Saturday, July 31, 2010
Thursday, July 22, 2010
I know I’ve been totally slacking on this blog thing, but I guess I’ve been a bit busy lately with work, training, traveling, feeding kids, changing diapers, taking care of quail (yes, we have quail), etc., etc. Anyway, the Wilderness 101 is just over a week away (yikes!), so I thought it was time for a quick update… and another solicitation for donations!
Speaking of donations, so far I’ve received $910, which is really awesome (I truly appreciate the generosity of all who have donated!), but I would at least like to hit the $1500 mark by the time the race rolls around. Again, 100% of your tax deductible donations will go to either the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central PA or the global RMH Charities – it’s your choice. You can rest assured that 0% of your donations will be used to pay for my bike, entry fee, shorts, shoes, socks, cliff bars, energy drink mix, electrolyte tablets, tires, tubes, CO2 cartridges, etc. So if you haven’t had a chance to donate (online or via a check), please do so now. Thank you very much!
My training has been going well, and as of last Sunday, I am officially done with the “hard” training. From now until July 31st, it’s all about maintenance and recovery. Since April, a typical training week included 1 or 2 rides on my stationary trainer, 1 or two mid-week road rides (usually around 30 - 40 miles), followed by a long ride (75 – 120 miles on the road bike or 35 – 50 miles on my mountain bike). For the next week and a half, however, my “long” ride won’t exceed 2 hours (~30 – 35 road miles). I’m psyched to be done with the long training rides, but I’m also a bit nervous because the level of fitness I have now is all I’m going to have come race time next weekend… I just hope it’s enough!
Race Day updates… for those of you that are interested, I’m going to post updates to the RideForTheHouse blog periodically throughout the race. There are a total of 5 aid stations that are scattered along the course. Aid station 1 is about 20 miles in, 2 is approximately 40 miles in, 3 is at mile 60, 4 is 74 miles in and 5 is at mile 89. I’ll try to post a quick update at each station. The course map is here so you can keep track of my progress throughout the day if you’d like.
Finally, for those of you who are unfamiliar with the Wilderness 101, here are some facts about the event:
Speaking of donations, so far I’ve received $910, which is really awesome (I truly appreciate the generosity of all who have donated!), but I would at least like to hit the $1500 mark by the time the race rolls around. Again, 100% of your tax deductible donations will go to either the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central PA or the global RMH Charities – it’s your choice. You can rest assured that 0% of your donations will be used to pay for my bike, entry fee, shorts, shoes, socks, cliff bars, energy drink mix, electrolyte tablets, tires, tubes, CO2 cartridges, etc. So if you haven’t had a chance to donate (online or via a check), please do so now. Thank you very much!
My training has been going well, and as of last Sunday, I am officially done with the “hard” training. From now until July 31st, it’s all about maintenance and recovery. Since April, a typical training week included 1 or 2 rides on my stationary trainer, 1 or two mid-week road rides (usually around 30 - 40 miles), followed by a long ride (75 – 120 miles on the road bike or 35 – 50 miles on my mountain bike). For the next week and a half, however, my “long” ride won’t exceed 2 hours (~30 – 35 road miles). I’m psyched to be done with the long training rides, but I’m also a bit nervous because the level of fitness I have now is all I’m going to have come race time next weekend… I just hope it’s enough!
Race Day updates… for those of you that are interested, I’m going to post updates to the RideForTheHouse blog periodically throughout the race. There are a total of 5 aid stations that are scattered along the course. Aid station 1 is about 20 miles in, 2 is approximately 40 miles in, 3 is at mile 60, 4 is 74 miles in and 5 is at mile 89. I’ll try to post a quick update at each station. The course map is here so you can keep track of my progress throughout the day if you’d like.
Finally, for those of you who are unfamiliar with the Wilderness 101, here are some facts about the event:
- This is a 101 mile, single-loop, ultra-endurance mountain bike race.
- The Wilderness 101 is one of 8 races that make up the National Ultra-Endurance (NUE) Mountain Bike series.
- There’s approximately 15,000 vertical feet of climbing.
- The course is made up of fire roads, degraded fire roads, single-track (trails) and double-track.
- In 2009, there were 325 starters.
- Course record is 6:41 – my time (assuming I finish) will be 10+ hours.
- The race starts at 7am, Saturday July 31st.
- There will be free beer at the finish line!
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