My Quest for the Vision

Ok, so I was all excited to have this vision but all i saw was some red dots on the way up west horse thief ! HA

I decided not to use my music the first half of the race so i had to entertain myself, to keep me moving forward..

song's/moto's that stuck from blackstar to motorway:

"keep on keep on keep on moving and dancing all through the night"

to the rock, to the rock, to the rock

to the bush, to the bush, to the bush, anything that i could pick out ....  

remembered slaters encouraging words while pushing the climbs:

i have done key training sessions for this

i know how to keep up on my nutrition

i knew how hard he was pushing, so i could push hard also

Falls:

fell a couple of times in the snow, more like ice

rolled down a boulder on a sharp left turn on lower holy jim...

fell in the stream also at the bottom of holy jim, left glove and shorts drenched!

15 bruises mostly on right calf (mainly from the hike o'bike section) 

5 bruises on left leg/hip

Started music beginning of Maple Springs, had new GOOD music from "bro in' law"!

Nutrition:

2 amino vitals

Apple (20 minutes from race start)

4 Gu's

1 bottle virtargo

2 bottles virtargo & perpetum mixed

3 bottles water

1 bottle creamy chicken broth HIT the SPOT

1 bag on honey stinger fruit punch chews

1 bag powerbar lemon chews

1 very large homemade rice krispie treat YUM

2 banana halves

Half a bag of ritz crackers with cheese

2 bites of orange

6 electrolite pills

9 advils

Pocket Placement:  

Left - virtargo/perpetum mix (enough for two water bottles), sun glasses

Middle - water bottle

Right - rice krispie treat, ipod

Bento Box for the rest of my fuel!

made cutoff by 15 minutes, super stoked, smiled the whole way down upper/lower holy jim!

right knee killed the whole day, hopefully i didn't do any permanent damage

the walker family and jeff smith cheering section on maple was instant energy boost...

mandy near the top of maple (thanks for the broth, yummy)

marius and mandy waiting for me at bottom of trabucco and we all rode together to the finish!

saw dave ruby at top of west horse thief with arm in a sling

took heather's advice and did NOT eat a cheeseburger : )

gave out advice.... lots of "good jobs" and "keep on moving" super stoked to motivate others along the way!

ended up with poison oak: neck, wrist, and both legs

I had such a fun time at the VQ, can't wait to get on my bike again.. well maybe i can wait a little while (not sure if i can sit on my seat)