Holy Crap!!!

We leave in 72 hours!!! Holy Crap

OK so this is me finishing 3rd on Sunday...3rd from last. Did not have any energy. I remember a few months ago that I was going to stop drinking in the month of July so I could be ready for the TRC. Well, that did not quite pan out. Sunday I raced, but I had been out late Wed, Thur, Fri nights and drank a bit on Sat. Go figure.

It is still bleepin hot here. Hence the limited amount of postings.

Been spending money like crazy getting shit for this race. Will most likely not need 80% of the crap we are bringing.

The Man has kept me busy this week working 10 hours days so packing is quite behind schedule. Hopefully I can make it up soon.

Don't know what else to say at the moment...Well one last thing. Mayo, nice you piece of crap. Good riddance.

I just want this thing to start. I am sick of the prep work. I now know that these kind of vacations are great but I do not like the planning. I am more of a grab whats clean and head for the airport kinda traveler. The amount of effort to get ready for this trip has been stressful.

Drink up
-Booms

Rassmessass good riddance

And not just cause your a jack ass, your a cheat.

You think the riders are going to learn soon...
I have to admit that as much as I think this guy is a prick I can't help feel a bit for how devastated he must feel right now.

He still deserves a Big Ol' F you

-Booms

More good vibes

Hey Vino

I found this wonderful post on the TRC forum. Some good news...

Something else to keep in mind is the access for the watering stations along the way. The route we will be taking is litterally in the middle of nowhere, and the organizers and volunteers do a great job of making sure that we have aid stations and medics where we really need them. On average they will be every 30kms or so, which means anywhere from 1-3hours apart. They are usually at the start of the long climbs and are really a sight for sore eyes.
The transrockies is an amazingly well organized event that shows you what can be done through hard work and a love of mountain biking. You will be treated to the best of Canadian hospitality surrounded by Natures most spectacular sights, wildlife, mountains, waterfalls and rivers. You will be well fed, hydrated and entertained. You will have hot running water 50miles from the closest municiple water source. You will have the ability to purchase a massage (cash only) have your bike fixed (they give credit) or even buy a burger or cold beer while you wait for dinner. Every night, after riding well marked trails, you will be surrounded by hundreds of your friends to watch video and stills of the events of the day. You are going to be given the opportunity to make this the time of your life. That is why so many of us do this every year. For one I can't wait and I look forward to the surprises that the route organizers have in store for us. [/img]

-Booms

Vino

You know I have been thinking on just what I should say to this, and no matter how hard I try to find something different that sums up my feelings I can't.

So Vino...Fuck you

-Booms

Yoou did not ask but you shall see

Our Kits for the TRC


Best damn bib's I have ever worn. Thanks Kyia and Hidden Bay!!!

-Booms

Boners and Dicks

Doing an event like the TRC brings out a lot of emotions and has been interesting to see which camp my friends land in. It appears that either we are going to quit by day 3 or we are going to finish and have fun. Everyone has their reasons as to our ability to complete this. No worries though. None of the critiques have been done in malice and have instead shown the real concern that they may have. But just in case I have read into their comments wrongly, BLEEP OFF.

Here is an e-mail that AC had sent D-train and I.

If I were you two, I would have a boner right now. Even if you don't
win :-) you will get to see some awesome scenery. Don't over pack! You
will stink on your trip, accept that. Bears won't hurt you unless they
feel like they have no other choice but to fight or eat you. Out in the
open, bears run away. Eat tuna. If you have to siphon water out of a
stream to drink it, bring a small packet of powdered lemonade to kill
the irony, Guardia taste. "Ironman" by Judas Priest is a good song to
hum so you can keep proper cadence in the big ring.

Yes.

-AC

Road 92 miles in windy conditions over consistent rolling hills on Sunday. Did it in 5 hours. Had been drinking the last 2 nights and had less than 4 hours of sleep. This should simulate the 8500 or so feet of climbing at altitude on Day 5.

Check the stage distances and elevation gain.

Day 1
31.7 miles
4411 feet gain
Day 2
39.6 miles
4719 feet gain
Day 3
66.7 miles
4270 feet gain
Day 4
58.8 miles
5011 feet gain
Day 5 - GULP!
67.6 miles
8528 feet gain
Day 6
47.7 miles
6560 feet gain
Day 7
37.8 miles
3608 feet gain

Kits are in and they look cool. Pictures to follow…Maybe.

-Booms

This Bleepin Rocks!!!

Check this out.
D-train has our 2 week trip to Canada covered. Check his recent e-mail

So I’m thinking when someone asks us August 22nd we’ll say.

Well we mountain biked around British Columbia, did some Heli-hiking, played 18 holes and then did a little white water rafting…oh ya and biked across the Canadian rockies.




Hell Yeah. Bring it on Bitches

-Booms

Time is funny that way

Moment of Zen

D-Train and I Did the second WORS marathon race this past weekend in Green Bay. I did not do as well as I wanted to do, but what the hell. D and I had a bit of a spat Sunday after the race something about me being too negative and him being out of shape and ill prepared for the TRC. I even got a strongly worded e-mail from D the next day to chill out. Fuck it. It is what it is.

You want to know a bit about how him and I roll check this

If I was to lead, lets say, the Lewis and Clark expedition. I would have packed a bunch of shit, took many people, thought of all the things that could go wrong and stressed out about the trip until it was started.

If D-Train was too lead that same expedition, he would have grabbed a gun, a few rounds of ammo, maybe one glove and a couple of guys he met at the bar and left for the pacific.

I say this cause we both knew we were like this before we signed up for the race. We will be like this after the race. It is who we are and it is the balance that will get us through our 7-day expedition across the great divide.

So fuck all and bring some whiskey cause I do know one thing. D and I both think that good bear spray is not the kind that comes in a bottle but one that comes in a .44 Magnum.

Kiss My Ass and bring on the bears!!!! (Yeah well I can out run D so…)

-Booms

There is some bad Ju Ju round here

There is something going on out there that I have yet to understand.
He is what has happened in the last 12 months

• Co-Worker Dies on the way to work from a stroke. He was in his late thirties.
• A close friend's dad gets an aggressive form of cancer
• CO-worker and friend's daughter is born with half a heart
• Co-worker and friend's wife gets brain cancer
• A couple of me peeps get in trouble with the law
• A couple of me peeps lose their jobs
• A friend divorces
  
• An ex-co-worker dies in a tractor accident
• And now a friend crashes on his bicycle and ends up in the ICU under a drug induced comma due to a double skull fracture

Damn, that's a lot of shit go down in 12 months.

Lumber Jack 100

100 miles of single track and 8 thousand feet of climbing. Pretty much correct although Cory and I have found out that the term single track varies from state to state. The Lumberjack course was quite similar, in terms of single track, as Murphy or the river bottoms with sections like T-wirth. There were a number of crazy fast down hills, one that was kinda tight, which wove us through the trees…Quite fun.

The race started with a mile long ride on pavement then hit a 200 hundred foot long sandy climb. The race was all single track from then on out.

My race started good, I got in a good group and completed the first 25-mile lap in 2 hours and 12 min. The second lap was a bit slower at 2 hours and 20 some min. The pits were before the finish line so after the second lap I went in to get more food and drinks so I had about a 15 min stop. The 3rd lap was the most fun as I felt great and was just riding and smiling. No pressure just pure single-track fun. See Corey and I went into this race with the goal of 3 laps, as last year there were over 50% DNF’s so we figure that 75 miles would be a good test. Well because of that I decided to go for it all. I started my last lap 7 hours and 52 min after I started the first so I was not worried about the 9.5 hour cut off time. Well that last lap was not so much fun and was quite challenging.

I have done a number of 24-hour races, century rides, and long point to point rides and I have to say that I was extremely proud of myself when I finished. Not to be too self centered here but it has to be one of my proudest moments in my cycling career, especially because this was the first time I have ridden 100 miles of good single track in one day.

Total tally of 100 miles and 8000 feet of climbing
My final time was 10 hours and 43 min. Just over 10 hours of actual ride time.
I finished in 97 place; with 130 finishers (Men) there were over 50 DNF’s

Cory finished two laps, 50 miles, in 5 hours and something. Although the results show only one lap finished he did complete 2. It had to do with how the pits and finish line was set up. Good Job Cory.

-Booms