LML Details/ Feb 29/ Spring Thaw-

When Spring arrives early, winter riding shifts to mindless road slogging. If you want to bike, you gotta shift your state of mind from fun snow biking to embracing the spring thaw/ rot.

What does embracing the spring thaw mean? It means sucking up to the road grime, accepting a headwind road pace of 10MPH, and breathing in deeply to the smells of thawing farm manure and rotting roadkill...

Other than that, more LML details at the blog---

Spring thaw in n iowa...

Take note of February 29th leap day. The last day for random LML entry requests... We are already overbooked. Time for the paper plate race numbers...

Go ride into the early spring headwind and take a deep breath...

 

 

 

 

 

LML Update-

The fundraiser has been set, once again we will do something to raise awareness and help fight cancer. Go over to the LML blog for details.

If you plan on racing, contributing to the fight against cancer, or would like to volunteer, please let me or my wife know soon...

Sloppy weather is not much fun unless your wearing scuba gear... Go ride anyways.

Jimmay and the Henge will return as finish line officials-

In the medals...

Racing bikes on snow groomed xc ski trails is a whole different game. Sort of road race meets non gravel- gravel race... Good times and thanks to Paul K and Penn Cycle for bringing it to light and putting it on amongst the nord crowd.

Race highlight- Witnessed Rick C of KORC fame take down an ice cylinder display on Lake of the Isles. Bike went full impact into a ice block the size of a sonotube.  Block broke in half, bike and body sprawled on the ice. Next thing he's up and pedaling. Freak. But, I'd do a once over on that bike, especially if it is plastic.

Race highlight- Any pack of hounds just follows the lead dog, right. Whether that keeps you on course or takes you off course. We did the later. Wandering on the lake for too long. No complaint, if you chose to follow, that's what you'll do... I was cooked pulling C5 up for glory...

Last- Pulling packed snow from helmet vents and realigning handlebar at finish line. 20K earlier, my guy Jimmmay taking a point as he went by/ witnessed me standing there twisting h-bar and dusting myself off.

Race Results-  http://www.mtecresults.com/race/show/3828/

Purchase yourself some pictures from TMB here-  http://tmbimages.com/Cycling/Winter/20152016/20160207-Fat-Tire-Loppet/

Sun Valley Tree of Fame...