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« Reply #15 on: June 07, 2012, 12:12:28 AM » |
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Yeah, that was awesome! Kept up the suspense all the way. Thanks for sharing!
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sommerfliesby
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« Reply #16 on: June 07, 2012, 06:51:14 AM » |
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Thanks for the positive feedback, Mom always said I should write for the paper. Here's a link to Mitch's Strava...it registered the mileage a bit short as the GPS cut out under the canopy at times, but check the elevation changes and you'll get the idea... http://www.strava.com/runs/loudonville-oh-10086910?ref=1MT1yaWRlX3NoYXJlOzI9ZW1haWw7ND0zNzk2Mzc%253DMike ain't got no Strava, cuz Mike don't even have a bike computer! |
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« Reply #17 on: June 07, 2012, 07:32:33 AM » |
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Awesome race report, well done!
Personally I have the Lumber Jack 100 next weekend. Becoming a ball of nervousness/excitement....just want to finish.
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« Reply #18 on: June 07, 2012, 07:52:32 AM » |
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Now I know why you were chuckling to yourself last night.
PS - The last post was right. You should have by-lines next to your name daily....too talented not to be....
- the wife
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« Reply #19 on: June 07, 2012, 08:25:12 AM » |
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Mike....congrats on this year's ultra accomplishment and a great write up!
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« Reply #20 on: June 07, 2012, 08:37:57 AM » |
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Great job & awesome write up Mike!
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« Reply #21 on: June 07, 2012, 08:59:07 AM » |
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Wow, I'm tired just from reading about it. Nicely done.
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« Reply #22 on: June 07, 2012, 12:10:17 PM » |
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Wow, thats one hell of an accomplishment
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« Reply #23 on: June 07, 2012, 12:58:27 PM » |
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Amazing write up mike! I was there and i just read it twice. Felbert and I made i simalar navigational error in the same place. Also we kinda tasted defeat at one point, we rolled up to the small water station between aid 3 and aid 4 where we were told that aid 4 was 17 miles away, it was 2:30 and the cut off time for aid4 was 4pm. I didnt think there was anyway we were going to make it. I was bummin big time! Hell bent to make it to aid4 we took off. We rolled into aid 4 at 4:03 to find out
the cutoff time was 5pm. We made up alot of time and fininshed. Will i do it again? Absolutley!
Mike Sealey
BTW: The single track, amazing!
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« Reply #24 on: June 07, 2012, 01:17:44 PM » |
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That is awesome. Congrats!
I also feel a sense of accomplishment in that about 3 months into my MTB'ing life I survived my first ever ride at palos, with Mike and Rob as guides. The whole time I was thinking "holy crap, I am in A LOT worse shape thank I thought". Little did I know I was following the off-road Lance Armstrong.
Congrats again, it has to feel extremely gratifying to set out to accomplish such a large feat and succeed.
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« Reply #25 on: June 08, 2012, 03:54:16 PM » |
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Awesome story. I'd love to do this one time. For now I'll start off with a full loop of Kettle (John Muir and Emma) at the end of the summer, maybe.  Did you do any strength training before in anticipation of hills? I found that I like training off the bike a lot as well with various leg workouts or P90X routines (plyometrics, core and legs). |
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« Reply #26 on: June 10, 2012, 10:00:47 AM » |
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Wow great write up. I should have saved myself the pain and just read this. I read alot of rider/racer blogs and your race write up skills are at the top. Had a great time over this weekend. I am so glad that the Lumber jack is nothing like the battle ground of the Mohican.
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« Reply #27 on: June 13, 2012, 07:22:22 AM » |
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With all the training you'd being doing in the spring and the race being Ohio I was expecting some thing more along the lines that race was a good experience but the race description seemed to be exaggerated but after reading the blow by blow my conclusion has changed - you're a better man than me!  Thank you for the wonderful write up! |
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