Rocky Raccoon Video!
Wednesday, March 1, 2006 at 9:50PM 
Sup, Tri-studerinos! We have for you the first podcast video of an offroad ultra-marathon, the Rocky Raccoon 100! Click here to download the video (plays in iTunes or Quicktime) and sit back to enjoy the pre-race meeting, interview with the winner, footage from the course, and the finish in the darkness of the forest at night. Thanks again to everybody involved and especially to Chris for letting me tag along. I think I'm going to do the 50 miler next year!
I released another podcast the other day with audio from me doing a brick workout at night. I almost get pinched between a car and brick mailbox and then Cody picks a fight with a very mean shadow. I also use a heart rate monitor the whole time and describe how I use it to get a better workout. You can download it here.
Lastly, the Kuwahara project is nearly done. It's sitting in my garage now after I picked it up from the bike shop. It's currently a single speed with coasting ability and the fixed gear is on order. It also has the wrong gear on the front - a 40 instead of a 48. I took it for a spin and it's roughly the same speed as a bmx bike, maybe a tad faster. The fit seems great and it's a real hoot riding a bike and not having any gears to worry about. The downside is that it had a flat (hole at the base of the valve) when I got it home, then another flat when I was out riding it, very far from the house. I called Emily on the cell and she came out to pick me up. I have one last tube and changed it again, then took the bike for one last spin. I took one of the dead tubes and cut out a section and made a chain slap guard out of it. I didn't take any pix because the sun had gone down and the paint looks too flat under artificial light. Probably some pix tomorrow. The correct gears should show up any day! Hasta Manana, yos!
Reader Comments (2)
Wow, that Jorge guy is amazing. What was his running pace? Like a 8min/mile? FOR 13 HOURS!
Hey Brett-
I was listening to the podcast with Drew...talking about putting your swim workout on the back of a race number. HERE'S ANOTHER TIP....those cheap swim caps that you get at every race make a great seat cover when you're transporting your bike on your car rack. Keeps the seat clean, bug free and dry!