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The day ended as well as the trip began, 5th overall and I couldn't have been happier. When I left Madison we had a foot of snow on the ground and I hadn't ridden outside since November of the previous year, so to make my first ride outside a pro tour event and go 5th.....delighted. Course is rough as a cobb and beat the ever lovin shit out of me. I normally can finish a 12 hour race, pack the truck and drive home, but at the end of this 6.5 hour event all I could do was lay on the ground until my support crew got me to the awards.
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Head starting to hang low, this is my goal for 2011 head up even when I'm dying.
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Huge thanks to my cousin and support crew Jay Herman, a multiple Ironman finisher he knew the suffering I was going through during the race and was able to keep me going all day. He was also the best chance I had of being able to get my dumb ass 12 hours back home. We managed to squeeze in a little tan time before the race
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The day before was fun and easy, how quickly that changed when the gun went off.
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