Buck Results

Will Penn ever post Wk 4 results? Week 1 my buddy got 1st in Rec Men by DNF'ing. I got third by the scoreboard. Week 2 I won Rec Men. Week 3 I raced Adv Men and was happy, but score board has my buddy 1 place ahead of me (in rec men!) ha ha ha. He won the Ti seat in the raffel too. Good stuf. Week 4 I did swell in Adv Men, 20th of 60. But still no press. The Penn site sits dormant. It's all fun, but ya know, at my age it's the little things. Duncan wants to see his 1st place in beginner too. I told him, he knows how he rode, not to worry about press. Easy for me to say, hah ha.

Leb Again

4 more laps this am. 1st lap went at moderate pace, came in just over 42min full lap with middle loop twice, andvanced loop once. Still 4 minutes off previous best this year but overgrowth and new sections slowed me down. Plus my legs are toast today.

Leb & Theo

Today I went to Leb early. Did 4 full laps in 3 hours. The new log roll is a'ok. Amy went to Theo with two friends. So nice she's riding more this year. This year she is doing the 16 mile at Chequamegon. Duncan was still too tired post birthday party to ride this am.

Younger Brother on Podium

Little Bro on the podium!! Here's a picture of Duncan's younger bro on the podium. He will turn 7 in July. Little Leo (smallest guy in pic) finished the 2.5 mile kid's comp loop. I biked behind him to make sure he'd make it. He was so excited to finish. Both Duncan and Leo scored fine swag at the Erik's event.

I never crash....yet....

Hey, my first day with a blog and I have something real to post. Last night Duncan had a sleepover b-day party w/a bunch of boys. After we returned from grand slam I set the tent up. They all proceeded to scream, yell and giggle until 12:30am regardless of what we instructed from our bedroom window. I'm sure the hood appreciated it. They we're having fun. Then they woke up at 5:30am doing the same thing!! Needless to say my am bike plans didn't sound so good anymore. Anyway, by 10am mom had errands to run. Alta was at a friends, Leo and Duncan we're off with Mom. Mom said go ride for a few if you want, how cool is that. Don't have to tell me twice. I took off from my house and hit theo. Lap number one was a blast, spinning on the single with a HR 20 beats lower than race pace. Still I was moving just fine. My pedals hit things a few times during the lap......hmmm. At the end of the first lap, at the triangle entrance, I flew by a few guys sitting on the ground (stupid move at trail entrance anyhow). Immeadiatly after seeing them on the left my pedal hit a rock and I goal posted, superman style between two trees. Wow!! I heard the pop of the pedal and remember flying through the air knowing my bike was going way under me and the front wheel was skewed way left too. Going down, arms out and slam!! I rolled not even trying. My shoulder got nailed and my elbow way scrapped, but ok. With marks on both arms and back too, sore but will be just fine. The road id was still there and I wasn't broken....three more laps. I flew at least 8ft. My bike left a gash in the dirt 8ft from the 8 inch granite rock hidden in the grass on left. The woods have a flattened down section where my carcase stopped. Nice. Can't believe I made it through those trees without bike/body hitting. Good line, lucky me today.

Heath & Duncan's Starting Data

Blog notes to myself and Duncan, here's where we are at with Mtn biking to date. Heath's History:

• 1st mountian bike, 1987 stump jumper
• 2005 my first race year training w/data tracking and constant focus
• Chequamegon 6 times, yet, 2005 I consider my first true race effort. 2hrs 37min finish.....yes! No further desire to race it again.
• 2005 raced the mnscs series. 2005 1st place overall "sport" series finish 30-39 (I was 39)
• 2004 & 2005 Afton 24 hour each year on team of 4. Our "ride2eat teams" did well, top 5-10 out of about 60 teams, something like that

Duncan's History / Results:

• In 2004 he started mtn biking on his new raliegh 7 spd
• By late 2005 I put the light weight guy on egg beaters (filed the cleats so he could clip in/out)
• 2005 he did his first race at Buck
• 2005 he won the kid's comp 4mi race at maple lag. 1st boys, 2nd overall to an older girl.
• In 2006 he's done a few rides and track at school
• In 2006 he turned 11
• Now he's on a sweet Haro bike I built for him, he's pumped to race
• 2006 Buck May 11th- 1st place beginner
• 2006 Buck May 18th- 2nd place beginner (front brake drag)
• 2006 Buck May 25th- 1st place beginner

Heath's 2006 Trainning (as of May 25th):

• 99 hours on bike with breakdown below.....
• 75 hours road (most using mtn bike)
• 24 hours trail
• 6.6 hours racing (Chilli, Skyway, Buck4x, Erik's)
• 57 rides in 2006 so far....

Heath's 2006 Results (as of May 25th):

• Chilli Rec Men Jan.- unsure, it was top 10, SS
• Redbull Skyway Feb.- 7th place of 50 riders, 3.4 min race!!! 8spd
• Iron Man 100 April 30th. My first century!! Used Dad's road bike.
• Buck May 4 Rec Men- 2nd, 8spd
• Buck May 11 Rec Men- 1st, SS
• Buck May 18 Adv Men- 24 0f 49, 8spd
• Erik's Spring Cup Comp Class- 7th of 21 (40-50yrs), 17th of 61 overall, 8spd
• Buck May 25 Adv Men- 20th of 60, wahoo!! SS

UP TO DATE RESULTS

WE ARE BLOGGER's

Wow, what have I done. Guess there's a first for everything. I'm blogging.