RAWROD Video

Brandon made a great video of RAWROD 2011.

White Rim TT 2011 from South County Ciclista on Vimeo.

Just so the world wide web knows....

Dan Z. is human... His first DFL.

Oh, and the dry loop is in phenomenal shape.  Excellent lunch ride today.  My legs still haven't recovered from RAWROD.

RAWROD 2011

Let me sum up the fast friday version of the Ride Around the White Rim in One Day with some pics and some observations.

RAWROD, the Ride Around the White Rim in One Day, is an incredible 100 mile ride in Canyonlands, Moab.  Fast Friday is a self supported time trial (I treat it more like a casual self supported ride).  Social Saturday is the same ride for those who want to ride it in a more casual setting with a support vehicle.

• Weather was perfect - 75 and blue skies
• My lack of fitness combined with a ton of sand made for a hard day.  My time was nowhere near impressive, but I finished.
• This year, I needed the 2 water bottles and the 3L camelback.  Last year I finished only having used half of my camelback.
• Brandon S. was very kind and stuck with me the whole day.  
• Post race food - Cherry Coke and Brats.  The Brats were awesome and tasted incredible after the long day.  Thanks Kenny and Elden
• Dan Z and Rick S. are insane - RAWROD on friday, and then a race at Lambert on Saturday.
• Huge group for Fast Friday - One rider ended up spending the night down on the trail (A story for another post)
• Thanks to Jesse for giving us a ride down in the Mad Dog van.
• I can attest that Brandon didn't break any laws.  He exercised a high level of restraint and didn't throw any rocks off the cliffs.

RAWROD cometh

In about a week, the Ride Around the White Rim in One Day will happen.

The White Rim is such an awesome place.  I'm anticipating a day of pain and suffering--but it is worth it to ride the White Rim.

Here is the video from last year.


RAWROD TT - White Rim Moab from atomicmiles on Vimeo.

Slacking

I can gauge how well I am doing at my riding/fitness by a few things. 

1. How quickly I get dropped by the UC lunch ride

2. How one sided the conversation is as the group climbs the hill.

3. My lack of blogging posts.

Work has been extremely busy.  So busy, that my wife feels sorry for me.  It is time to get back into shape--otherwise, RAWROD will be a disaster.  Here is my new program to jump start my training.