With this past weekends visit to Mecca I have come home with greater clarity and further conviction in the holy sport of mountain biking. I’m increasingly impressed with the denomination of 100 mile racing. It is so much more than just riding a bike fast.
These are the three basic truths.
1: It is better to be on your bike all day then waiting for a race to start.
2: Group energy and individual goals are better facilitated by one event with everybody involved
3: Your body can do more that you thought possible
The shenandoah went well for me this year. I ended up 2nd and now have a head full of what ifs to take me into the fall. This sport is better than it gets credit for, and that is just fine. Those of us who love it will not quit.
Congratulations Sam! A holy sport indeed!
as an endurance racing neophyte/asheville resident/superfly rider, consider me a sam-fan. congrats on 2nd in central va., dude, though i’ll forever marvel at the sub 5 hour oramm finish. looking forward to eating your dust (and your dad’s, i would imagine) at swank. thanks for making pisgah riders proud!
Congrats Sam,
The company you were with are legends, as well as you.
Those S.O.B’s have been beating the crap out of me for years!
Cheers,
TJ from the “crew”