SHIFTLESS!!

Shiftless! This is my team name for the 24 Hour in the Old Pueblo. Yes, the race is months way, but this race fills up every year. Solo categories closed in a little over three weeks this year. crazy, but then again this race is a little carnival like.
I am officially acknowledging that it is wrong to say you will never do something, as my choice in teammates demonstrates. When I started doing these 24 hour events years ago I said I would never race on a team with a guy, or with guys. Of course I have signed up to race co-ed duo this year with one of the few guys I would ever consider competing with - Marc Basiliere. My Big Wheel Racing teammate Jeff Hemperly, or El Freako as he's known, also is a guy I would race with. Marc has raced Old Pueblo for years as a duo, with both guys and gals, so I'm totally relying on his expertice on the best approach. I watched Marc throw down ten laps at Old Pueblo two years ago when his duo partner blew his knee out before the first 12 hours elapsed. And he did so without a complaint or gripe, he just stepped up and kept at it. Now that's the kind of teammate anyone would want.
Now, I have no idea why I agreed to race duo with one of the faster guys I know. Maybe it is some perverse need to punish myself. Maybe it is because I thrive in stressful situations. Whatever the reason, it means I'll be in the gym lifting and I'll be riding as much as I can from now until the race is over. Regardless, it's time to go ride. See you all out there.