Shredding the 'Shed

Hooked up with KDay, Skid and Kevin at the MillD lot, road up to Guardsman and Puke Hill, down the spine, desolation back to cars, we passed a lot of shuttlers, who left to go up to guardsman before we started pedaling, and even though I DH like a feather, we passed lots of guys on their big travel fun bikes, while we were on hardtails, cept for skid. Fun ride for sure. Gain over 2500 feet in 8 miles, go kind of flat with a few hundred extra feet of climbing for 3 or so miles then loose 2500 feet in 4 miles, yeah.









Tuesday night was the first Solitude weekly worlds, nice turnout and fun course. I tried for the hole shot, got most of the way there till Alex, BZ, Fox and Brandon had enough and came around me right before the singletrack, not bad for me if I say so myself. Like the roller coaster.

Back to normal (if i ever could be)

So hit the big water, great western to crest back down then up to dog lake today, nice 3 hour, uncrowded cruise in the alpine. Ran into Alex Grant and his buddy Ty who just finished a too PC/ eat breakfast/ back to mill creek ride. I rode Ty's Taurine as my bike is in the shop. I liked the way it rides, but I like my terra logic lefty better, maybe his rebound is different than mine, who knows.

Yesterday was the 12 hour of the E100. Lyna's first ever attempt at an all day ride, I think I was more nervous than her, I yelled at her Friday night to tell her to sit the %&$# down and let me pack everything. I mean my intentions were good. Well we each got like 5 hours of sleep (Me cause I had work stuff going on, her due to nerves) Jerry showed up at 5:20, we put his bike on the rack and Headed up to Round Valley. The day was long, and hot and I think I am more wrecked from supporting than i would be if I raced it (on a 4 person team).

Lyna rode incredibly well. She did 8 laps, around 80 miles, she came in with time to go out for 9, but she made a decision that likely saved her a few extra weeks of recovery. I can't say how proud of her I am. She has some serious stick-to-itive-ness. Food was the big issue, nothing seemed good to her, i kept trying to force food down her, to no avail, she probably got in less than 75% of what she needed. How she made it through is a mystery to me.

Brad P. tore it up for 12 laps and the solo win, just incredible, Rich missed the start by a bit and spent 85% of the race in 2nd or 3rd. He made a wise decision and did not go out on lap 12. I think there would of been an ambulance involved if he did go out again. I think he lost close to or more than 10% of his body weight.

Carl from teh shop worked wonders on everyones bikes, Peak Fasteners owner (Scott Hoggan and wife) and their team won the coed 4 person. Fox and Zep just missed the win, but both rode super impressive. The Revolution/DNA compound had 2 podiums on the 4 man team category and 2 podiums on the coed duo category.

Days highlights
1. Lyna riding the whole race, and able to walk around afterwards.
2. Riding lap 5 or 6 with Lyna, I poached the course on Ty's bike, and helped her through, she was still ripping the DH.
3. Carl's help
4. Brad's win
5. Rich's effort
6. Zeps look after his first lap. Classic.


Just Minutes in














Yeaahhhh














The Compound














11 hours later, good job baby doll














I am hoping that Rich is not thinking "Get that Bleeping Camera outa my face BoB"














Impressive (He collapsed and almost fainted about 30 seconds later)














I think the rest of Adams fluids escaped him with this expenditure of energy, cause 5 minutes after this he was laying on the ground talking to a first aide guy.(Shoulda got a photo of that :))

I was thinking of doing the State Crit Sunday, but then...

I read this.

Nope, looks like some epic singletrack is in store.

If you see this van, call the police

Seriously, Marty is an old acquaintance, who used to ride with me and several friends.

Story Link Here

DV NMBS

My start this morning, I believe is a picture of the future of the NMBS, only 6 expert 35-39'ers. Sad.

I started feeling a bit under the weather Friday, tried to ignore it. Never hit race pace, but was in the front with one other guy, we had a few minutes after one lap. I tried to go to race pace the second time up little stick and my body said no, I DNF'd cause i didn't want to prolong the bug.

Came home and slept for 6 hours.

Kind of a bitch to have the form but no luck. At the cul de sac climb, the guy in my group was right in front of me, he was out of the saddle suffering and groaning, i was in the saddle, not breathing hard, thinking to myself, well a win is a win, sick trumps that though.

The Intermountaincup is much more important anywho. Just wish I would of saved the 52 bucks.

yep

So up at 6 a.m., Head out the door at 6:35, Counter Clockwise Morgan loop

5:42 time
93.5 Miles
157 Average Watts
Elevation Gain @5561
6 Bottles(Gu20, PowerAde, Gatorade, Cherry Coke), 1 Ice Cream Sandwich, 2 Pop Tarts, 1 rice krispee treat

Most Exciting Part: Hitting I-84 west bound at about 38 mph, 3rd in line as we all hit the rumble-strip. I think I will need to be checking every bolt on my bike.

Check it Here

Power Agent File

DV XC

My first peak race, loss of hours during the week due to rain, maybe no such a bad thing, Nice intervals with BP on Wednesday down in Draper.

SO 30 Pro's lined up in front of me today. Including Chad who moved up, another day of depressing move ups, cause I liked trying to catch him. Nevermind, we had over 20 in 30-39 anyways including Climber Zenger, Jason Travis and Isaac Wilson. I also new Wimmer was going to be going strong.

10 seconds in, at the front, feeling ready, pop, my chain goes from the middle ring to the Bottom Bracket, I didn't shift or anything, crap. Took me a bit of time to get it on again, by the time I was back on the bike, the whole field was by the feedzone, I almost quit at this point. But i kept going pushing hard on the climbs recovering on the DH, I got around a lot of people on the rest of the first lap, still more by the end of the second lap. I then dropped a few people up little stick the 3rd time. In the end I cam in 5th 1.5 minutes off the winner (Wimmer).

Who knows what would of happened without the dropped chain, I was less than 30 seconds of 3rd and 4th, I think. I feel good as I pushed on and pretty much gave the group a 45 second head-start, had to pass a crap load of t[people on singletrack through rough stuff and still finished top 5. That is still satisfying.

Lyna had a great race for 6th only 4 minutes behind the winner, she was really, really nervous about it, DV has been unkind in the past, It was kind today.

After we stopped at SugarHouse park to watch the Pro 1/2 crit, Louder made it look easy.

Big week

13.5 hours, 3 races and some decent results.

After the Stan Crane Memorial, I was hurting 2.5 hours at effort are rough, so Wednesdays mid week race on the Icup course was brutal, not at all recovered. Took Thursday off and rode easy on Friday and still woke up nervous about the Sundance Spin. Jarom Zenger and Isaac Wilson showed up, Jarom in his first 2007 come climb out legs off appearance and WIlson probably getting ready to ride up Everest or some shit. The start saw IndOhran go off the front, he claims later it was cause he didn't want to breathe ou dust due to bronchitis, i told him to go to the doctor. SO much for my share of Fox's 100 bucks. About halfway throuh the race I was hovering near 10th place, I think, it is kind of fuzzy, then I started my charge on the last lap, I got around Fred on the last part of the climb and put quite a gap on him, he closed on the descent as he probably got some better lapper passing lanes, I fizzled about halfway up the pavement to hold on to 5th, ouch.

Saturday was Team Shannifer's celebration BBQ, good times.












Sunday was low motivation day, needed 2.75 hours on bike, didn't want to road bike it, partner bailed and then unbailed on a DV pre-ride, too late, I headed out for shoreline solo, ran into Bart who talked me into hitting millcreek with him and fox, turned around at the Dog Lake trail head, cause I had to log into work (which failed to happen) wish I could of headed up to the crest with them, in hindsight I could of. I'd be even more tired now, for some reason, except for the very top, I felt it necessary to stick with Bart, not at max, but hard enough day after race, got 6 miles of dirt in for a 40 mile ride, saw Team Rico briefly as I was entering dirt.

DV looms in the distance, I love that course, 2 weekends in a row, Yeah

Photo Stolen from here















Oh Yeah, lest I forget, she is no longer a HARLOT, now she is A LOT, that right there is some funny shit.

Wooo Hoooooo

OFFICIAL WINNERS Jennifer Hanks and her husband Shannon Boffeli are both off to compete in the Trans Alp! These US cross country pros are looking to make a big impact on the Trans Alp this year. Team Shannifer, in the tradition of Hollywood legends Bennifer and Brangelina, want to race the Trans Alp calling it a once in a lifetime opportunity. Both riders have a string of top finishes in their race history and are committed to putting Race Face onto the podium. Tenacious and determined, Shannifer will succeed where Hollywood has failed – to make Lycra cool again!

Recap of the race - Stan Crane Memorial

See post below for Stan's story.

The morning started out quite early, wanting to get to the race and unload all the BBQ stuff in enough time to warm up.

Got a decent warm up in and got to the start line. The Expert 30-39 group was rather giddy seeing that BP and Rich A moved up. I told Chad, joking of course, that he was next. The start was safer than i feared, Racer took a flyer, by the first short double track, i got around everyone except Chad, climbed halfway up the first long climb in second, when Scott Allen came around me. Ryan A and another rider were close behind me, part way down Clarks descent, a bug flew into my helmet, a bit later it bit me, it still hurts.

At the start of the second lap i saw Scott right ahead and I was closing on him, Ryan caught onto me but I gained on him on the long climb. He came back close to me going up the 3rd lap climb, but I dug deep to get over the top, ended up hanging on for 3rd. I was blown at the end, check this photo with me in the background after finishing. Oh yeah, shannon tried to take me out at the finish, but he suceeded in taking him self out:)

Some photo evidence.



Lyna smiles after ripping it for 6th place.











Fox killed the tweety bird chair. THE HORROR

















Kday and Sday (my feedzone savior) oh yeah, there's the guy that tried to take me out to.









She is a HARLOT.


















1st 2007 Podium

Stan Crane

I stole this from Rich, hope he doesn't mind, race recap later.

Early last year Bp, Reed, Stan Crane and I went on a training trip to St. George. We put in some big miles on the Mesa near Hurricane and the next day rode the area around the St. George race course. The whole trip was filled with laughing and chit-chat about everything, but especially bike racing. Stan was getting serious -- devotedly following a training schedule, reading books on training, even switching to soy milk because Carmichael said it was healthier. He legs were trunks and his fitness was looking good.

A couple weeks later Stan was dead.

It wasn't anything he did or didn't do. He was born with a time-bomb that could tick so many times and then bang -- wife alone, boys with no dad. Lots of people get this same treatment due to unfortunate choices they or someone else makes, but in his case it was the mistake of a little segment of DNA encoding some protein a little wrong even before he was exactly a person yet -- the product of an imperfect world. Or something like that.

I don't think Stan looks back on his life and remembers cycling first and foremost as there were several other, higher priorities. He was a man that knew his priorities. Nonetheless, I'm sure he appreciates the fact that today, on Memorial day, we raced the Stan Crane Memorial race in Draper, in view of his final resting place.

His family was there, his best friends were there, and who knows? Maybe he was too. I like to think so.

Stan Crane Memorial PreRide

<<----That is Stan, rippin the DH at Snowbird in 2005, the race is in his honor, so come on out, his family and friends will all be there.

The course is good, don't let the haters fool you, it has a little bit of everything. fire road climbs, fast buff descents, slow sandy descents, BBQ alley, road crossings and a few water crossings.

Yep, i like the fire road climb, and it is likely the race will be made here. BIG RING IT.

Racing a course that does not suit your strengths makes you harder and stronger, don't complain, rip it up! We ride bikes worth thousands, we are not victims, we are blessed with family, friends and various levels of ability.

Last night we had a large group out there on the course, from pro's to baggy short wearing rigid ss'ers, to 8 year old kids, awesome.

I have been following the Bear Lake result issue, man what a mess, I feel sorry for everyone, racers, officials, promoters etc.. there does not seem to be a good way out, of course team Telekom has found a way out,

See ya all on Monday.

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Yahh Big Ring it

As Slyribprefontainehuslaslurr says, we big ringed sundance, except he went significantly faster than me. Oh well 63 minutes of pain.


Thursday 5/24 we roll out for a Stan Crane Memorial pre ride. 6pm is the roll out, arrive a bit early so we can head out on time. Second lap at around 7:15 if you can't make the first.

Broken Chain

Yep, that is how my race went, 20 minutes in, Dura Ace goodness, Crank Brothers tool that worked mostly, finally Fox fixed it for me, he shows me trying from his blog.

I felt good at the point I balled the chain up, started the race in the front, once i got around the single speeder, not pushing too hard, Rich got around me, I stayed with him, with Brad on my wheel, Brad got around me then i bogged down on the steep up and Chad got around me. II then shifted too late going up a steep and heard crunching chain, got back on road awhile, Fred got by me, skipping sounds in the drive train, Still pushing, but thinking of close to 2 more hours of annoying shifting issues, Ryan gets by me, close to the singletrack climb, where I can power the chain breaks, 20 minutes later Fox fixes it and I head back to the start area.

I kind of had a positive glimpse of my fast coming back, that is good.

Today Jerry and I road up Mormon Pioneer and down towards East Canyon resort and back, fun DH, nice climbs.

TRY HARDER

Yep, they made it, now go vote for em. Utah (Or Iowa's, Or Illinois) own, Team Revolution Peak Fasteners Pro's, I witnessed the filming, now you can go see the video.

Shannon Boffeli and Jen Hanks are 1 of 5 international finalists selected to be sponsored by Race Face to go to the TransAlp Ultimate XC Challenge Mountain Bike Race

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Yet another one in Utah

This one looks kind of Fun. And Cheap, And Hard, cept it is a week before el double pointe wolverine.

Resty Resty

So had a nice weekend of riding and chillin.

Friday after work, I headed down to the Corner Canyon area to ride the Stan Crane Memorial Race course, Wow that is going to be a rough one for everyone. Close to 1300 feet of climbing in the first 4 miles of a 9.5 mile lap, followed by a fun 1.5 mile or so downhill on clarks trail, it then rolls a bit on the shoreline trail before crossing the street a dh'ing through the golf course on a skinny exposed trail with a very tight switchback midway down, it then crosses another street and drops down between peoples back yards to highland drive for a .75 mile grind back to the start finish. I did 2 very slow laps in the heat of the evening and it leaves me wondering what sadism Ed has in store for us memorial day, 3 laps will be brutal. Here is the elevation profile of 2 laps, I got kind of turned around on the first lap.









Saturday i was planning on a road ride up to big mountain, as i decided to bag Lava Rama. I got out the door around 11 or so, just so it would heat up enough for me. I needed to do a 10 minute effort and failed after 7 minutes, still feeling the effects of whatever hit me Wednesday and Thursday, made it a bit above Affleck park before i headed home. Ran into Chan on the way to the start of Emi canyon. Saw Stormin heading up the canyon, saw BZ and chatted for a while in the construction zone, then saw Jen a the mouth of the canyon.

Saturday night was a nice dinner at y 'bosses' (she hates it when i call her that, but she is) her and my former bosses were in town for the week and wanted to see us all, we had 10 former employees (including Lyna) and 3 current ones there, it was nice and fun and kind of sad, reminded me of how the place used to be more of a family. 9 years of my life so far, that is a long time.

Sunday i headed up to PC to meet with Krachty to do a few hours on the Glenwild trail system, we climbed the front side, dropped down the north side and took a left on Cobblestone, we then took the new trail and it climbed and climbed and climbed and climbed, we then started descending and ended up on the 24-7 connector, happy in the knowledge that we just found out about more trails miles of fun and relative solitude. Here is a link to the ride info. After the ride in the parking lot we ran into Pepe, The Deer Mouse and FOF Ron, who I had no idea was in town. They all gave me shit for not calling them. I then came home and napped, did a bit of yard work and then watched the Return of the King for the 50th time and grilled Garlic, Jalapeno burgers and corn on the cob for dinner.

Yep, my life sucks, really it does.

Bobby feely no goody

So Wednesday night head up to BZ's house to sort out Team Revolution/Peak Fastener 2007 uniforms, 4 slap happy hours later, we get it done. At this point, I realize I feel feverish and sleepy, get home and to bed around midnight and find myself awake on the hour every hour. I bag work, stay in bed all day, finally getting out of bed at 4 pm, having had no food or drink in 16 plus hours made me a bit sluggish, had a odwalla bar, banana and some cereal, with some lemonade, went back to bed at 10, woke up at 7:30 am today and feel 100% again.

I have no idea what it was, but i am bagging Lava, in order to not put myself in a hole.

The new uni's look nice, besides the sponsors, only a few changes, the jackets are going to be great, since the weather is now in the 90's. At least i didn't have to pee in a cup this am, hell i couldn't of peed anyways. Maybe this is really Sly's secret to weight loss, 24 hours little or no food.

5 Mile

Uh, ouchy that one hurt, the last lap was a killer, 2nd to last place, yeaaaahhhhhhh.

Highlights of the day,

1. 2nd lap riding with Ty, KDay and Rob Westerman after Yellow Page hill, we had a good pace line going up the gradual climb and we flew on the DH, Ty and K-Day then dropped us and Rob and I rode together threw a bit of the third lap, where i began to fade.
2. Rich Abbott Killed it, again
3. It didn't rain

I looked at my schedule, and this was a c category race, no excuses, but i have had a big training block before this. I am blown, i have to do 2.5 Sunday, it'll be on the road bike, on a flat ride, cause i am so done.

The Stans wheels rocked it pretty good. I got some brake rubby going on, yeah that must be why I went so slow.

Thanks to Meg for feeding me.

Lyna got 6th in SPort Women, in particular, the revolution women rocked hard.

Here is my HR profile, nice drop off there Bobby

Fa la la la la, la la la la

Today was a sweet day on the shoreline, not too many people and a nice easy effort on my after work shoreline loopy. My legs feel good, hope for rain Thursday to pack down some of 5 mile.

Rode the new wheels tonight. They dropped weight on the bike, just no idea how much.

Lots of people in baggies on the trail, funny, none of them heckled me and I didn't heckle them, it is a lovely world.

Intervals tomorrow night, maybe some one will make me mad so I can get some good ones in :)