The Workermonkey

Tuesday, June 28, 2005

24 hours of pain and suffering 

# posted by ron @ 6/28/2005 01:59:00 AM

as some of you may know i competed in the 24 hours of adrenaline. a mountian bike race in which a team (or solo for the sick sick people) race for 24 hours, the most laps in the time wins. the motley crew that i was in did 21 laps and took home 3rd. the course had some brutal demoralizing hills and some ripping fast down hill parts. the best was riding at night. i had 3 lights on my bike 1 LED, a xenon headlamp and another halagon light on the bars. my night lap time was only a minute slower than my fast day lap. its something thats hard to explain, 30 mph at times in the woods with some serious tunnel vision seeing only whats infront of you while trying to recall the course to come. i sweat, i swore, i said to myself "why the fuck am i doing this?" while i was pedalling up the ball busting hill in 95 degree heat, but i'd sign up and do it again in a heartbeat. it was a blast. hopefully some pics as soon as i get them.

once again, i urge everyone to buy a bike and ride it.

2 comments

how long were the laps?

By  josh, at Tuesday, June 28, 2005 6:11:00 PM  

about 8.3 mile laps

By  ron, at Tuesday, June 28, 2005 9:23:00 PM  

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