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Thursday, September 15, 2011

RTP In 2 weeks!

With just a few days over 2 weeks to go the race is coming up fast.
I have not had a chance to ride the trail section up over Almagre peak mostly because of the afternoon thunderstorms.
I'd like to pre-ride this section of the race so that I know what to expect and also make sure I know the trail and which turns to make.
If all goes well during the race I will be through this section in the daylight. But if it's dark I'd like to be sure I'm familiar with this section.
We had some really bad rains yesterday with close to 2 inches of rain so I'm guessing things will be pretty mucky up there for a few days. We leave for Arizona Friday evening and will be gone for a week so I going to try to go tomorrow morning early.
On the bike front I've decided that I'm going to ride my Mongoose fixed geared MTB cruiser. The Mongoose is super light and very easy to handle so this will help with the hike a bike sections.
I can climb pretty well with the fixed setup at 32x18 gearing. And I have it setup as a 69er so the big wheel up front makes a big difference rolling over stuff. I won't get much rest riding due to the fixed gear "no coasting" but I have a way of relaxing my legs on the easy stuff that makes up for not coasting.
Arizona will be a nice break with some heat but fun flat training rides. Going to do one long endurance ride and a bunch of easy spinners to finish out my race prep.
Then back home and taper the last week and I should be good to go.

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