{"id":18066,"date":"2015-01-03T10:40:05","date_gmt":"2015-01-03T15:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/?p=18066"},"modified":"2015-01-03T10:40:05","modified_gmt":"2015-01-03T15:40:05","slug":"2014-lumberjack-100-no-or-not-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2015\/01\/03\/2014-lumberjack-100-no-or-not-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 Lumberjack 100: No, or Not Yet…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Just over an hour from now\u00a0registration will open for\u00a0Lumberjack 100<\/a>. This is one of my favorite races; 100 miles of beautiful northern Michigan trails at the beginning of summer. However, this is the first time in three years that I won’t be signing up today.<\/p>\n

This race usually sells out quickly so last year I\u00a0signed up the day registration opened, but right around the time I was to start the training plan for it<\/a>\u00a0I decided that I didn’t want to do it. I couldn’t face a third year of\u00a0rigorously following a strict\u00a0schedule of when and how to ride, so I sold my entry. I kept roughly following the long ride weekends of the training plan\u2020 because I liked how all the riding made me feel, but without\u00a0the sense of obligation or goal.<\/p>\n

My plan for the Lumberjack 100 weekend was instead to head up to the race, hang out, volunteer, and do a bunch of riding on my own in the area, with one lap mid-race to help out. Instead something clicked, I had a great spring without pressure, and when a couple weeks before the race a friend offered me an entry at a great price, I accepted.\u00a0Not only did I finish the race, but I beat my previous time by more than an hour.<\/a><\/p>\n

Good luck to everyone registering today — it’s a great event — but I once again don’t want the pressure. So, what happened last year will be\u00a0my plan… Ride my bike, have fun, reserve a cabin in the area, and if\u00a0closer to race day it sounds like I’m wanting to do the race, I’ll get a transfer and do it. If not, it’ll be a fun weekend of hanging out at one of the best races in Michigan.<\/p>\n

\u2020 I’d been using the LW Coaching\u00a0100 Mile Mountain Bike Race – Finisher Plan<\/em><\/a>\u00a0which is comprised of shorter rides Tuesday – Thursday and then longer rides on Saturday and Sunday. I highly recommend this plan to anyone considering\u00a0a 100 mile race, particularly Lumberjack 100. It does a great job of building lots of\u00a0endurance. The most impressive thing I found about it was, post-training plan, the ability to go out on a five or six hour ride just for fun without it seeming like a serious, insurmountable effort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just over an hour from now\u00a0registration will open for\u00a0Lumberjack 100. This is one of my favorite races; 100 miles of beautiful northern Michigan trails at…<\/p>\n

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