12 hours of METRO picture from the event photographer. 

12 Hours of METRO Recap

Sarah, Melissa, Kraig and I left for Franklin, Wi. Friday Around 7am so Kraig and I could get a preride in. It was about a 6 hour drive and we dropped Sarah and Melissa off at the Holiday Inn Express and headed over to Crystal Ridge Ski Area. The course was identical to last year except for a short climb at the top. Having been able to get more riding in the past couple weeks I was looking forward to a better performance. I started out in 3rd and rode at my pace without taking any breaks except for stopping for e-caps, etc. By lap 5 I had taken the lead and continued to lead through lap 11. At the start of lap 12 I was getting tired and made the mistake of sitting down. The guy in second came by and it took me too long to get going and I couldnt catch him. I did 2 more laps for a total of 14 laps and 60 something miles. I took 2nd in the Solo SS class and was happy with my performance. I'm getting better each race. My next race looks to be the Stump Farm 12 hour WEMS race June 11th.

Beware of the monkies! 

12 Hours of Sugar Creek Recap.

Kraig and I left around 11am on Friday and headed directly to the race site in Ferryville, Wi. We planned on meeting Jeff Kerkove at 3:00 and pre-ride the course. It was a great course even though there was a 1 mile long climb at the start of each lap. Each lap consisted of 730 feet of climbing and was about 4.5 miles long. After the pre-ride Kraig, Jeff and I headed for Onalaska and checked in to the hotel. Then we went out to eat and got some race day groceries. Jeff helped Kraig with his nutrition and race day diet. (I want to publicly apologize to Jeff for Kraig talking his ear off) The Holiday Inn Express was fine except that we got a smoking room which smelled! Race day started with breakfast at Perkins and then off to the race site. There were 4 entrants in the 12 Hour Solo SS class. Kraig and I rode together for most of the day in 2nd and 3rd place. The guy in 4th had some mechanical issues and was off to a slow start. Later in the day he caught and passed us. Kraig and I continued to ride together through 11 hours talking about how the race might end. While talking we decided that since he had never made the podium in a race before and I had helped him build his SS a couple weeks earlier that it would be cool if he got 3rd place. So after 9 laps I stopped and he did 10 laps for 3rd place. He had 2 flats during the day otherwise his SS was great. My day went as expected - I rode fine through 5 laps or so and then had to take more and longer breaks. Now that New-Mart is up and going I'm looking forward to the 12 hours of Metro. I plan on getting alot of riding in from now until then as well as doing the Thursday night series at Buck Hill.