Two Wheel Blogs

My last update here roughly 1 month ago and the theme of my comments were what's around the bend for me in 2010. I mentioned that I'm really just enjoying being around the family and connected to the off-road scene whether it's racing or riding with buddies. Nothing has changed in the 30+ days since my last post, well, almost nothing. I can say that I've added more body mass and done fewer miles on the bike than ever before. I've never been happier, either.

I did sign up for Syllamo's Revenge, a 1-day, 50 mile mountain bike race to be held on May 1 in Mountain View, AR. I decided to enter the singlespeed, open class race and truth be told, I figure I'll place somewhere near the bottom of that class. However, I didn't enter that particular race to see how I would stack up against the competition, but rather myself. 50 miles on a mtb is a long day. 50 miles on a singlespeed could be a chore. I figure this will split the difference between my recent adventures in bike racing with my previous forays in brevet rides where 12+ hours on the bike was commonplace.

Now that some of the holiday, year-end, and first of the year frenzy is past, I think it's time to sharpen my focus just a bit. Morning workouts will begin to resume and riding time will increase dramatically. As Pfoodman puts it, I'll go into "stealth mode" and my whereabouts and "what's he doing" will become an extension of my past 30 days...off the grid.