Baker's Dozen

Well Baker's has come and gone. We're still waiting on results but we're thinking ThreeGuysNamedMatt finished somewhere around mid pack out of 43 teams. Of course this is a guess because Briggs went out without the chip so that lap didn't count. We spoke to the timing crew and since it did not put us into contention for anything, they'll credit us a lap. All total we did 17 seven mile laps.

I did seven total, six of those with an average heart rate of close to 180 beats per minute at above and below 40 minutes each. my night lap was a little more relaxed and I kept the heartrate in the 160's. Should be some great training though, I know once I recover I'll have gained some fitness from the day.

This is what I looked like after a 39 minute lap:

The scary fast guys pulled out 27 minute laps. Insane!

In a moment of weakness I (reluctantly I might add) told Luke (who shot the pic in the new blog banner) that we would ride Lodi as a duo instead of two solo riders. Some of the solo riders I passed out on the course had 15 laps under their belts and Rob Lichtenwalner, the guy who won Solo Male category, completed 22 laps, more than our team. I think 12 Hours of Crankey Monkey in July might be the next solo attempt.

Here's a couple shots from the race:

Above: Kasper flying down the trail
Below: Blasting the Log roll

Below: Briggs either just after passing that guy:


After the race we drank some good beer and hung out by the bonfire. Camped out for the night and packed up the next morning.

Recovering from the race has been weird. I felt the best on Sunday right after the race. not much soreness in my legs but my butt was a bit sore from all the saddle time. the Today My triceps began to hurt and my legs were a bit more sore. This afternoon my hands started to hurt. My hands took a beating so I'll probably be ordering some Ergon Grips and maybe one of these pretty soon.