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ChewbaccaDefense

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BUMMER!! My wife has been puking for 36 hours and isn't racing, and I'm not up for driving for 8 hours round trip, to do maybe 90 miles of riding in one weekend. I can do that here, as it's going to be warmer (looks like a marine layer and winds of 15mph, and a temp of maybe 10 celsius, and it's going to be 21C here, with weak winds. Easy call, except for the $500 I'm out.
 
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ChewbaccaDefense said:
BUMMER!! My wife has been puking for 36 hours and isn't racing, and I'm not up for driving for 8 hours round trip, to do maybe 90 miles of riding in one weekend. I can do that here, as it's going to be warmer (looks like a marine layer and winds of 15mph, and a temp of maybe 10 celsius, and it's going to be 21C here, with weak winds. Easy call, except for the $500 I'm out.
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Would your wife have been racing Thursday too or is that just the elite pro fields?
 
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No, she was doing the 90 miler on Friday in age group, Thursday is the Pro/Elite?Wild Card Lifetime GP. She is doing one race in the pro division this year at Lost and Found, since she was an age group winner last year, and would have placed top 10 in the pro field, but for the rest of her races, she's doing age group stuff...but at several of the big races. Unbound, Paydirt, Leadville, Big Sugar, and maybe Rebecca's. I do the middle distance stuff, as my work keeps me from training more than 8 hours per week, most of the time, and I'm not terribly physiologically taleted. I do okay once I get a couple of hours in, because I do have a diesel motor, but I'm nobody's idea of fast, particularly since where we live is in the mountians. I'm no climber, that's for sure.

The cool thing is that she does outreach work for a hospital, and is very outgoing, so she has gotten small sponsorship things, and great discounts from companies like Allied and Kav, by just writing them, and telling her story. She is also doing a couple of races for free as an ambassador, because they want more women doing the longer races, and she just doesn't get tired, and isn't intimidated to race her bike for long periods. I sponsor her with my law firm, so I get a write off for the entry fees, equipment, and pretty much everything she needs.
 
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^ Sounds like a great way to enjoy the sport you love with your family while being competitive enough to keep those juices flowing. The only gravel "racing" I've so far been able to do is 50-100 rider total field (mostly weekend warriors + a handful of fast juniors and slightly older young bucks) local races on the Canadian prairies where I live, but at least I've gotten to explore some hillier and more interesting parts of the mostly flat province where I live.

Bigger, more interesting races (aside from Nepomuk) are at minimum a 7 hour drive away and a country border crossing away, a crossing that Canadians a more reluctant to make these days.

Good luck with the rest of your gravel season and hers too.
 
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I know Canada is huge, and when you say prarie, I think these might be a bit away as they're in Alberta, but I'm interested in the 2nd one for next year (It's the same weekend as Tahoe Trail 100, and we're signed up for that already), because it looks like an incredibly beautiful ride.

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The Range - Gravel Earth Series

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If I cross the border, I might seek asylum...except US attorneys don't hold much value in Canada, at least not civil attorneys, so making a living would be very challenging.

Have a great spring and summer yourself!
 
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ChewbaccaDefense said:
I know Canada is huge, and when you say prarie, I think these might be a bit away as they're in Alberta, but I'm interested in the 2nd one for next year (It's the same weekend as Tahoe Trail 100, and we're signed up for that already), because it looks like an incredibly beautiful ride.

Festivus Gravel - Gravel Earth Series

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The Range - Gravel Earth Series

gravelearthseries.com gravelearthseries.com

If I cross the border, I might seek asylum...except US attorneys don't hold much value in Canada, at least not civil attorneys, so making a living would be very challenging.

Have a great spring and summer yourself!
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Yes, that Range race has popped on my radar before. Opposite end of the prairie for me, but I travel out there every other year or so. Good for the views if nothing else.
 
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Announcer at the finish said that Beers almost getting the biggest win of his career...what an idiot...yeah, I think he would say that Cape Epic would be a much more prestegious win.

EDIT: Weird, the announcer was announcing that the winner was Swenson, but Athlinks has Beers in 1st. I think it has to be a timing mat error or something??
 
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