Don’t Think, Just Ride; Silence the Mind

Five days, twelve hours ’till the reason I came to Colorado will be realised.  At 10pm Saturday, September 7th, the eighth annual Vapor Trail 125 will begin and your’s truly will be there with 50-60 other hearty–yet nutty–mountain-bikers.  Although, looks like I’ll be the only Canadian!

“So what makes this event so tough”, you ask?  How about 125 miles [that’s 200 kms for my metric friends] spent mostly on single-track.  How about the over 20,000′ of climbing [that’s double the climbing of Leadville] with several sections of soul-crushing hike-a-bike.  How about the fact it starts at 10pm, which means about 7 hours spent riding at night.  How about the potential for near freezing temperatures at night or the possibility of snow at the highest elevations.  How about the fact it’ll take me 18-20 hours to complete.[my goal is sub-19hrs]  How about spending many long hours riding alone.  If one of those alone doesn’t intimidate, add’m together and you’ve got one of the toughest mountain-bike events anywhere.

As we all know, the physical demands of cycling are just half the equation.  Cycling is such a mental game.  There will be times when I’ll want to quit, I’ll try to convince myself that the physical pain is just too much to bare.  The body can endure such immense suffering, so long as the mind doesn’t get in the way.  So while my legs and back will be screaming, it’s my mind that I must silence if I am to triumph.  Quitting is not an option, finishing is the only acceptable result.  Cuz that’s really what the challenge is all about; pushing the body and ignoring the mind in order to achieve the goal.

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[Oh ya, for those who care, all racers will have SPOT trackers so you can follow my progress on race day.  I’ll post the link once available. ]