The Monkeys are planning to ride this year's 20th Anniversary Race Across Oregon. This year the route is actually across Oregon, beginning in Ontario, OR (on the border with Idaho) and finishing in Newport, OR (on the coast). More miles @621'ish, but quite a bit less climbing at just under 33k. Sounds like a good trade! The team roster is coming together, preparatory suffering is occurring both indoors and out, and the Monkeys are getting ready to ride again! The Cave all set up for some indoor training
100 miles on the trainer. Summed up in one word - "ugh". My goal for this year's 100 Miles of Nowhere was to create a division I could "win", as well as doing the actual ride. I ended up creating/riding the "Corvallis 2 Stage Night Ride" version of the 100 Miles of Nowhere. The weather was forecast to suck (and did end up being cold and rainy), so my plans to alternate looping the neighborhood on different bikes with riding the trainer during the day didn't pan out. That would have been far more interesting than two long nights on the trainer! I started my ride on Saturday at 7pm with the intent to ride as much as I could stand on Saturday, recover on Sunday, then finish the ride on Tuesday or Thursday (my standard riding days). All kitted out on Saturday Saturday was pretty uneventful. Even watching movies on the iPad, riding for 3+ hours on the trainer is BORING. By the end of the ride my knees and feet were both fairly sore,...
No Race Across Oregon for the Monkeys this year 😥 Andrew and Rich were in Belgium, Jim was in Germany and Chris was out with a couple of minor(ish) injuries. Hopefully the Monkeys can return in 2018! Andrew and Jason are planning to ride this year's Hoodoo 300 as a 2x with Jim as Crew Chief. More (sporadic) updates to follow...
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