Addison 6 hour

The 6 hours of Addison was my 214th bike race, if you're keeping track, and on the "race duration list" it ranked just 9th longest of all time.

Robert's all time race duration list
Rank - Time - Event
1 - 24:55 - 2005 Boyne 24 Hour
2 - 08:24 - 1998 Leadville 100
3 - 08:22 - 1997 Leadville 100
4 - 08:15 - 2003 Leadville 100
5 - 08:12 - 2002 Leadville 100
6 - 08:11 - 1999 Leadville 100
7 - 08:03 - 2006 Lumberjack 100
8 - 07:34 - 2007 Lumberjack 100
9 - 06:14 - 2008 Addison 6 Hour

Race was pretty fun and weather cooperated perfectly. I'll confess that I did start off the race with my low back bugging me. Bah! The back has been really good lately so this was a bit of an annoyance. Jan Mack set me up with a handful of ibuprofen to start lap 3 and maybe that stuff works as mid race the back was feeling better. At the end it was 82 miles in 6:14 for me. I was about 10 min back of the G-Man, 12 min behind the Clikeman, and about 16 min off the Dolppinator, the guys I might normally finish with. Guess that's confirmation that the fitness and low back still have a couple percentage points of improvement left to go. Tanguy? I guesstimate he finished his 12th lap about 45 min ahead of me... Wow!!

Riding

Well, I'm about 4 weeks back to riding more typical miles (for me). I averaged 39 miles a day over the last 31 days (1209 miles). That makes me happy.  :-)