11 Hours Of ERock “Sunrise to Sunset” 2014
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Yes another Solo Female event! I was really disappointed this race changed
to 11 Hours instead of its traditional 24HRS.
Going into the race I decided that I need to race Light(no pack) and
really stay up with my Hammer Nutrition during the event. This was a 8 mile loop closed course so I was
able to reload my bottle on each lap or every other lap if needed. We set our canopy up on the course just past
the first turn, worked out perfect! Even
with the changing weather conditions from sun, rain, hail, WIND! LOL
The solo line up was pretty long Men and Women and I just wanted to
finish near the TOP, riding against the Colorado Native Pros. Yea……my work was cut out for me. JZ was riding too but decided to stop half
way and support me the rest of the event, he just came off the Gunnison Growler
Mountian Bike race the weekend before. Let me
tell you I went out FAST! I have raced
hard before in Team events, but this SOLO event took a beating on me. My legs started cramping 6 hours in so I had
to start climbing the hills just to flush the legs out of the saddle. JZ increased my Hammer Electrolights each lap
and encouraged me to continue during my 15 second stop to switch bottles. I PUSHED on with pain from every part of my
body, my lower back was screaming! I got
several encouraging words from riders on the course, that was up lifting! There were also Team Relays going on as
well. As I raced my butt off, the time
was counting down, JZ would not tell me “where” I was in the pack.
He just kept telling me “one more”…”you can
do this”……..”one
more”…..”get going”…….and OFF I went. Another lap, another lap….at 10 HRS and 20
minutes it was over…..OVER 100 Miles (crushed my 24Hour Lap Time from last
year) I placed 4th behind 3 pro Solo Colorado Female Riders and
about mid pack to the Solo Men Riders. Jason
reminds me that I did well, I really wanted Podium and raced like I wanted
it! Maybe next year….”Well done PWild!”
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