October, 2008
Reba on 24 hours of Moab
24 Hours of Moab AKA 24 Hours of Sandblast by Rebecca Rusch
Last weekend marked the 14th annual 24 Hours of Moab event in Utah. This was my fourth visit to this race and each one has been memorable. The desert has a way of dealing out weather extremes that either break people or make them thrive. I headed down to Moab as part of a 25-person posse from my hometown in Ketchum, ID. There were various teams of various abilities and we all set up a giant Idaho camping compound together. The extra company made for some great, late night chats, provided extra people to commiserate with and supplied a vast amount of storytelling about flats, broken bikes, crashes, and bonks.
XC MTB Team Update ...
Another season is over! Since Schladming a good bit has happened.
Lene did some local races in Norway, but has been feeling tired. Slowly but surely her symptoms revealed "shingles", which is essentially a form of Chicken Pox. Doctors orders and Lene was to rest up, which put an end to her season and Roc D'Azur, the season finale.
Liam has been pestered with injuries following his fall in Beijing, but specifically a bad wrist injury, which turned into tendonitis. Liam barely made the start line at Roc D'Azur and in the final hour of racing his wrist gave him a lot of trouble - he still finished! Liam now needs to rest up.
Conrad Stoltz wins the USA XTerra Series for a sixth time
What a weird, weird day by Conrad Stoltz
I finished 8th. 8 minutes down.
In my whole racing career, I have never had legs as amazingly empty in a race, especially after feeling so good in the lead up. I wish I could have posted my Tuesday bike time instead of my race day bike time. Even including the almost BASE jump in the time.