From Dave…

5:30am Santa Clarita, CA.  Pre-Start.  

This is the morning.  All the training will be tested over the next 48 hours.   It is early here, I just took a shower, and relaxing for a few minutes while the crew gets things together before we go get some breakfast.  All the feeling of anticipation, worry, anxiety, excitement are there, more than ever.  I know I am ready to tackle this beast of a race.  I can’t wait for us to start.  As we are moving around the hotel, and gathering our last minute supplies and making final preparations, the intensity is slowly increasing before the 7:00am start. 

These are my last few minutes to truly relax.  From 7:00am for the next 40-48 hours, the clock will never stop.  Whether riding, eating, stopping to fix something or peeing, the clock is ticking and you are in a rush.  The clock never stops.  And my goal this year is to pretty much never stop either.  Not entirely true, we do have a plan of certain strategic breaks, but by and large, I must be on the bike all the time. 

Team is ready, I am ready, I can’t wait to get things started.  We are going to have a great time out in the California desert.  I can’t wait for the climbs, I think I’m ready for them, and the descents down the mountains, well, they are pretty scary with the high winds and often dark of night, but they are exciting and fun too.  Especially when you get to the bottom in one piece.

 That’s the last you’ll hear from me till this adventure is complete.  Other posts will be by my crew, Steve and Willy, or my wife, Tamara.

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