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A photo-light post. My camera batteries died and for some reason Scott's camera is kaput too.

We've settled into a lovely weekend routine since New Year's. Friday night we rode fixies to the climbing gym. Scott kind of glides up the wall all smooth and unconcerned. I look more like a fish trying to get out of a mudflat. flop flop gasp for air flop flop. On the upside, my hand remained on the belay when that catchy, pop syrupy sweet, Beyonce song was played. The one that contains the imperative to 'put your hands up!'.

Saturday was the Rio Bravo Rumble, a local off road biathlon. We talked about doing this as a team but couldn't decide who had to run the 10k and who got to ride the 16 miles on the Walt. The Walt (proper noun), is Scott's luuurveeely custom single speed with 29" wheels.

We both wanted to ride, neither really wanted to run. The only sensible solution was for both of us to do the full race. Pre-race smiles. And, check out the race gear.... It is mid January and I raced shorts and jersey. It's not going to be this warm in Vancouver until May!

I got the Walt :) I drank the kool-aid.
The 10k run hurt. It was in the foothills east of Bako and the hills aren't super long, but they can be steep. I survived the run only by walking the really steep hill and making airplane noises with my arms extended on the downhills. The bikes all lined up in the transition zone was a welcome sight. The ride was great fun and hard work. My calves started cramping and I wondered if I was going to finish the race. The first bit of hike-a-bike was excruciating pain in the calves and achilles. The rest of the ride was pretty good and the pain subsided a bit. There was some funky off camber "single track" (really a cow trail heavily pockmarked by cow prints) but in general the course was fast and fun. The Walt eats other cyclists. I swear. I think riding singlespeed made me faster then if I had raced a geared bike.

My husband is faster then me, so he had beer waiting when I finished! That and he had already cleaner up all my gear from the transition zone.

I stole this post-race picture from Scott's facebook. I really like that pint glasses were the swag for 1-3rd place. That and a nice 2.3 tire for my Enduro that should be good fun for the North Shore. Unfortunately, the pint glass wasn't presented pre-filled with beer.

My first singlespeed race. Just might try it again this weekend