RAGBRAI !!!

Zach and I went on RAGBRAI last week and had a great time. For the most part the weather was good, the food was great, and the entertainment was non stop.
Here is a small view of the horde, 10,000 strong.


Zach was a little reluctant to get his picture taken with the nice lady with effective advertising selling watermelon. But my friends Doug and Wade were not.

MNSCS # 5

Last Sunday was another fun race at Redwing. Some tough climbing and lots of buff single track. Zach and I both took first place in our age groups and I was 3rd overall and Zach was 5th out of 63 racers. Zach piled it up in the first corner sprint, but came back to finish strong. He most likely would have beat me if not for the crash.

WORS #6

Well it was off to the races again today, but this time by myself. Zach left for a week of wrestling camp today, so half of my team was missing for the race. I decided to try a WORS ( Wisconsin off road series) race. The race was about three times as big as the MNSCS race we've been doing, 149 racers in my race.
The first mile of the race was Flat dusty double track. I was running 34-18 and I was getting smoked. I found a guy I could hang with and drafted him until the first hill and then I could start passing. It was a fun race, lots of fast single track. I took 3rd in my age group by out sprinting the the guy who took 4th just before the line.
This is the second race that I have run a WTB Vulpine as a rear tire and it is fast becoming my favorite for dry conditions.
The sprint to the line, about 160 r.p.m.