LSD...

JD - Feeling the effects...

That's what we used to call it back when I raced on the Cal Poly Wheelmen... Though it does have some euphoric effects its not the drug you are thinking... Long Slow Distance rides are fun sometimes social outings that remind me why cycling is so much fun. I had the chance over Thanksgiving to get in one of my favorite rides of the past. JD and I headed North out of SLO, up through Morro Bay, to Cayucos, up the dreaded Old Creek Road climb, to Hwy 46, back down to Hwy 1, and then all the way back down the coast home to SLO... 70miles and 4hrs of LSD - Nice...

Nice views down the coast from Hwy 46

Team kit design is about done....

Disregard the black lines.... some sort of templating thing....

Maui - Xterra Worlds

Maui North shore - looking very inviting!

40 - 44
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swim bike run total
1 Tim Johnston : 26:13 01:50:33 00:54:24 3:11:10
2 Johan Neevel : 22:44 02:06:22 00:56:59 3:26:05
3 Mark Gavach : 26:04 01:57:03 01:04:28 3:27:35
4 Roman Medek : 27:09 02:04:10 00:56:23 3:27:42
5 Michael Halstead : 24:18 02:03:10 01:00:55 3:28:23
6 Bill Parks : 25:59 02:03:50 00:59:11 3:29:00
7 Piers Pirow : 22:18 02:02:12 01:04:57 3:29:27
8 Paul Leitch : 25:52 02:01:21 01:04:25 3:31:38
9 Todd Gottfried : 28:36 02:03:49 01:04:35 3:37:00
10 Paul Cusick : 24:49 02:05:20 01:07:21 3:37:30
11 Jim Long : 22:52 02:07:36 01:07:15 3:37:43

Not too bad considering it was the "World Championships" - out of 60 finishers in the age group, was 120th overall of 474 finishers (I think about 550 starters?).

Ready to go...

Hamish Carter of New Zealand won the race with an incredibly fast time of 2:42:36 - almost an hour faster than me... sheesh. I liked his post race comment about the course though: “That course wasn’t meant for human consumption” were the first words Carter spoke after crossing the line. “It’s honestly the hardest, meanest course ever. The rocks and the hills don’t go away. You get rid of them on the bike and you get stuck back up there on the run,” said Carter, referring to the more than 3,000 feet of climbing on the bike and run up the dormant Haleakala Volcano. Seth Wheeling added to the commentary with "...that first sand section is ridiculous. There’s no line at all. The run is so bloody hard, it’s just a strong man’s run. You get off the bike and your legs are just shot and they shove you right up that hill and then to add insult to injury that beach is just unbelievable. I can see that this is the premier race and why it’s the World Championship.”

Swim, bike, run, leid...