Well, that was fun!!

I did the high cascade 100 yesterday .... what a blast!

By the numbers:
Miles riden: 110
Vertical feet climbed: 14,000
Crashes: 1
Lost banannas: 2

Now for the fun stuff! The race started at an early 5:30am and a frigid 28F (yes, that is below 0C!!!) I had winter leg warmers, arm warmers, a under layer, jersey, vest, hat, and jacket on to start. Yikes, it was cold. I knew it would warm up fast. At the start line before the sun ride we could see the man on the mood. The race was at Mt bachelor- away from the city ... and ite stars were amazing!

Up came the sun and off we went .... 5:45 was the official start time by my watch :) The first section was 35 miles - the longest without aide, so i started with a bottle and a camelback. I'm pretty sure my bottle froze because i noticed a crack in it about about mile 15 ... had to drink out of it a certain way to avoid concentrated heed going everywhere!

We started with a road climb and jeep track descent. Everyone went out pretty hot and i would guess I was in the end of the middle of the pack ... usual spot :) The jeep descent and singletrack was dusty so i wore my trusty bandana (thanks Frank!) to protect my lungs.  This part of the course was a big singletrack descent followed by a climb. About 22 miles in they had a spot to drop gear. I dropped my warm leg warmers and jacket there :) Yup, it was warming up. After the clothes drop it was a long slog uphill thru the singletrack and back to the first aide/drop and start/finish!

The rest of the race I did bottles and dumped the camelback.  The course was full of singletrack, both up and down ... twisty, turny, up and down. SO MUCH FUN!!  The course was hard but fun. Things that stood out:
- passing the girl that passed me at mile 25 around mile 100
- starting to feel good around mile 75
- the view of bachelor on the worst climb on the course
- the fun fun fun technical descent

A great race! I'll be back again for sure

What happened to summer?

I'm not sure what happened to summer ... we had 5 beautiful days around the 4th of July and now we are back into rain season :(

Oh well, here is hopeing we have good weather for the 100 miler in Bend, OR next weekend! All ready to go, just need to decide which bike to race and ensure i taper!

Thwarted by a tooth (ache)

Yeah, it's true!   I went to the dentist a few weeks back ... they are replacing all my old fillings with the new stuff .... and the bite was not adjusted correctly when we were done. What this meant is that every time i closed my jaw, a huge amount of pressure was being put on two specific teeth. The pain was insane .... and of course my denstist went on holiday the week of july 4th so i had to wait to get it fixed.

I am not a fan of taking pain meds but i was full on in pain med mode ... ouch! I cannot tell you how much it hurt!

So ... yes, a toothache kept me from CCP100 ... but have no fear, i got it fixed yesterday and am gunning for HC100 !!!