2007 Coolest 24hr Solo Single

yo Buck here one for ya- checkin in from the left coast, just rumble stripped
it home from yet another
solo24 effort at the coolest24hr race in Cool Ca. Jim Northeley puts on the
countries only non for profit event -everything goes to Cancer research -
everything except the ching he coughed up for the racers. I was breaking in a
new pit crew this weekend as I dragged my sweetheart of a wife with me (she
had no clue what she was getting into). We set up on friday with a killer spot
then headed out for some food and rest. We opted for the Holiday
inn ...'cause I knew one night in the cold tent would be enough and I needed
a stressfree night.We drank cheap whiskey and frolicked in the hot tub 'til
the 8 pm hour then hit the hey for 10hrs of shut eye-woke fresh as a daisy.
We made are way to the venue and had a relaxed morning as we watched all the
other solos tweak on their equipment and show the pit crew how they wanted
things- I chilled ,drank tea...lots of tea and used my frequent trips to the
woods to water the flowers as my warm up. I was planning on sustaining on
Goji berries and muscle milk just like Old Pueblo-ooops I did 'nt write about
that one 'cause they missed my 2nd lap and demoralised me from wanting to
share my misery-anyhooo the combo kept me going in az for 16 hours before I
needed to be force fed soup. My wife had other ideas and had the tent stacked
with nutterbutters and cheese its. She kept me steady during the 6to 8 hour
mark when I fade because I went out like a jackrabbit in heat-just cant help
it...it is just too fun pushin my rigid Indie 9ers for that fast lap...this
race I got it- 48 minute 10.9 mile lap but then managed to do 17 or so more
until my hootspa kicked out and I did not want to ride my bike no more....
ya see
during my fade-however brief I managed to explain to my wife why I felt so
shitty after just 6 hours..I had just been passed by a prepubescent on a
singlespeed and to my fright he had a solo bib on....I was crushed...turned
out he was 17 and kicked mine and Roger's ars winning the ss category and
taking home a large allowance to be spent in the cafeteria at jr high next
week-ouch. GEEEZ I spent the night wondering how many more times I could
really do this knowing there are kids like that looming over my fitness and
mental stability ready to pounce -really nade me debate the vet class thats
for sure.my legs actually felt great thruoghout the night into the early
morning and my only stop was for a battery swap...no sleep ,no rest- I did
start in on the nutter butters at 'bout 3am and they sustained me thru til
the sun rose. We (meaning the top 3) had been racing for 18hrs swapping spots
and challening pit stops but no one really knew where they stood ....there
were no results to be found until about 9am or so but we the riders knew ....
I finished early as I decided to save something for Laguna seca 24hr solo
effort in 2.5 weeks....I had a bag on 3rd and could not catch the 2 home town
heroes in their backyard so I had a barly pop and began the ugly process of
cracking down the site and loading the car while fully redlined and on the
verge of detonating.when the dust settled I finished 3rd in the ss class and
5th in the overall solo cat. I gotta throw a huge thanks out to Independent
Fabrication and Iron at Cyto for keepin me rollin thru .