Well, us Back of the Pack racers do everything a bit different from ‘the crowd’. I was planning on a nice 117 mile ride at Dawn Til Dusk. Wake up at 6am, get on the bike at 7am, ride til 7pm. How hard is that? Well, not hard enough. The Lt Col decided to schedule… Read More Dawn Til Dusk: The B.P.R. Approach
Well, it’s time to start thinking about the 2010 BPR team gear. Why? The new gear entered service just a few months ago, right? Yes neophyte. But the new gear is now old gear and I get bored easily. I’m already working on a new bike design, so I should start working on new BPR… Read More 2010 Team Gear: Preview
The season of pain is here And so we are all clear, the lyrics say it all – just remember…SOS Texted from a cell phone.Please tell me I’m not the only onethat thinks we’re taking ourselves too seriously.Just a little too enamoured with inflated self purpose.Talk is cheap. And it doesn’t mean much. Don’t lose touch.… Read More just a reminder…
Well, the Lt Col has finally delivered. I’ve been waiting for help with this blog. To date, only the Lt Col’s sister, Cindy, has lent a helping hand. Well, the Lt Col is working the night shift. (Yeah right, working.) Ok, we all know what a special person the elder statesman is, so we will… Read More Finally…Some help from the B.P.R. Crew
First of all, everyone must thank Lenny Goodell and Big Wheel Racing for putting on the San Ysidro Dirty Century. These races just don’t fall out of the sky. We all owe Lenny and the crew a big one. A big what? I don’t know. A big beer. How about that! As predicted, the San… Read More San Ysidro Dirty Century: Race Review
The alarm goes off at 4AM. The big day is almost here. The San Ysidro Dirty Century might be the biggest test yet for this Back of the Pack racer. Why? Because, there will be no breaks, no timeouts, no cat naps, no help, no base camp. It’s me against the elements for 123 miles,… Read More San Ysidro Dirty Century: Tomorrow, March 27th
This may be my final ‘video’ exercise prior to the Dawn til Dusk race on April 10th. White Mesa is absolutely the best set of trails to video. One word defines the ride – Intense. My 1st three rides at White Mesa were all at night, each during a full Moon. Well, the true glory… Read More White Mesa Video: Dragon’s Back and Final Frontier
I can’t say much about my weekend. Well, I can say that I had a very long ride with….myself. I logged 66.4 miles, a few short of my 70 mile estimate. That’s OK. I road Loop #2 of the San Ysidro Dirty Century (SYDC) and the clockwise loop at White Mesa. It was a good… Read More SYDC – Preride Loop #2
So…You Think I’m Always Joking It is safe to say that I am a self-proclaimed pantomath. (Via Wikipedia, “In theory, a pantomath is not to be confused with a polymath in its less strict sense, much less with the related but very different terms philomath and know-it-all.”) I copyrighted the term ‘Meadow of the Witch’ a while back to… Read More Meadow of the Witch
Winter 2009 / 2010 was a brutal one. I guess it’s still winter in / around Albuquerque – since it snowed 8 inches at my house last night. Anyway, due to the wicked cold and El Nino fueled snowfall I was limited to endless miles in the Albuquerque Foothills. (Check out the info on the… Read More Albuquerque South Foothills: B.P.R Routes
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