Sunday, November 27, 2005
Free autographed jersey. Goes to.
Sorry I took so long. But here goes.
So I am calling Steve the promoter and trying to find out if any one snuck by the radar.
the number of World Champions that have raced at the Tidewater Mtb Challenge is 4. Allison Sydor, Chris Eatough (6 time solo 24 hr winner), and Sue Haywood. All four of us where on the team that won the 2003, 24 hrs of Moab Titled the World Championships of 24 hr racing.
The 2 winners are.....
Kevin Sherman and Jordan P. Because he was the the only person to Guess it right the first time and to Kevin because he guessed it the second time but was the first to get it.... If that makes any sense?
SO if you count all titles 4. But wait. There is more!!!!!! WHOLLY COW I just realized that the single Speed World Champion Buck from State College PA has raced it. Or has he??? I will track him down right now.. OK ... I just told Erin the suspense is building. Ok Here goes. 1-717-877-2926 ..................................................................................................................Ring.........................Ring..................Ring................................................................................................................Ring.................................................................................Ring..........................................................................................................................................Ring................................................................................................................................Ring....................................Crap. Answering machine.
That sucked.. UH.....Ok well unless he calls back before the post office opens then I will stick with the Kevin and Jordan.
Kudos to Taylor, the older and I am sure wiser JB (you should have stuck with your first guess, Ablus, Kevin, BAM, Dana and JKC 1by1 for playing.
Stay tuned for the next stupid contest here.
Someone will get to push the stupid neighbors car from in front of my house. fun...
Just kidding.
Peace out yall...
Jeremiah
Oh yeah I know you reading this Jeff..... You are not allowed to read this site anymore untill you get your ass up here to do some riding! HA HA :)
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
SNOW TIME!
Erin put the Christmas music on the snow is a flying we even got a Christmas present in the mail. I sure have the holiday feelings. Off to Grandma's tomorrow after a couple hrs of snow biking. I have the perfect spot in mind. Long run is a northern exposure and the ground is cold especially above 2500ft. FUN FUN>
I spent the better part of the day working on the bike and of course a 1 1/2 of PT and exercises and a little kick board action to get my Nordic ski moves warmed up.
I am having a hard time as usual deciding what to do this weeked. The UCI Capitol Cross race is this weekend. It would be tough passing on the only UCI race in VA.. Then again the snow is piling up at white grass and Chip Chaces eyes are probably like giant blue saucers with anticipation of a early opening. I know I am exited!!!!
There is a magic place up in those West Virginia mountains. It is a place call White Grass. It is a funky little place half Janes Addiction half Bethoven, a place where the lycra clad endurance junkies don' t just fitt in we are respected. Down home folks, awesome food and the excited, no nuts owner Chipper who buzzes when people from near and far flock to the secluded spot in the corner of the highest valley east of the Mississippi. If you are there at the right time you may get passed the clear jar of xxx fame, local moonshine that would melt a snowman.
Check it out but don't tell too many people so it remains the charming place it is. www.whitegrass.com
See ya at the little cabin.
Jeremiah
Saturday, November 19, 2005
Taste of Thai
Mmmmmmmmmmm.... good stuff.
Erin and I finally had some lazy-do-nothing time at home and it was nice.
We went out to eat at one of our favorite digs.
Later, we watched some movies and talked about the idea of a winter training camp in Canaan Valley, West VA.
I am sure Chip Chase would approve!
Well thats bout it. Not much to talk about...
OH YEAH the answer to my pop quiz was 4 riders if you consider unofficial world titles and 1 if you are talking UCI.
Jeremiah
Thursday, November 17, 2005
Montezuma's Revenge
Hey.
Today is a little better than yesterday but to look at the bright side I needed the rest. After coming down with a case of the aches on travel day I decided that I might have consumed some bad water or food in Costa Rica. I am not sure if it was the swamp like jeep roads that reeked of animal poo or the BIG mistake of begging for water at a seaside hut on the scorching final stage, but I picked up something foul.
I guess I will have a few days to really chill out and reminisce about the Costa Rican adventure. Did I mention soap operas suck, how do people watch this crap.
Other interesting news
...I will be attending a customer appreciation event at bikes unlimited in Lychburg VA on December 3rd and a ride that afternoon.
....Cape Epic is going to be the worlds first ever UCI sanctioned 2 person team stage race in the world.
Later
Jeremiah
Monday, November 14, 2005
5th at the RUTA
Amazing weekend gang.
I should say that I may not have won this race but I learned alot. I got a chance to ride with one of the legends of the sport and help him beat the odds.
.. tasted many flavors of mud.
.. found my true limits strengths and weakness.
..finished the toughest race in the World so far...
and found the meaning of La Ruta;
Pura Vida
Hasta luego: Jeremiah
I will write more later...
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
Cosa Rica, Volcano Irazu
Costa Rica's rainy season must not be over yet.
The word from the promoter is that this may be the toughest Ruta in the race's 12 year history. The competition is also going to world class. The National Champion of Spain is here Alejandro de la Pena and of course the living legend Thomas Frichnect. Walker Ferguson is also here and will be really fast if anyone can get him off of his surf board.
We had a good ride today and got to do a little recon of stage two. A friend of Hunters named Thom and the New Zealander dude who writes for a few British mags came along. We climbed for 1 1/2 hrs strait and got into our shuttle bus because it was driving cold rain at 9000+ft.
We stopped 1/2 way down the 6,0000 ft climb for lunch. I was freezing cold in bike cloths and soaked. I got lucky when the restaurant owner offered me a green table cloth that I promptly fashioned into a hoola type skirt. Ahh much better..
They had some great hot coco and black bean soup in the mountain side building. The fries tasted strange and fluff, like a fried something else, and the catsup was different as well as the chicken, tasty though.
We wrapped up the day's errands by stopping by host hotel settling our complicated lodging arrangements and returned to Hotel/modern art gallery Milvia. It looks like all but 2 nights will be here in San Jose.
Time for some re-charging before things get rolling tomorrow to the start on the west coast.
Stay tuned.
Jeremiah
Archives
October 2004
November 2004
December 2004
January 2005
February 2005
March 2005
April 2005
May 2005
June 2005
July 2005
August 2005
September 2005
October 2005
November 2005
December 2005
January 2006
February 2006
March 2006
April 2006
May 2006
June 2006
July 2006
August 2006
September 2006
October 2006
November 2006
December 2006
January 2007
February 2007
March 2007
April 2007
May 2007
June 2007
