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2013 Utah Half Race Report: There Will Be Blood 26 Aug 2013 | 11:49 pm
Prologue This story has its beginnings just over three weeks ago. The Swimmer — whom many of you will remember from The Turkey Tri and last year’s Utah Half Race Report – had accompanied a friend on ...
Free Verse Friday: The Future 16 Aug 2013 | 07:11 pm
A Note from Fatty: I will be traveling for work all next week, and won’t have time to write this blog. I’ll be back August 26. ‘Til then, just remember: You’re my very favorite reader of all time. T....
2013 Leadville 100 Race Report, Part 3: Life-Changing vs…Something Else 14 Aug 2013 | 05:40 pm
The Hammer and I went out for a ride yesterday evening. Our first since finishing the Leadville 100 last Saturday. As we rode up Hog Hollow — our gateway to Corner Canyon — The Hammer remarked, “I did...
2013 Leadville 100 Race Report, Part 2: People 13 Aug 2013 | 05:20 pm
Over the course of twenty years, how many people have ridden in the Leadville 100? And how many miles have they ridden, preparing for this race? How many pedal strokes have been devoted to achieving a...
2013 Leadville 100 Race Report: Preamble 12 Aug 2013 | 09:26 pm
I wasn’t sure what I’d write for my Leadville 100 race report this year. I mean, this was my 17th start — and sixteenth finish — of the race. The race wound up being incredibly drama-free for me: the ...
Track the Hammer and Me Live 10 Aug 2013 | 04:30 pm
If you want to track The Hammer and me in real time during this race, I am number 283. The Hammer is racer 595. You can click here to find us. Hint: Search on “Nelson” to see both of our statuses on...
Breakfast before Leadville 10 Aug 2013 | 04:04 pm
Breakfast before Leadville Originally uploaded by Fat Cyclist. Breakfast on race day is too important to leave up to the random cereal and donuts we’d get from the hotel. So we brought a hot plate ...
The Terror What Lurked Outside My Hotel Room 9 Aug 2013 | 05:29 pm
The Delaware Hotel — where I stay every year when doing the Leadville 100 — is a very old hotel, populated with ghosts and some very strange antiques. This is what is outside my room: So now at leas...
Seeing Singletrack High 9 Aug 2013 | 08:18 am
Seeing Singletrack High Originally uploaded by Fat Cyclist. The Hammer, Austin (of NICA) and me, hanging out with kids from the Leadville High School MTB team, before watching a screening of Singlet...
Doug (Way Upstate) is ready to race 9 Aug 2013 | 01:16 am
Doug (Way Upstate) is ready to race Originally uploaded by Fat Cyclist. The Hammer and I just had lunch with Doug and his family. The dude is looking really fit and fast!
