"The Curse"

Some people call it that even though I don't believe it one bit. Supposedly I have some sort of dark cloud of evil that follows me to endurance mountain bike events. The first time I did a 24 hour race, we were on a four man team with a tropical depression moving in during the night hours. The last 12 hours were spent biking and slogging through hurricane bands of rain. That was my first endurance event and I was hooked from that point on. The night laps that I did were some of the best and worst times I have ever had on a bike.

So what does this mean? Nothing really except for the fact that the potential for me to do another "first timer" in a strong storm. As Ernesto (sounds like a wimpy name) moves up the coast there is a chance that this depression could reek some havoc on our day. I don't really mind biking in the rain. Helps cool things off. However camping in the rain the night before an event can be tedious. Luckily I have the perfect counterpart to help me stay dry.


So things will get interesting over the next few days as us racers watch the ever proceeding doom fly up the east coast.

On another note, if you don't know already there is serious talk of an awesome ride in Dupont on September 17th. If you are in the area you won't want to miss this one! Check IT out if you are interested.


Photo courtesy of Michael Field.