Michaux Mayhem

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

TSE updates

If you fine folk out in interwebz land wish to see the daily results and stage recaps, wander on over here: http://www.tsepic.com/ and you'll see a link for 2011 Results to the right of the page. There's some photos in there, too, but I understand there's bunches more stuff on the BookFace if you book your face. Go see how my honey is doing!

As well as checking in here for first-hand accounts of the mayhem!

Monday, May 30, 2011

We made the cutoff!

It was hot.
On our bikes for 6 hrs 24 min.
43 miles
Didn't DFL (didn't finish last)
No time to write more
Must go to sleep now
47 miles tomorrow!

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Sunday, May 29, 2011

Quit Your Whining

Fell and hit my head on a rock---1 staple in the back of my head---lots of blood... All 45 minutes before i started my time trial...

I was sitting on a chair on our porch and fell backwards off onto the ground.

Race was good--hot and very difficult. 12.5 miles in 1:27 hrs.

I was 12 and Jill was 13 out of 15 women---very happy with results!

My head hurts...

We're here!

Blossom and Buttercup say "don't mess with the Dirtpuff girls"!

Yesterday we pulled in camp around 2:30 and found out we have an awesome little cabin close to race HQ! We got changed and went and pre rode the prologue which is happening this afternoon. This is an individual time trial and all the racers are starting in one minute intervals at 3pm. My start time is 4:22. Jill's is 4:26. Selene is after Jill so we're guessing at which spot she is going to pass us!

More later...expecting guests and I want to get a little nap in!

Ta ta for now...

Monday, May 16, 2011

TSE Preview

We headed to Rothrock last weekend to preview some of the TSE stages and trails. Jill came along for the show as well. The plan was to camp at Greenwood Furnace SP and ride from there Friday and Saturday, then pack up Sunday and ride from Penn Roosevelt SP before heading home. We lucked out the first two days and had decent rides with no rain but then Saturday night was pretty much a steady shower so we packed up Sunday morning and bailed instead of trying to get another ride in. Our friends Scot and Jen joined us Friday for about 18 miles and some nice trail, during which we ran into Kuhn and company from the "official" TSE camp. Saturday was grey, misty and foggy all day but somehow we didn't have to deal with any actual rain while we got in 50 miles of trail and fire road. Donna and Jill were glad to get a sneak peak at some of the trails and fire road sections so they better know what to expect in a couple short weeks.

Onward with the pics!

Beautiful