CTR prep

The Colorado Trail Race presented many challenges including: ride time per day on a mtn bike with lots of extra weight/gear, gear choices with weight of gear in mind, caloric intake, sleep deprivation, and weather. To take this race seriously I decided to try to ride 300 miles per week on either my mtn or road bike during the end of May, June and July and also race in some of the longer races that I usually do during my summer of mtn bike racing including: Crested Butte Fat tire 40, Firecracker 50 (singlespeed), and Breckenridge 100 (my 6th time finishing).  I asked other people who have done this race what it takes to do well.  I asked my buddy James Lindenblatt about gear choices including water treatment as I would have to drink the water out of the Colorado streams. I had worked on the night shift for over 7 years in the hospitals in Vail and Greeley so I think (think haaha) I knew what it would take to stay up all night and keep a positive attitude during the race.