Another great weekend in Lawrence, Kansas at the Grinder Nationals 100 miler. The race started out a little chilly, but nothing compared to last year, where is was probably the coldest ever race I have done (around 17 degrees at the start). We had a long neutral rollout on the levee. I was worried once we hit the hills the races would go full gas. Luckily everyone wanted to just keep it steady for many miles. Right after the first checkpoint, before 30 miles, we all took a nature break. The group picked up a few guys that were close behind. Once we got going again, still no big attacks up front. I kept right off the front pack as long as I could, but soon I was in the second pack. Nate Arnold worked with me for many miles. We could see the lead pack and my goal was to keep them in sight as long as I could. The other guy (Doug Steele) in my age group was behind, but I knew we had to keep pushing the pace. Once again the lead group decided to take a nature break and that was our chance to regroup with them. When we got going again, attacks started to happen. I was in the chase group with Louie Amelburu from Las Vegas and Carson Harrington from Tennessee. We worked together for a few miles when Nate Arnold caught back up to us. All of us worked well keeping the pace steady until the finish. I was happy to make the top 10 again and also win my age group. Kellar also got to help out with the awards again. She got a sweet backpack for helping. I was lucky enough to win a Lauf fork. Excited to get it mounted on the Boone.
On the drive home the weirdest thing happened. A bird (a very large one) hit my rear wheel, just destroying it. It hit so hard that it shook the car. Hopefully there won't be any damage to the frame. I have a new set of wheels that I will be using now for Iowa Wind and Rock.
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