tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61978331010208433852024-02-19T11:55:25.392-05:00Racing RickyRacing Ricky - Rolling down the winding trail to nowhereerichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15970918867529286774noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6197833101020843385.post-2819926145489310512023-05-10T12:15:00.037-04:002023-05-10T13:53:03.827-04:00PMBAR 2023 Here I found my self once again heading south for the Pisgah Productions - Pisgah Mountain Bike Adventure Race. After my last attempt I was not sure if I would ever do it again. It was a terrible effort on my part. Then one day I was talking to my teammate from the last attempt, Jason O, and for some reason it sounded like a good idea to sign up again. It had been two years and I'm sure I erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15970918867529286774noreply@blogger.com0Brevard, NC, USA35.2334472 -82.73429196.923213363821155 -117.8905419 63.543681036178846 -47.5780419tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6197833101020843385.post-70343833129873183442023-03-15T16:00:00.001-04:002023-03-15T16:00:00.224-04:00Dirty South Roubaix 2023 Dirty South Roubaix 2023 was the start of my "season". I have not had much of any seasons over the last 2-3 years. A few races here and there with more of an event type attendance. Anyone who has been around my circle also knows that my fitness level has decreased tremendously over those same years. I am ready to see if I can get back closer to where I was before these last 2-3 years. I erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15970918867529286774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6197833101020843385.post-28619176498293077852022-12-03T13:00:00.001-05:002023-03-15T15:41:47.688-04:002022 Gravel Grovel Sorry this was the post that never happened. Here are some pictures from the good time at the Gravel Grovel. I'll be back better than ever next year. erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15970918867529286774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6197833101020843385.post-60397427939610608332022-08-30T09:39:00.001-04:002022-08-30T09:39:48.234-04:00Dust Bowl 100 short versionhttps://www.dustbowl100.com/Sorry for taking so long to get this posted. I'm a little out of practice :-)It has been a while since I have put a number on my bike. I had plans to do this sooner than now, but I was just not where I wanted to be. I have a lot of excuses as to why I had skipped all the other races this year, but in reality, that is exactly what they are....excuses. Some may be bettererichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15970918867529286774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6197833101020843385.post-62575125321804117262021-12-16T09:59:00.000-05:002021-12-16T09:59:18.761-05:00How can I convince you its me I don’t likeAs the year is nearing the end, this is typically the season that I look forward to doing pre Gravel Grovel rides to prepare for my favorite race of the year. But, this year....or I guess I really should say these last 2 years have really been strange for me. My riding has really fallen off and I am way out of shape from where I was. I signed up for the GG in hopes that it would help motivate me erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15970918867529286774noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6197833101020843385.post-55836173073975260002020-11-02T06:00:00.001-05:002020-11-02T06:57:50.701-05:002020 BT pandEpic Sorry, this would have been posted a while back but I have been waiting on the other pictures to be posted. I'm sure as soon as I post, they will show up. This year has been an odd one. Lots of things getting moved and/or cancelled. I had signed up for this race a while back since it typically sells out in the same day that it opens. I had a lot of fun last year and wanted to go back.erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15970918867529286774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6197833101020843385.post-66105607464929189572020-09-23T12:15:00.001-04:002020-09-23T12:15:00.829-04:00Pisgah just for fun This trip was originally scheduled as a race weekend. The race was eventually cancelled after being moved once already. The idea to still go and make it more of a couples weekend sounded like a great idea. I have always wanted to get my wife down here to see this beautiful place. It should be a little less hard core rides and a little more relaxing stuff. There is a lot of things I would erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15970918867529286774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6197833101020843385.post-38517693525153709922020-09-03T20:35:00.003-04:002020-09-03T20:35:49.732-04:00AES - 2020 The 45This page has been pretty quiet for the last few months. There has been a lot of things going on in my head since my last post. I have tossed around ideas how to try and explain it all, but so far it has not made it in to this page yet. Maybe some day I will try to explain, maybe I won't. I have had a couple weekends that were worth putting posts up, but those too just didn't seem to make it. erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15970918867529286774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6197833101020843385.post-81531506171544695922020-03-24T21:25:00.001-04:002020-03-25T08:17:33.191-04:00People's Pre-Apocalypse Pisgah Trip
This year's People's Pisgah trip was a little different than the last several years. The group was a little smaller, I was on a full suspension bike with gears and there was this little virus thing just getting talked about.The weather had been going back and forth about how much rain there was going to be. The forecast kept getting better as the week went on and I had high hopes. Most of us erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15970918867529286774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6197833101020843385.post-15896373687188920472020-03-15T21:40:00.000-04:002020-03-15T21:40:15.203-04:00Dirty South Roubaix 2020<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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There has been a group of guys that have been heading down to Florida early in the year in one form or another for a very long time. I have made the a few times over the last several years. For the longest time the group headed to Clear Water Beach, but this has recently made a change to Jacksonville Beach. This was the 3rd year to ride in this area. I made the trip the first year, but it erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15970918867529286774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6197833101020843385.post-11672002747186109662020-01-07T21:59:00.001-05:002020-01-08T08:32:37.269-05:00What year is it?
It's hard to believe it is January already. Have kept myself pretty busy and the weather makes it hard to know what month it is. But, I do know next season should have started already in some form or another. I can't say I am happy that the year is over, but it was not quite the year I had hoped. It was not a terrible year, but I felt slower than the previous year. But I did have some pretty erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15970918867529286774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6197833101020843385.post-51814347194783219702019-12-02T22:32:00.004-05:002019-12-02T22:36:08.434-05:002019 Gravel Grovel Swim
If you have read my previous post about Gravel Grovel you would probably be wondering how much gears had helped me for this year. Well, you will have to check back next year and see if you have any more luck knowing that answer than I do. As much as I would really like to give this race a good run with a geared bike, this was not the year. First of all to give it really a good run I would haveerichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15970918867529286774noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6197833101020843385.post-85848703007395582392019-11-19T22:12:00.003-05:002019-11-20T09:10:33.193-05:00Is it that time already
It is getting the time of year that I normally start doing a lot more gravel rides. I usually get some Gravel Grovel recon rides in and start wondering what kind of finishing time I can get. This may be the first year in a very long time that I have not rode any of those areas recently. This year is full of a lot of unusual things. Before I get in to all of that, I need to start a few weeks erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15970918867529286774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6197833101020843385.post-17228763667973557602019-10-24T12:50:00.002-04:002019-10-25T10:10:21.051-04:002019 BT Epic
I have wanted to check out the BT Epic for a few years, but it just never seemed to work out for me. It was brought up for this year and I found a taker that was interested in going. So, I made sure and was ready to sign up when the event opened since it normally sells out pretty quickly. This is a 50 mile race that uses the Berryman Trail and the Ozark Trail for the route and starts and erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15970918867529286774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6197833101020843385.post-60445070912723004912019-09-15T22:56:00.000-04:002019-09-16T08:44:44.622-04:002019 Fools Gold 60
This weekend was this years Fools Gold race. There was some changes from last year. They added some trail to the race and made it a 60 mile race and not a 55 mile race. I am all for more trail and less gravel if possible and 5 more miles didn't sound like a big deal. I ended up heading down with a few other guys. We were sharing a house any way or should I say garage. A little more on that in aerichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15970918867529286774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6197833101020843385.post-88962897249370102882019-08-18T16:00:00.000-04:002019-08-19T11:11:14.026-04:002019 Kentucky Six
I was really disappointed when the Tri-State 6 hour series was dropped down to only one race and then even more sad when that race was cancelled. I tried making the trip up to the John Bryan 6 hour to fill the gap, but as soon as we checked in to the hotel the race was cancelled for weather. When I saw this race show up on the schedule and I didn't really have any conflicts, I knew I had to erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15970918867529286774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6197833101020843385.post-5058286041140377532019-07-19T11:47:00.000-04:002019-07-19T11:47:13.390-04:00I am so out of tune with you
Since the Lumberjack my riding has not been the greatest. I took some easy weeks and not enough riding to help get me here. It is yet to be determined if this is a good thing or not, but currently I can't see the good in it. My legs are not very strong at all and my heart rate/lung capacity seems like I have taken half a year off. I am always tired and really struggling to get moving. I have erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15970918867529286774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6197833101020843385.post-46080362509104583752019-06-20T23:21:00.001-04:002019-06-20T23:21:13.668-04:002019 Lumberjack 100
If you have not read the post on the day before the race and would like to, you can find it here.
Saturday morning came around earlier than I would have liked, but that is pretty typical. Most nights I don't really sleep that well and this night I woke up a few times. Every time I woke up, it was still raining. This was not exactly what I was hoping for. I normally can ride in the mud pretty erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15970918867529286774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6197833101020843385.post-6820655630864118522019-06-20T18:17:00.001-04:002019-06-20T18:17:31.307-04:00The pre-Lumberjack 100 fun timesThis weekend must have been a good time. I have a lot more text than
most races so I figured I could break it up and give you the before race
and the actual race. So, here is the days leading up to the Lumberjack
100.
Over the winter I was talked in to racing
another 100 mile mtb race. I had heard a lot of good things about
Lumberjack and figured why not. The drive is on the longer side, erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15970918867529286774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6197833101020843385.post-30841259299440118782019-06-10T23:43:00.002-04:002019-06-11T09:21:46.099-04:00Mohican 100k 2019
Sorry I'm a little slow to get this posted. I was waiting for more event pictures to be posted, hoping I was in at least one of them, but somehow I was not in the right place or the right time. I only have a couple pictures where part of me made the shot.
This year I didn't do the 100 mile version. I decided to take it "easy" and to the 100k. I am signed up for Lumberjack 100 and didn't feelerichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15970918867529286774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6197833101020843385.post-76523389101842203082019-05-10T12:11:00.000-04:002019-05-10T14:15:01.267-04:00PMBAR Monsoon of 2019
Pisgah Productions
After last years race we quickly wanted another shot at this race to see if we could do better. We had a lot of time that was wasted and figured we should be able to get all 5 check points. So, when it was time to sign up, I didn't waste any time to get us signed up and its a good thing since it sold out very quickly. It is amazing how many people sign up to do this very erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15970918867529286774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6197833101020843385.post-1907324918872983382019-04-19T21:01:00.000-04:002019-04-19T21:01:29.456-04:00Boondoggle Forty 5
The Boondoggle Bike event in itself is an amazing thing for me to see. This is what bike racing needs. Grass roots feel events that don't cost you an arm and a leg and can still pull in some serious talent. For an event that some might thing is not big enough for them, just look at the list of names showing up at the starting line. This field seems just as deep as any NUE race at least as a erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15970918867529286774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6197833101020843385.post-46916691622124399482019-04-14T23:33:00.000-04:002019-04-15T15:40:12.092-04:00April Fools Gravel Camp
April Fools Gravel Camp
Leading up to this weekend I was not really sure what I was going to do. There was a new race in eastern Kentucky called the War Daddy. It sounded really hard and probably more like a gravel race where a mountain bike would be better used. This is the weekend before the Kentucky mtb race that I was planning on attending called The 45. It sounded like a great adventure,erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15970918867529286774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6197833101020843385.post-72496042601971803832019-03-21T22:45:00.000-04:002019-03-22T07:59:46.749-04:00Death March 2019
I'm running a little late on this race report, but this was not a typical race for me. It took me a couple days to digest what all happened and then I was just busy and didn't get back to this. So, now it is even a little later than what is should have been, so I am sure I will miss some highlights. This year for the Death March I teamed up with the bearded wonder, Bushong. The plan was to geterichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15970918867529286774noreply@blogger.com0