ICEMAN COMETH CHALLENGE 2011

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ICEMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOW, what a race.
I simply don't know where to begin, and quite frankly, don't know what to say.  To summarise the entire race would be impossible without vivid play by play detail, and that is what I hope to expunged from my flowy literal sense, for at least 47 hundred other fellow ICE Hominids would be a potential reader therefore, IO present you with my very first ICEMAN experience.

It literally started quite some time ago, about last year during this time as I was almost a new pup on the racing greyhounds, I was hearing l;little bits and pieces from the other riders about this iceman thing and only wondered just what was all the fanfare about anyway.   Everybody was himming and a hawing about this great mountain bike race in the north, I really had no idea what it could even be like, I don't even ride mountain bike trails, even though I have once or twice before in my life, I just never really had the right bike, and never really "got it" so to speak, it was quite different to my typical road rides, which in stark comparison, seem rather bland and boring really, all that asphalt, all that cement, all those cars!  It is really quite different in many respects, in which , much respect must be given to all of you who mountain bike.  WORD.

So December came around, as did my initiation to the team, and about a week later there was already talk about reserving our rooms in a sweet beach condo right on the bay, it was already far out in my mind.  Like , who would actually take the time to logistically plan out such an event, as to , have the entire team book an entire resort?!  AWEZSOME!  I'm In!  even without a mountain bike, I was just going to try it at least once, just to see what all the fuss was about, and in hindsight, I am really happy I stuck it through.

I was all about this race, and ever will be.

A week later, we continue writing via iPhone via couch.

GARMIN DATA

MAIKERU'S PICTURES

MEGUMI'S PICTURES


SUMMARY
Distance: 29.28 mi
Time: 3:27:22
Avg Pace: 7:04 min/mi
Avg Speed: 8.5 mph
Elevation Gain: 1,258 ft
Calories: 3,374 C
Details
Timing
Time: 3:27:22
Moving Time: 3:08:21
Elapsed Time: 3:27:22
Avg Speed: 8.5 mph
Avg Moving Speed: 9.3 mph
Max Speed: 26.9 mph
Avg Pace: 7:04 min/mi
Avg Moving Pace: 6:26 min/mi
Best Pace: 2:14 min/mi
Speed
Pace
Elevation
Elevation Gain: 1,258 ft
Elevation Loss: 1,360 ft
Heart Rate
Avg HR: 163 bpm
Max HR: 187 bpm

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