Qualifier Update:
Well, two days down, two to go. Amanda Mastin and I started the Ohio Qualifiers. Mandy and her Dad made impound exciting buy sliding into the parking area with about 20 min. to impound. They drew quite a crowd while unloading the bikes, running in for numbers, working on the bikes and her Dad even changed his rear tire. They made it in by a hair. It was great to watch. Well, what can I say. Early in the week my brother called to tell me the weather channel has a "big green swirling blob" sitting right on top of Ohio. Sure enough, it had been raining there for two weeks straight and they even had lots of flooding. Some of the course was under water and rerouted at the last minute. To say it was a muddy mess is an understatement. I have ridden a lot of mud, the Cherokee National and the LA National, but I have never seen slicker, slimmier mud in my life.
In summary. Mandy had a difficult day Saturday and called it quits about 1/2 way out. I finished, with no lost route points and decent special tests, although nothing to write home about. It rained hard Saturday night and Sunday morning was even worse than Saturday. The Grass Track was a disaster and they luckily skipped it at the end of the day. No one complained. Mandy and I finished Sunday. Which as a lot tougher than Saturday. A lot more trail. Each day was 100 plus miles.
I was in the shower after day two taking stock of my bod and thought, yeh, I can do 4 more. So, yeh, we are off to the Six Days with confidence. I'll give you all an update after Idaho.
Firecracker, I will email you. I know I will need help.
SMoody