships. and then, there are always a couple unknowns that you need to watch out for.
that's it for tonight - got to get my beauty sleep.
sologoat out.
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Better you to deal with Chambers than me at 9 Mile. I had to chase him all last year at 9 Mile. It sucked!
Good luck at the 101. Make sure you ask Brett Davis for alittle pre-race love from the Gnome he scored at Trans-Iowa. Also, please keep the nudity to a minimum on your blog. Otherwise I am going to have to break out the chamois cream application pictures again.
:-o
RAGE ON MAN!!!!!!
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