Courses (x2)

An open letter to myself...

Dear Brian, you need to get out and get acclimated to this heat.  You are pathetic.  That ride yesterday where you kept stopping every few minutes to recover after soft-pedaling was... not good.  Also, you need to eat before you ride.  And hydrating with electrolytes wouldn't hurt either.  Nice ride this morning though; way to get out while it was in the low 80s.

Ok, sorry for that.  Needed to get that off my chest.  

With two races coming up in the next month, you can imagine we're busy busy busy.  So I apologize if I'm not getting information out as quickly as you'd like.  We're doing our best, I promise.  

Update on the Turkey course for SIX IN THE STICKS.  The course markings must be good enough to follow because a few of you have emailed, called, and texted me about it.  Yeah, it's hot.  But I'm hearing good things about the course layout.  I personally think it's a pretty fast course with a lot of fun, windey sections and as much sustained (and not too technical) climbing as can be found at Turkey.  Womack reported to me today that he did two laps at 75% effort in 1:20, so it's possible to ride 30 minute laps during the race.  I think the course is probably around 7 miles, but I still don't have confirmation.  Does anyone have a computer on their mountain bike?

We'll have plenty of cold water and HEED, Hammer Nutrition's sports drink.  But bring whatever you think you'll need to get through the race.  Feel free to email me with questions.

The first race in the DoubleShot Duathlon series is just around the corner!  This is very exciting.  For the first time, we'll be putting on a race at Keystone.  Unlike the mountain bike race, we'll be staging in the main parking lot, just off Old Highway 51.  I haven't gotten out to put up markings yet, but it's pretty easy to figure out which trails we'll be using because there is pretty much only one choice.  I'll get my lazy arse out there asap and give you more details on trail conditions and course directions.

This is going to be a fun year for off-road racing.  I hope all of you spread the word about SIX IN THE STICKS (July 26) and the DoubleShot Duathlon series (August 8, September 5, and October 10).  More racers means more likelihood we'll keep advancing the cause of DoubleShot Racing.