Buck 7/19 w/RESULTS: 29'er SS

Good times last night. 3rd race of 2nd series. My legs felt heavy & actually hurt on warm up. Was a tad worried on single speed yet went out hard as ussual. Was 3rd after 1st climb w/Barry, then Sam flew by. Barry led for a while then by water tower I took over our group. Start of 2nd lap slowed hinting I wasn't leading laps 2-3 again this wk. Barry, John & Dave went by. I chased 2 laps. Crazy Rec spills & traffic run around this week! I finally caught Barry & John last lap didn't have gas to make move. Ended 7th overall! Sweet. Amy raced with Teel 1 lap then did solo lap. Yup, Amy got in 3 if you count pre-ride. Duncan has a sprained foot from restling with friends, he stayed at bottom with sis & bro. Good times!

CONFIRMED. LANCE DOING LEADVILLE 2007 WITH FLOYD & I .

Buck 2-2 "The Beginner Vet"

At 41, sometimes I feel like a beginner still learning. Like tonight. I fell on last lap, well after water tower.. I was gapping a group.. where I wanted to be, fell, blew it, 2 got by. I charged a blind corner on backside in the wrong gear, had to get off & run. Anyway, got top 10 Adv. See "buck" link on right for official results. Best part of tonight was the whole family was there!! Mom did a lap, Duncan did 2, Alta had fun, & wish I had a camera to capture Leo's "mud" look. The kids love water hose-n-mud-damm thing.

MNSCS BLUFF "reckless abandon"

Thanks Jake, skinnyski, Paul's Dad, an Dana for pics. I'm 3rd 1st corner, ha ha. Race was HOT near 100' WOW. Duncan decided no race, sleepover instead. No prob dude. No prolouge due to the heat. I decided to go out full-on. Last year I won comp overall w/strong start to help.. sheeze... Expert is different. I hit first turn 3rd behind Paul & Justin, faded quick. Sketched my rear tire in front of someone on up climb too. Sorry about my traffic guys, fun while it lasted! The race went good for 4 laps, passed 3or4 & stayed on gas convincingly. Finally on start of 5th lap entry climb I faded. Lost 3rd in 35+ age slipping 2 spots. Me lamo! Barry got me later too. I couldn't push anymore. Fell from 13th to 16th OA of 28. Not bad, want more. Priorities. Cheers!

Like Son, Like Father

THOUGHT I'D DIE.....not so bad after all!!

This & That

Haven't done much riding since the 4.5 hour ride 7/4. Amy and I may spin a bit today to losen up. It's getting HOT fast thought. We've been doing other stuff with the kids. Last weekend camping and biking at Devil's lake WI. Thursday rode the river bottoms with my Dad & the kids. They really like the 10mi round trip to the raft and back.. Yesterday threw the canoe on the Ranger, paddled & swam at a local lake. Today kids & I tossed a football around, filled a kiddie pool up w/water & did swingset backflips, yeah, as of today I can do those!

Around Town

On road w/Scalpel at 6:00AM today. First to Ft. Snelling then Leb for a short lap. Then back around Nakomis, Harriet & Calhoun to Theo for lap. I needed more T, so did lap through Brownie, good short hill fun!! Anyway, 4 hrs 33 min on MTB mixed road & dirt this AM. Not sure of miles/speed, who cares. C.U.@.Kato.