24 Hours in the Sage

Ok, here I am about a day away from my next endurance event...
An event called 24 Hours in the Sage. It's held in Gunnison, Colorado and it is pretty much exactly what its name implies - a 24 hour race - 12:00 noon Saturday until 12:00 noon Sunday. Fortunately I am racing as part of a four man team, so I'll do one lap (about 13 miles) and rest while each of my teammates rides a lap, then we repeat the process until the time is up. That means the race goes through the night, so I will get to do a lap or two in the dark, with lights of course, but in the dark still.
An interesting side note is that the race coordinator scheduled the event for when the moon is full, which would be a tremendous help, but we have a weather forecast of overcast with rain likely. So much for using moonlight.

My preparation for this since my last race: very little. I got in one night ride (my first ever) on Sunday night. Aside from that, work has required a lot of extra time, so I haven't been getting out as much anyway. In addition to that, it has been very rainy for the last week which has not been exactly conducive to riding either.

The good news is that it is all about having fun, so that's what I'm going for.

While we have desperately needed rain here, I am praying for a reprieve (contrary to the weather forecast) from the rain and possibility of snow.

The next post will be about how the race went.

'Til then - Keep the rubber side down and keep 'em rolling.