China-Loading Before High Cascades 100
Mark V China-loads before a race
Yesterday Mark V raced a 100 miles on his mountain bike. Like his adventure on gravel, his athletic ability is unprocessed and unrefined….organic even. He just shows up at events like this periodically.
The front of the field is no longer in sight, though it’s not like I didn’t already know that I’m not fit enough to hang with them. Long distance isn’t my forte, and I don’t really have that many miles in my legs this year. – from Issue 13, Grand Fondo Leavenworth
Raced complete
Expecting a dream sequence in his 100-mile MTB race report for the next issue of our mag, like Jim Morrison met him on the trail, and insisted he continue. Texting from somewhere in the Oregon outback, I received periodic updates
don’t carbo load before races; I china-load.
my triceps hurt so bad….like I sat in a car for a game of “Punch Bug” w Mike Tyson.
and
13hrs;dunno
At Leavenworth, he blamed his horrible cramping on the lack of Chinese food
But whether Leavenworth is more Bavaria or rural Washington, I am clearly not going to get the type of semi-authentic Chinese food I’m craving.
Good thing he found some in Bend and finished with legs intact.
Issue 15 drops next month with articles about the mountain biking I did during Scott Week too.