I think I grew chest hairs 4 and 5 this year at Lumberjack...

My Lumberjack race didnt exactly go as I wanted. First lap I was feeling good until about mile 30, started getting a little upset stomach. Came into the pits with a great lap time of about 2:47, headed out for my second lap and was feeling like total, well I wont curse but you get the idea. I kept heaving up the only thing that I was eating, the sustained energy. I have used it in the past with good results, but not today. The only thing I could think of was I mixed it a little thicker for the longer lap. Either way I made it to the aide station on lap 2 which was about 50 miles into the race at this point, and was ready to quit, but I hung out there for 5-10 minutes, had some fruit, a small cup of coke, some water, and finished up lap 2 painfully slow at 3:21. After a break after lap 2 I felt "ok" to go out and finish it up. Finally started feeling better after the aide station on lap 3, and rode the last 17 miles like a cross country race, all out. Rode most of the hills, which were torture, put 11 minutes on a fellow racer I knew at the aide station, and passed about 15 people, total time 0f 9:27. My moving time was about 9:04. Stupid breaks!

I learned alot this year, being my first time on a geared bike. A 1x9 with the smallest gear of 32x32 is a horrible setup on hills that are longer than a mile. Was way too big of a gear. Talking with Chris Maltby he was spinning a 22x32 on the hills he said. (His time was 8:25, awesome time). So next year I will be running a full 3x9 setup. Would have been nice at the end. And also I will be going back to the basics of bananas and power bars in my pockets. They never seem to do me wrong. Also, mental toughness. I wanted to quit, everything hurt but I suffered through, miles 30-80, and was glad I did. I finished strong.

Time to rest my sore everything. Is this supposed to be fun? Hmmm...

Sorry, I have no pictures.

Peace out.