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.

Buck 6/28 29'er

Hit the woods @ 6-7th. Right w/top group, then had to let off. John, Barry & I traded leads often, Joel hung for a while. Barry ended 5th, John 6th & I ended closer than last week 7th OA of 54!! I was 20ft behind the two at top of last downhill b4 exit climb. The full rigid setup & subsequent climb to finish got in my head. Decided(or failed) w/SS rigid I'd die on downhill. Plus they'ed take me in sprint to finish w/gears so let them go. Not sure what happened to Sam O (mid-pack), Miller & Oachs absent. Check "Buck" link on right for official results. Great race, more climbing this week!!! Had to dig deeper. SS good & bad, can't complain about 29'er effect, love it. Next race "gears" weapon to kick it, no excuses. Duncan did 2 laps for the first time. He finished ahead of Rec tail end & had fun. Way to go!!! Unlike every other race night, he was actually tired tonight when we got home....... Good night!