I woke up on Saturday morning with the hair brained idea that I would go ride the Santa Fe Big Friggin loop. What was I thinking? NO training and riding only on weekends with the occasional week day after work ride.
It all started out pretty good. They had an option B to skip the ascent of Atalaya and hook up back on course along the Dale Ball's below it. So I took it,of course,being the out of shape dude.. I ended up in the lead ahead of everyone for the first 2 and a half hours. Then around The Borrego intersection Jens rode by me and 20 minutes later Isaac was there,laughing at me for skipping Atalaya and taking the B option.
It all started out pretty good. They had an option B to skip the ascent of Atalaya and hook up back on course along the Dale Ball's below it. So I took it,of course,being the out of shape dude.. I ended up in the lead ahead of everyone for the first 2 and a half hours. Then around The Borrego intersection Jens rode by me and 20 minutes later Isaac was there,laughing at me for skipping Atalaya and taking the B option.
Jens and Lenny leading the way with Isaac ,no handing it, giving me a shout out.Jens was the first to finish with Isaac on single speed not far behind finishing 2nd.
Last years SFBFL champs Dominic and Brent at the start.I spy a few heavy hitters/celebraties in this photo.But, I'm one not to name drop...
Isaac had a great ride and toasted the field on his single speed.
At the Top of Ski Santa Fe , I knew I had nothing left after 5 hours in the saddle and my back started to act up from the heavy pack .So I headed on home for some lunch and a beer at 2nd Street.
Always love the view from the top. I even ran into this guy , Chris ,before he carried on with the race heading down to rio en medio trail.
on the positive side it was a good training ride for the Taos Double Boundary
