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08 Humbler Slideshow

Yesterday was worthless. I slept for 18 out of 24 hours. I’m still a little bit tired today, but no where near yesterday. I consumed probably 5x my recommended caloric intake also yesterday, and it was great. Eating is good! Resting up today, then back to the grinder tomorrow

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2008 Humbler

2008 Humbler

2008 Humbler is in the books. I’m completely wiped out today. 111 miles, 14,030ft of climbing, 12:19 of riding, 6229kj, 4 finishers. It took us 3 friggin years to finally complete our grandiose plan of ultimate misery. Mark, Casey, Hanggi and myself soldiered on for the final loop. Spent, exhausted, sleeping in the middle of [...]

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What to do now?

Well, The Horrible 100 is done and over with. Season is winding down and my original plan was to hit up the Roots, Rocks and Ridges race in Ellicottville on 9/30. That plan has gone down the tubes lately. Last week I had to go away to Philly for work and as a result, no [...]

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Horrible 100: Long Version

Horrible 100: Long Version

My apologies for the lateness. I had to head out of town for work; and then I fell ill over the weekend Full Writeup from the Horrible 100: Went of this past Sunday the 9th with 19 riders who showed up to brave the rainy conditions. As is usual we kicked off as early as [...]

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Horrible Hundred: Quick and Dirty version

Horrible is all finished. Myself and Matt Hanggi were the only sole survivors who made it up over the top of Wolfganger to put down 108 miles of riding and 11,000 ft of climbing. Ride time: 11:29, TSS 597.8!!It rained all friggin day…. Too tired and busy to write a full report. Pics and full [...]

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Horrible Hundred Recon

Horrible Hundred Recon

Well, truly back into the full swing of things this past weekend. Spent back to back days reconning the Horrible and clearing sections for next weekend. It felt good to really get back on the bike. Yes, my CTL is pretty low after having taken some time off the bike, but mentally I’m fresh. My [...]

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Ain’t Dead Yet!

For those that were a bit confused about the last entry, that was written by Lindsey concerning our recent trip to Chicago to move her back Perhaps I’ll let her guest blog on here from time to time. After a few days of time off, and 30+ hours in the car, I’m finally back. Just [...]

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Suicide Six

Wrapped up the Suicide Six and the NYSERS series this past weekend. Pretty much wraps up racing for me this season. I had plans to SOLO the Hot August Nights 24hour, but I’m heading to Chicago Wed for a week and a half. Effectively kills that and any type of training load I was working [...]

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Horrible Hundred Update

Horrible Hundred Update

So this past Monday, to celebrate the holiday, Matt Hanggi and I headed out for a little ride down in Naples. We wanted to scout and collect some of the tidbits for the upcoming Horrible Hundred Race in September. We chose to cover the last 40 miles of the course. For those of you that [...]

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