Yikes! It’s tomorrow! Ice Bike 2008
Actually, I though I might have missed it already, but when I checked this morning, there it was, and I still had time to register. Well, motivation is a little low as it’s -25, but very sunny, so I went over to Woodcock and signed up. Apparently, I was too late to get the collector item T-Shirt, but hey, that’s the price of procrastination. After signing up, I figured I better be a little riding to get ready, after all the last time was on a bike was November 2007.
After rounding up all the cold weather gear I headed out the The Forks to check out this years course. The Abominable is much shorter this year at 3 laps and 12km vs. the previous years distance of 20km. Most of the course was ready and marked so I took a test lap. It will be a very fast race this year as there are only two difficult sections. One is a steep downhill with a U-Turn at the bottom and a scramble up the hill again. The other stretch is along the river bank that parallels Tache Ave, where you’re riding across the sloping river bank in some loose snow. The rest of the course is hard packed and clear. Oh yeah, there are a could of stair cases to ride down, one is very steep and I’ve never ridden it down yet. After a lap, I took a slow cruise back to the house. Too late to do any training now, so it’s just gut it out on race day.
Should be a good ride tomorrow and a little warmer at -13.