Big Bear Weekend Is Upon Us

The 24 Hours of Big Bear weekend is here, and as usual, I can't focus on a thing today. It turns out that the tireless efforts of a longtime 24 hour race teammate, I find myself riding with a team again this weekend. This year it will be Rides With Scissors - "defining a state of mind" according to the team captain (as opposed to Riding With Scissors, our previous team name, which defines and "action"). Nevertheless, I am ready to hit that sweet singletrack.

The truck is loaded and the bikes are on the racks ready for the four hour drive to the mountain state. Hopefully the showers and storms in the forecast for this evening and tonight will miss the venue, or if they do hit, may they be minimal. The rest of the weekend looks to be perfect, with warm sunny days and clear cool nights. I hope to make a couple of posts during the race, to give a rider's perspective in semi-real time. Hopefully, anything I write will make some sort of sense. If not, oh well, it will be a telling experiment in exercising one's cognitive skills under duress. Let the fun begin.