Crested Butte Classic

Back to the bike this weekend. The infamous no entry, no prizes, and no map 100 mile underground race took place on Saturday under sunny skies. Regardless of its low-keyness, this race is held in high regard and considered one of the toughest 100 milers due to the large amount of single track and high altitude. I felt like shit for the first 9 hours, with one superman slip-n-slide crash into a kid pool sized mud puddle and one hard crash into the rocks starting off my day on Deer Creek. Despite nausea and the crashes, i was still passing girls and hanging right behind the leader Katie Erikkson. Things continued to get worse, as my stomach got worse and i had to keep slowing down to avoid puking. My fast transistion put me in the lead going into 403-401, but i was passed as Katie zoomed by, illegally paced by Don Cook, which was a bummer. My final lap on the Dyke trail was a bit demoralizing as Dave Weins had already finished as the men's winner. Off I went, and discovered a big mistake i had made by filling up my hydration pack at a friends hose in town. Turns out the hose was new, and my water only tasted of vinyl chloride. if my nausea could have taken it, my enviro self could not, as I know how deadly the toxin is. I flagged down a passing jeep and begged for some water and dumped mine out. I lost some valuable time, as Katie had just passed me again, but I couldn't go three more hours without drinking. At Irwin, my stomach finally exploded in rejection to the carb/protein drink/food I had been eating all day and i blew chunks several times while still riding! Finally i felt good for the first time all day! I switched to eating just Cliff Blocks, and an hour later, started to feel really great. My legs kicked in after that and i powered up from HorseRanch park and into another headwind down Kebler. I finished in second place, in 11 hours 42 minutes. Some of the organizers wanted to disqualify Katie, so I don't know if I will be officially considered second or first. My boyfriend, Jason, has gotten heat stroke and was a home in a ball, and I was too worried about him to really care.

By the way, one person wrote about which ski areas have closed in Europe due to Glacier recession -
These are the summer resorts I am listing as closed or recently closed:
Solden – Renttenbach and Tiefenbach, Austria
Alp d’Huez, France
Les Diablerets, Switzerland
Alagna, italy
St. Moritz, Switzerland
Verbier, Switzerland
Marmolada, Italy

cheers, and don't forget to ride your bike instead of your car whenever you can to do your part to prevent more global warming.