Mark Buell's Blog (2)

Going into the race, I was excited that I had been having some good training rides and this would be by my first time testing myself in the expert division. The age group categories were 35-44, and 45-54…I am actually 44 and didn’t fully understand that I would be racing in the 45-54 as my birthday is later this year…I’m babbling…let’s get to the race.

Fortunately, I was able to…

Just heard about this race “Old Caz Grasshopper” from Jim a few weeks ago. I was psyched for the race because I knew two buddies doing the race (Mark I, Greg), the website indicated beer at the finish line, and I was riding my bike really well.

As race day approached, I got a decent sinus infection that kept me off the bike for 10 days or so outside of a ride with my little 7-year old Luke. The sinus infection never got too bad and I wondered maybe this will just leave me well rested…