Just back from a wonderful weekend at the Rainbow Resort outside of Park Rapids. This is the most fun that any cyclist should ever have! Beautiful place with outstanding hospitality!
I'm not going to do a race recap because Neil did such a nice job but I will reiterate my sincere thanks to the entire crew and to Carol and team who did the cooking on Friday night, John for pulling so hard at the Headwaters 100, those who provided me with extra lemonade on Saturday night, Neil for waking me up when I went to bed at the too early time of midnight because everyone wanted to see my tattoo, for Amy's 1st annual Laurentian Divide MTB challenge and Dave for keeping the pace down!
I will also say that this year's Headwaters 100 was the most painful experience of my cycling career. We started off briskly and I felt good even when the attacks started hitting fast and furious on Hwy 39...then the leg cramps started. I struggled through wave after wave but managed to stay up towards the front of the peloton. I was thrilled to see that finish line and a time of 4:05 and my fastest century ever!
The Laurentian Divide Challenge is a beautiful and brutal course that is destined to be a fall classic!
Many of you know that I've put on 10 pounds after I got back from RAAM...too much eating and too little riding. Nevertheless, I am not regretful of any one of those glorious bowls of ice cream or cookies that I've eaten. However, it is time to let them go. Neil and I made a gentleman's agreement that we'd both lose our 10 pounds that we put on after RAAM. We are keeping each other honest and will both be posting our morning weight on our blogsites. December 1st is the goal date.
All I have to say is "Hands off the cookies Fat Boy!" love Porky
Today I weigh 203 pounds...
