Me and the Misses took a big trip in the Tundra this weekend up to Vail for the Teva Games.
We didn't even have to take our hats off in the truck. The race was alright, wasn't planning on going until the last minute so it didn't end up too bad. I did it on a team with Hagman, some awesome runner Ricky and a female kayaker. We won the team competition so I think we all get an extra K in addition to the normal prize money. It felt like an old school Colorado race with a super strong field, lots of spectators, great prize money and no pressure. Oh yea, and it started above 8,000 ft.
Snoodle got a new bike this weekend and the Jamis team actually got all it's feeds. We have been cracking each other up all week with the SNL Justin Timberlake skit "Classic Peg in Target". It just never gets old.
I did a sweet ride this morning with the Durango Devo U14 kids. They all have great handling skills, killer fitness and are super nice kids. Most of them will be heading to Nationals up in Sol Vista in a few weeks so watch out for em.
Check out this article from the Vail Daily, I could see this happening to my Dad since he loves to drink beer while mowing the lawn.
I rode about 100 miles of the way home on Sunday after the race. It snowed on me in Leadville and was 39 degrees. I don't train in weather that cold in the winter. If you love winter Leadville is the place to be, at 10,200 ft it doesn't get too warm there. Vail was pretty chilly too this weekend but the single track and the scenery was killer.
I wonder which bike I"m going to race at the Colorado Springs ProXCT this weekend, Stumpjumper 29er or Epic...........
Great to watch you race in the Springs xc race. It's really amazing how darn fast you guys go and the difference between you top three and the rest of the field. You guys look so smooth and fast down those twisty turns... amazing.
Posted by: cat-2-steve | June 15, 2009 at 09:22 AM
I see you chose the 29er. Congrats on the STXC win.
Posted by: Ecstasy Rider | June 15, 2009 at 06:25 AM
Regarding the Colorado Springs course, for what it's worth I rode three laps Saturday on my hard tail and then three on Sunday on my Epic. The first few miles you will think a cross bike is the call. But then the course goes through a few rock garden sections that for me were much faster on the Epic. Otherwise the course is smooth and fast going up and twisty and tight going down - easy on a hard tail. In my humble opinion, the trick to this course is memorizing the entries to a few rocky sections to get the lines right. If it's wrong, it's very easy to get jammed up and stalled.
Posted by: cat-2-steve | June 09, 2009 at 10:53 AM
Do they still call you turbo? Mind if I heckle you in the race at colorado springs?
Posted by: Kris Tolfsen | June 09, 2009 at 10:12 AM