A cool day on a flat, mostly concrete Houston course. The race is well organized, quite well supported and has great community enthusiasm. If I had one criticism it would be the only gels I saw on the course weren’t until about mile 21. I’m not much for the big city races (Houston is the…
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Rocky Raccoon 100 2017-DNF
Rocky Raccoon 100, my first voluntary DNF (Did Not Finish). I think I went out too fast. First 20 was 4:30, second 5:15, third 8:00. In 13:00 I certainly might have done one more loop, but 2 wasn’t in the cards. So it’s a DNF. A couple of spills (note: even if your Camelbak is…
The Texas Quad 2016
Big, Long Things Number 44, 45, 46, and 47 for the year at the Texas Quad in Dallas this Thanksgiving weekend. Only 5 more to go before New Year. Loops are a lot more fun when you’ve got your friends to hang with. Despite being pretty chatty I stuck to my plan to get faster…