Comments on The Soiled Chamois: Race Report: 6.5 Hours of Big Bear

Yeah, no vomit. =)

As usual, I'll plug my ...

2008-06-11T00:03:00.000-04:00

Yeah, no vomit. =)

As usual, I'll plug my sponsor. Next time take more Endurolytes leading up to the race.

The peeing clear is your prime indicator that your electrolytes are totally gone. I sweat salts out like you do, so I know what you are talking about and going through.

Get Utterz for the cellphone updates. That way we don't have to be all worried about you. I kept remembering SoloGoat last year at the Nationals.

Glad to hear your spirits are up. Biking is way too fun to be pissed at it, eh?

Thanks for the support folks. It was a tough day i...

2008-06-10T20:26:00.000-04:00

Thanks for the support folks. It was a tough day in the saddle. It's behind me now and I of course plan to keep moving forward for sure. I did still have a good time. Just not racing! ;)

Metro- that was me screaming at you. Unless you heard something bad. Bob was too busy talking with Jimmy M.

Thanks again folks. Hey, at least there was no vomit!

Dude, we all have our bad races. I am sure that y...

2008-06-10T10:33:00.000-04:00

Dude, we all have our bad races. I am sure that you will have a great ride soon. Keep up the work and the great writing, too.

Time will erase the pain and leave the great memor...

2008-06-10T07:54:00.000-04:00

Time will erase the pain and leave the great memories with friends and beer.

How many people do you know that would even ATTEMPT such a ride? Not many, right? So no matter what you are ahead of the pack.

Spin On

way to salvage the day. I'm sure the drinking and...

2008-06-10T07:53:00.000-04:00

way to salvage the day. I'm sure the drinking and eating was way more fun than racing anyway. the racing only seems fun beforehand.

SO the bear got you this year. Just means you need...

2008-06-10T07:35:00.000-04:00

SO the bear got you this year. Just means you need to work harder, like travis says there's always a ray of light at the end of the tunnel. The set backs make you re-asses the situation and make some tweaks. good luck

Tough breaks, bro, but like others said, six hours...

2008-06-10T07:07:00.000-04:00

Tough breaks, bro, but like others said, six hours in that heat is nothing to be ashamed of. You still rock! Better luck in the next race. Take the experience, learn, and remember that you still get to ride your bike!

Good to find the positives in the crud. Last year ...

2008-06-10T03:07:00.000-04:00

Good to find the positives in the crud. Last year a friend traveled from the UK to me in Denmark for a 24hr and we had to quit after 3½hours becuase of the conditions killing our brakes. No hope pads to be found anywhere and getting through a new set in 2 laps was too much. In the end we had a good evening drinking beer and eating sausages catching up. We hadn't seen each other much for a couple of years and it turned out to be a great weekend. I'm doing the race on my own this year, I hope the weekend turns out as well, but with more riding!

Man I'm sorry to hear you had a bad day, but some ...

2008-06-09T23:41:00.000-04:00

Man I'm sorry to hear you had a bad day, but some times the bike gods just pwn you and there isn't a damn thing you can do about it. On the other hand sometimes you feel like your Tinker or Tomac on a bike. Marc said it best.

BTW was that you hanging out in the Plum Grove pit right next to Earnie's pit heckling me as I went by or was that Bob?

Peace,
Metro

you take the good with the bad and keep moving for...

2008-06-09T21:14:00.000-04:00

you take the good with the bad and keep moving forward. at the end of the day no one event will ever define us, but our actions of the course of years and years of this stuff.

as always wonderful to see you. Someday I'll get you on a TEAM wiht us!

best to you.

respect
fatmarc

Your writeups are always great even if the ride wa...

2008-06-09T21:00:00.000-04:00

Your writeups are always great even if the ride was not what you hoped for. Keep those coming.

Don't sweat it, there is a reason we do these and it ain't cuz they are easy...

I'll see you at Quantico in a couple weeks.. 35+, oh yes.

Dude I firmly believe that everything happens for ...

2008-06-09T20:35:00.000-04:00

Dude I firmly believe that everything happens for a reason, you may never know why but it does.

Like you said, maybe this happened the way it did because you were meant to do the Cranky Monkey.

If so see you there....either way you did a hell of a job in the "short" time you rode. Six hours in that temp and that course is huge.