Ohio Cycling Disorder (OCD)

28th edition - I raced the 50-mile race                                                                 I really love to trail run, there is just something so peaceful about it. Me. The Trail. The sound of my heartbeat. No mechanical bits making noise. No tires spewing sealant when a tire blows off the rim or punctures. Throw on a pair of shoes, grab a bottle of water if the run is long and head out the door. Just simple, clean, quiet, trail running. Me and the natural beauty that God created. So, if you asked me two years ago if I would ever race a 50k Trail Run, I would have laughed ... non-stop, for a long time. If you asked me if I would ever race a 50 Mile Trail Run, my response ... well ... it wouldn't be appropriate to write that in a public blog post but to put it bluntly ... NO WAY!! If you follow me on Fa...

This was my 8th time racing the Mohican Mountain Bike Race. It's easy from a location point of view as it is in Ohio and only 1:20 hours drive. The first year I did this race, well it was my first race ever. I "raced" it on a Motobecane Full Squish, but at 35lbs I wouldn't say I had an advantage with a full squish. This was the 2010 year of peanut butter fun-ness . Severe electrical thunderstorms knocked out power and produced winds in excess of 60mph, swollen streams, several local tornados, and unusually large hail that greeted a record 600+ racers at the Mohican Mountain Bike 100, round number two of the National Ultra Endurance (NUE) Series in Ohio on Saturday. It took me over 10.5 hours to finish the 100k ... but I finished nonetheless. 12" peanut butter is an understatement. Seriously ... it was BAD! Flash forward to now and I am close to going sub-8 hours on this course. A feat easy for some ... but not me. Missed sub-8 this year ... yet again .....