monkeyrider
Observer
wish me luck. 3 weeks away. I'm hoping for good weather. Anyone done this race before?
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Trans-Iowa
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Christophe Noel
Expedition Leader
Good luck!! Should be one helluva ride. I tried to get into the Dirty Kanza, but my schedule is a junk show this year. Let us know how it goes!
monkeyrider
Observer
As of yesterday, the course was bone dry. Today they received about 2 inches of rain. They should be throwing fresh gravel on the roads in the next two weeks as well.
B road from the course
Training is going okay I guess. The last few weeks I've ramped up my sunday rides, 50, 80, 100, 150, 145, 80, next week 50. Last week I ripped off my RD on a snow covered, muddy B road. Had to ss it home 70 miles into a strong headwind.
B road from the course
Training is going okay I guess. The last few weeks I've ramped up my sunday rides, 50, 80, 100, 150, 145, 80, next week 50. Last week I ripped off my RD on a snow covered, muddy B road. Had to ss it home 70 miles into a strong headwind.
monkeyrider
Observer
TIV10 is in the books. I was one of 19 finishers out of 104 that started. This race is a beast. It took me more than 33 hours. 18-20,000 feet of climbing. 20 mph winds during the day, 30mph at night. Lightning, rain, and generally crappy conditions overnight. We hid at a farm around 2:00 am, leaning up against a building to get cover. I rode with two other guys I met on the course. With 60 miles left, one guy dropped. A few minutes later the other had to back off the pace. Then I put the hammer down as I was running out of time to hit the 34 hour cut-off.
with 40 to go I had a stretch of 10 miles into a 30 mph headwind riding solo. That sucked. When I made the turn I knew I had it beat. The last 10 miles were with the wind. I coasted for miles.
My coach/spouse gave me great advice. She set up a training schedule so I was riding 150s using cue sheets and starting at 4:00 am. She made rice cakes for me from the Feed Zone cookbook. These were awesome.
the first audio clip from John Mathias sums it up pretty well.
http://www.mountainbikeradio.com/trans-iowa-radio/
a wreck at the finish rolls in:
with 40 to go I had a stretch of 10 miles into a 30 mph headwind riding solo. That sucked. When I made the turn I knew I had it beat. The last 10 miles were with the wind. I coasted for miles.
My coach/spouse gave me great advice. She set up a training schedule so I was riding 150s using cue sheets and starting at 4:00 am. She made rice cakes for me from the Feed Zone cookbook. These were awesome.
the first audio clip from John Mathias sums it up pretty well.
http://www.mountainbikeradio.com/trans-iowa-radio/
a wreck at the finish rolls in:
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monkeyrider
Observer
mixed bag. in the morning I walked about half of the first two as they were muddy. Through the day on Sat they dried out nicely and were rideable. Overnight they were wet and Sunday dry. We rode 10-12 b roads. the most ever for TI. Mark wanted to have 10 for the tenth year.
monkeyrider
Observer
the b roads were not too long. usually 1-2 miles at a stretch.
I rode a Salsa Casseroll. 42c conti speed tires. relevate tangle bag for food and tools. planet bike top tube bag for food and phone. I carried a hydrapak bag for food and extra clothes. I never did fill the bladder with water. I carried 3 bottles on the bike. My set-up worked well. I'd tweak it if I do the race again, but not much would change.
I try to do one gravel race a year like the almanzo, ragnarok or TI. I'd like to do Dirty Kanza at some point.
washington taco
Explorer
Awesome!! Congrats 19 out of 104 pretty good!
monkeyrider
Observer
sunrise #1
B road
Dog
taking a break
B road
at the finish
B road
Dog
taking a break
B road
at the finish