challenge

So my history with the Cowbell Challenge is unfortunately quite short. I’ve been looking at getting into various kinds of endurance racing for the past two years or so, but the “if I only had time”s have gotten the best of me. My girlfriend as I finally signed on for a sprint adventure race in Macon, GA called the GEICO Ocmulgee Adventure Race (GOAR). We registered early and have been training four to five times a week trail running, biking, and a little paddling as well. But the race isn’t until July and I was itching to compete. So I scoured the internet looking for a race that fit in the one or two weekends I was free and found Cowbell about a week and a half ago.

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Hello Everyone,

My name is Daniel Grillo. I feel like I've been starting a lot of corrrespondences like that recently seeing as I'm a 21 year old college student. But then again, a blog reader is a bit different than a potential employer, professor, or financial aid officer, all of whom need that down and dirty introduction with no dead air between "hello" and "my name is." The reality, though, is that I'm just as nervous with my Yourmtb.com endeavors as I would be with the afore mentioned pillars of a twenty-something's existence. This is, you see, my first blog...it also happens to be about my first endurance race...which also happens to be my first bike race. I know, I know, who accepted this guy as a blogger, right? Hopefully my rookie status will only elicit more comments/feedback rather than scare it away. Anyway, I'll be back shortly with some thoughts on how I got involved, training, etc. Looking forward to Saturday...