Like a groom waiting at the alter only to find out his bride has jumped ship. The plan was to race 12 hours of Addison Oaks this past weekend. I spent considerable time prepping myself, my equipment, my gear, my nutrition, scoping the course out, etc. I was even in bed by 8:00 the evening before.
Low and behold, I showed up at Addison eager and ready to race at 7:45am the day of only to be greeted by the disappointing news that due to a thunderstorm and the current trail conditions, the race is being rescheduled to next weekend. This news was a bit disheartening as I already have a conflicting race the following weekend. So, the next on the MTB schedule is 12 hours of Boyne on May 23rd. I was so looking forward to spending quality time with my HiFi Pro.
In an effort to make the best of a disappointing situation, I decided to head over to Demo Days at Island Lake with the hopes of escaping the inclement weather. I did not succeed. However, due to the fact that I had glycogen oozing out of my pores from my 12 hour prep, we decided to just embrace the filth and get nice and muddy.
Sometimes we don’t always get what we want…at least the day did not resemble the Dirt, Sweat and Gears race!
