weekend update

this weekend i flipped all the races and figured i needed to ride a 100 miles at one shot since im getting ready to race a 100 miles in the mohican 100. so i headed out sat morning with the idea to ride as far as i could then turn around and try to get home. i ended up in danville via some pretty cool trails and roads i actually found some of the markings from last years race. i rode on some roads that made me fear for my well being with 25 percent grades and trailers that were more than likely junkyards or meth labs to jumpy to actually take pictures of them. when i got to brinkhaven there was a bathroom that had this nice little spider on the wall ready to pounce on who ever came to close. this was actually right at the bridge of dreams the longest covered bridge in ohio. then today (sunday)i went to mohican knowing there was no way i could actually do an mtb race at the knob. 5 miles in my stans let me down so a quik trip back to the car to put a tube in and i was off after being questioned by some newbies on the trail. im not real sure how to tell someone in a nice way you are in over your head i tried but i dont think they took me real serious they were wearing full length pants and t-shirts. they left right before me so i caught them pretty quick and they were not looking very strong but what do you do. so after i finished my ride three hours later they still were not back at the trail head. well i hope they made it back there was other people on the trail so i dont feel to bad about leaving but spooked enough to mention it. so i had a pretty good weekend of riding even though i did not race im actually starting to question the whole racing thing here in ohio it seems to be going backwards with very little pay outs increased entry fees and with out any kind of financial support it makes it real hard to keep doing it for the fun of racing when you can go have weekend like i did and it cost less then one entry fee and was a whole lot more enjoyable then going around in circles.