Well, the 24 Hours of Old Pueblo are here already. This is always a fun race to kick off the new season. Not to worry, I have a little over a month break after this one… starting off slowly
24 Hour racing is cool because you get to the sun and moon at all phases of a 24 hour period.
When it’s overhead…
and when it sleepily sinks behind the horizon, you bring out the lights and tear down some singletrack. Nothing but your light and a blanket of darkness (and all the other crazy people riding!)
I’m racing a 5 person coed team under Topeak Ergon. It will be myself, Jeff Kerkove, Dave Wiens, Yuki Saito, and Rebecca Tomaszewski. That’ll be about 4 laps each. I was sick at this race last year, and we were short one person so it’s already a huge success! Braaaaaahhhp!
Look for a full report early next week!
Bonne chance à toute l’équipe! Amusez-vous et gagnez!
Good for you! I get too weirded-out to ride at night – my vision is just not adaptable to it. I can imagine how great it would be to ride awash in the light of a full moon, but I love seeing every little thing along the trail, and the flowers are starting to pop here in San Diego.