Tour de troit

Hey kids! Hot Dog here... Just wanted to log in to tell you all that I'll be making my re-appearance Sept. 25 in downtown Detroit for the Tour de troit. I heard a few of you were going, and figured I'd put down the beer for a few hours and take a stroll with my friends.

I read a cool article on the event that Coach Steve sent me. Guess it was in the paper today. Anyways. Iceman will be here before we know it. Hope things are well.

What's The Diehl?

Just posting a few photos from our first Sunday Morning tHD Donut Ride out to Diehl's Cider Mill. We managed to escape certain doom by a Pitt Bull mix heading up Pontiac Lake Road. Thank goodness that Shaun's superior Cytomax-squirting skillz came in handy or else we wouldn't have lived to tell the tale. Got to the Mill, pounded down a few donuts and some cider and somehow made it back to the car!

Thank goodness they had signs and arrows, otherwise, we'd be lost!

40 miles exactly....Garmin says I burned 2,690 calories but I think consumed way more than that in donuts!!! If you're interested in participating in the tHD Sunday Morning Donut Ride in the future, stay tuned!

- Steve

The Shenandonut 100 Ride

Attention Hot Doggers and hot dogger wannabees...This Sunday we will be leaving the Pontiac Lake Recreation Area parking lot @ 10am for the Shenandonut 100 ride. Well plan an easy roll out to Diehls Cider Mill for donuts, cider and whetever else we can shove down our pie holes. Post up if you plan to attend!

-Steve

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Good Luck, Myroo!

I just wanted to toss a quick post up to wish our very own wiener, Myroo, good luck at the Shenandoah 100 this weekend down in Virginia! Safe travels and go easy on the dogfish ale at the finish line!!!

-tHD

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Happy Birthday, MYROO!

Just wanted to send out a Big tHD Happy Birthday to our Fellow Hot Dogger, MYROO!



Wheeeeee!

- tHD

Leinie's Revenge

Hot Dog and I had the privilege of introducing our co-worker Tim around Stony Creek for his first taste of Singletrack goodness last Friday evening. Armed with a brand new Giant Revel, a helmet and a water bottle, Tim set off to with HD to meet me at "the big hole in the fence" at Stony. With a lap already in me, I wandered around the back roads for a bit before catching the awesome tHD jersey comin' my way.

After a short hello, we were on the 2-track headed towards the Pines section of the trail. I took the lead, keeping a slower pace to make sure our "virgin of the singletrack" wasn't sacrificed to the Stony Creek gods too early on. After a few minutes, it was apparent that we needed to step up the pace because it looked like Tim was on my wheel and ready for a real challenge.



We spit back out onto the 2-track before climbing back up "The Snake". It was at this point where Tim got his first taste of climbing hills. He dug deep, muscled through and made it to the top of the climb just in time for a beautiful view of HD suffering from what I like to call "Leinie's Revenge." This, of course, is a condition in which your mountain biking skills suffer due to one-too-many Leinenkugels Octoberfests before a ride.

After a well needed rest by both Tim and HD, we headed down the "Roller Coaster" Section. For a beginner, Tim handled the coasters pretty well, only falling down once, but didn't even draw blood, so that doesn't count. We took down the remaining miles of the trail before completing the loop. Tim and HD headed back towards downtown Rochester while I rolled back to the parking lot for some well deserved Advil.

I finished up the night with a little over 18 miles, a Dave and Amy's Burger and a couple of Sam Adams Octoberfest. As for Tim, he rocked Stony Creek and I think he's hooked on this Mountain Biking thing. I'm pretty sure that we have a future Hot Dogger on our hands, Folks! All in favor???

- Steve

Finally, an O2S recap!

I was going to wait til I had some pictures to do my report, but the Thd team photographer dosent have them "ready" yet, but, the blog must go on.

I felt decent at the start, not terribly strong on the road roll out, but I never feel strong for a few miles anyway, so I just put my head down and tried to get warmed up. The plan was to go out hard, get up over Lucy hill I think it is, and just settle into a decent pace. After we hit the trail from the road it was thick with riders, So i had to sit back in the group, decided not to waste a ton of energy passing, as the first big climb will seperate the group. Which it did, i rode it without much problem, then the trail opened up a bit. Tried to draft when I could, was feeling pretty good around Ishpeming. Then we hit the water... A two track about 200 feet long, maybe 12-20 inches deep. My derauiller somehow jammed up and was all the way forward. Had to stop in the water, which was almost knee deep on the side, pull my chain down, rinse it off in the water, blah blah. Got it freed up and continued on to the power lines, arguably the hardest part of the race. They were tough, it was hot and I was getting warm. The pace was fast through there. I looked at my time, about the same pace I was on last year. Cruised to misery hill, which is where I think I lost it. Walking up the sun was beating down, I was sweating a ton more than normal, just baking. Had an ice cold gatorade at the top, hopped back on for the decent, rode the next few miles really hurting. I felt dehydrated, hot. Shitty actually. Tried an endurolyte, some cytomax, wasnt helping. Seen Angie about 23 miles in, and I probably should have bailed there. Ended up going another 10 miles or so to the aid station after those lovely road climbs. I debated just suffering on, but I had some blurry vision, and felt like I just wanted to lay down, was sweating something fierce, just decided to throw in the towel. Wasnt my day, and normally I would be pissed for quitting, but I still am glad I did. No use getting hurt, crashing, ect. While in the truck riding back to Marquette I was amazed at the number of people getting medical treatment for heat exhaustion, dehydration. I was looking at my Garmin data, thinking maybe I went out too hard or something, but that didnt look like the case. My average HR was the same as it was last year. Think it was just hotter than I thought, and I have been having trouble in the heat this year. Oh well, get em next year! Was still an awesome weekend in the UP.