Archive for April, 2008
When Regular Bonking Isn’t Enough.
Apr 14th 2008martyracing & skills
Bonking, if you’re not familiar with the word, is when you ride so hard or long that your body’s glycogen stores are depleted, leading to debilitating physical sensations such as dizziness, fatigue, mental fog and riding really, really slowly. Hallucinations containing talking Ding Dongs or other snack foods are also known to occur, and your bike’s weight will suddenly increase by thirty pounds.
The Euros call it the “hunger knock,” which sounds way too polite for the “hunger battering ram” that I’ve experienced.
But I’m actually jealous of what pro racer Adam Craig calls the “eye bonk” – where you ride so fast that your mind “simply can’t process any more awesome trail in front of you.” Well, there’s a nifty problem to have. I think I’ve gotten close to that, but then I simply restock my eye’s hard drive with some oxygen-deprived slow riding, and all is well.
Good News!
Apr 10th 2008martyTrails & advocacy & travel
Thanks to all of you who sent comments about the possible closure of the Colorado Trail in Durango… it may have done the trick. And thanks to Travis Brown’s wife Mary Monroe, who is heading up Trails 2000, the advocacy group down there. Here’s the current state of affairs.
Impatience.
Is anyone else getting fidgety, wanting to get into the woods? This probably won’t help, but go here and click on TEASER.
