I did the Tahoe-Sierra 100 in 2010. It was really hard, and although at the time I thought I’d had enough of that, I started thinking about doing it again, and better in 2011. I don’t know why. I’ve thought about it almost every one of the three hundred and sixty five days in between. I guess I obsessed about it. I trained for it, I built a bike for it, I raced other races simply to get ready for it. I probably made too big a deal of it. My wife asked me, “Will you have fun?” I couldn’t answer yes. I said, “I’ll have some fun. But it’s really about challenging myself. How tough am I?" I paid for a coach, and mostly followed his advice. It made me boring. I bored people, talking about it. "Oh right," they'd say, "your big race."
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
2011 Tahoe-Sierra 100
The Race
I did the Tahoe-Sierra 100 in 2010. It was really hard, and although at the time I thought I’d had enough of that, I started thinking about doing it again, and better in 2011. I don’t know why. I’ve thought about it almost every one of the three hundred and sixty five days in between. I guess I obsessed about it. I trained for it, I built a bike for it, I raced other races simply to get ready for it. I probably made too big a deal of it. My wife asked me, “Will you have fun?” I couldn’t answer yes. I said, “I’ll have some fun. But it’s really about challenging myself. How tough am I?" I paid for a coach, and mostly followed his advice. It made me boring. I bored people, talking about it. "Oh right," they'd say, "your big race."
I did the Tahoe-Sierra 100 in 2010. It was really hard, and although at the time I thought I’d had enough of that, I started thinking about doing it again, and better in 2011. I don’t know why. I’ve thought about it almost every one of the three hundred and sixty five days in between. I guess I obsessed about it. I trained for it, I built a bike for it, I raced other races simply to get ready for it. I probably made too big a deal of it. My wife asked me, “Will you have fun?” I couldn’t answer yes. I said, “I’ll have some fun. But it’s really about challenging myself. How tough am I?" I paid for a coach, and mostly followed his advice. It made me boring. I bored people, talking about it. "Oh right," they'd say, "your big race."
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