OMBC - Race - Grassman - This Sunday & Mohican 100 Training

 Here's the google map overview of the OMBC mountain bike race this sunday. It's done nothing but rain for almost a week. I hope these trails were designed properly and will dry out today and tomorrow. I am not interested in running up unrideable hills or cleaning mud out of my bike mid race with a stick. There seems to be some talk there is a bunch of climbing, I don't see it, I see short punchy stuff.
My fitness at this point is rolling around, I am still battling the balance of work and training and getting some damn sleep during the work week. I am stoked to race my 2x10 XX setup though.
Proppe had a very enticing invite to go race with him down south this weekend, but I just couldn't make the time this weekend to make it happen. Sorry JP!

Mohican Training:
Teammate Tim and I went up to Mohican and put in a pretty hard lap in the rain this past Sunday. We didn't break any of our Personal time/lap records, in the rain and somewhat sloppy conditions, but we did both stay upright and really kept the pace high (I should say Tim kept it very high for the first 12/15 miles) in the misty consistent rain. The ground and trails weren't as bad as they were during the Mohican 100 last year, but they were soggy, slow and full of leaves, which basically sucks the life out of you for almost every pedal stroke. Thoughts are: "is my back tire flat?", "are my brakes rubbing", "is my rear shock flat?" Not only that but the humidity and constant water on your face, prevents you from wearing glasses, then you just get bashed in the eye sockets at every downhill or short section down hill. I could swear I was mountain biking in a sand storm Monday when I went to work, this week. I didn't start to really feel great and have good legs and lungs till about 12 miles in....Tim and I were remenising how many times we had ridden the Mohican loop and more, at this same time last year....Ohio weather is sucking the mountain biking life out of me this year. Good thing I didn't sign up for a bunch of the hundie's this year :)

Mohican 100/100k Race
So, with the weather here in Seattleohio, I am pretty happy I didn't sign up for the 100 this year, instead I am going for a Personal Best in the 100k race. I have some goals in mind I need to hit and know the 100k course well enough to make sure I can hit some key points at certain times. I'll be time trialing it as hard and fast as I can and leaving it all out there this year. The weather better be nice this year, I've got the training hours in the bank I need to do well. The bike and new drivetrain is dialed. I am wishing to have some 650b wheels and stuff setup before the race, but not sure if that's so smart at this point, since I have no training time to get them dialed. We'll see.