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Kicking it in Arkansas

By March 24, 2010March 22nd, 2017One Comment

We made it after a loooong car drive! After holing up for the night in Fort Smith, we went straight to one of the trailheads about 20 miles into the race course.

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From our team, Namrita, Eddie, Jeff, and myself are here to race.  It’s so great to see Namrita and Eddie again!  They live in Georgia.

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It’s so handy to have the sprinter van.  The FJ Cruiser is a really cool car, but with the size of our team, we have outgrown it for road trips.

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HUGE HUGE thanks to Crank Brothers for rebuilding and replacing some parts on all my pedals.  They are ready to go!!

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And then it was onto the singletrack.  I haven’t ridden singletrack in awhile, and it was evident that my technical skills were rusty.

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The trail is completely covered in leaves making some of the rock gardens hard to navigate.

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Unfortunately, I went down pretty hard today and slammed my knee on a root.  It hurt so bad on the ride I felt like barfing. Fortunately, it wasn’t right on the joint, but just below it so it should be just a minor annoyance by Sunday.

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There is a lot of water around here!  I remember one of the river crossings last year was so big and fast that there was a rope we had to hold onto to get across!

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Quartz is huge in this region.  In fact, last year’s trophy was a huge chunk of quartz.  Pretty cool.  Everything in the small towns is pretty rustic and quaint.

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Me and Namrita!

We have some nice digs… staying in a small cabin right on Lake Hamilton. What a contrast to the massive amounts of snow that got dumped at home. However, that means the storm is headed this way in the form of rain. Will I have to race 60 miles in a rainstorm? Either way, bring it on epic shit!

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One Comment

  • JBird says:

    (googled the race and found your site)…awesome that you guys made it to arky for the race. if you are in hot springs for any time at all, for a bite to eat, check out doe’s famous eat place or mcclard’s.

    p.s. our bikes live in singletrack and leaf strewn rock gardens around here. good luck guys!

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