Join us for night marathon mountain bike racing! We start at 108 degrees and finish 6 hours later near midnight. A true first time experience.
Shownotes:
00:00 Describing race, leaving the pool, injury pains.
There's videos up on youtube!
5:00 Race results.
Kai hit his head on a tree trunk on the first lap and might have had a concussion.
108 degrees at the start!
Garmin "crash alerts" for the both of us. Twice.
9:00 Why I race MTB with flat pedals... and do great!
12:00 Bike repairs on gravel bike and also on MTB before the race.
17:00 Electronic shifting battery failure right before the race.
Aid station setup and riding through a barn every loop.
21:00 Fueling and hydration strategy.
Why you should support the show at Patreon.com/zentri (it's for the tips!)
Kai won fastest 3rd lap Preem... but didn't due to a technicality.
29:00 The bikes we raced and why.
32:00 Training leading up to the race.
I haven't ridden my mountain bike for 7 months until race day and still got 18th place.
36:00 Getting and testing our lights for riding at night.
40:00 Keeping yourself busy during tapering by working on race details.
42:00 Describing the race lap by lap.
48:00 My big mistake - Not enough water on lap 2.
51:30 Riding at sunset is AMAZING.
55:00 The Big Wreck.
1:05 "Now it's a race."
1:08 Do I do 6 laps or 7?
1:11 Heading out to video the last lap.
1:18 Out for a run with River in the heat.
Injuries update, swimming with separated rib hurts!
1:20:30 Moment of Zen - Nothing is the full story at first.
The Tao de Ching and everything has flow.
What is the purpose of learning Philosophy.
Letting things unfold naturally. One tree's opinion is not the forest.
1:30:30 Back to the race and results.
Upcoming races and wrap up.
