Bill's Blog (Web Log)
More Muscle Cramp Theories
Submitted by Bill on Wed, 01/07/2009 - 3:34pmJoe Friel has posted a blog on more theories on cramps. The reason that this blog perked my interest is that I think they are onto something
Devils Slide New Date
Submitted by Bill on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 9:32am
It is unfortunate that race promoters can not stick to a classic date for their events. What happens when they keep moving their event date is that they will many times conflict with other races. Last year the Devils Slide conflicted with the Rockey Mountain Robeux and now this year the promoters Twin Rivers Cyclists will be in conflict with the Grizzley Man Adventure Race.
Tentatively we have scheduled Devil's Slide for the 19th of April. That's a Sunday as usual. We understand there are some conflicting events in Eastern Washington that day and will discuss at the next board meeting in January. Likely the date will stay unchanged. I think we may have already anticipated other conflicts and that day works best for us. We don't have this firmed up with USA cycling yet, though.
Butte 100 Is Official
Submitted by Bill on Sun, 01/04/2009 - 5:51pm
(From Gina Evans):
HI to Everyone! It is now 2009 and the 3rd Annual BUTTE 100 (Pretty Cool we are at 3) will be August 1. Most of you woke up to negative numbers. Butte -18. The snow will allow us to have trails open-but negative numbers that is just plain wrong.
Time to put Butte on your schedule for the Butte 100. Jerseys will be back along with a 100 mile loop that will test just about every skill you own!
The course will be on www.tripleringprod.com soon! We will begin to update the site in the next few weeks.
50 mile option- of course!
We at Triple Ring Productions appreciate all of you who have participated in the Butte 100 the past couple of years! Your passion for endurance racing allows us to keep this event going!
Gina Evans Event Coordinator -- Butte 100
Stranded in the Right Place
Submitted by Bill on Mon, 12/29/2008 - 8:13am
The journey started about two days ago and I have never made it to where ever I was going. I sit here in Billings Montana at my uncles house where I have been sacked out for the last two days. I am unable to leave Billings because my car has stranded me here but things could be worse since I have family that is fun to be with. I am thankful that I am not in some remote little town held up in a motel.
This trip is going to cost me for a long time but in the beginning I did not plan it this way. Last Friday at work I notified my boss that I was done with a project and that I would take a couple days off to go to Lambert Montana to relax and recover from a hard year of trials and tribulations.
Friday night I couldn't sleep and I was excited to be finally going on one last journey for the year. I was up planning out my trip on Google calendar in the wee hours of Saturday morning. Again I tried sleep, again I would get up and start messing around with getting ready. Finally I just got up and started packing.
Around 9 in the morning I was finally packing the car with all my supplies that I gathered together for the trip. I finally locked the door behind me and was on my way but before leaving town I stopped at the City Brew to load up on scones and coffe.
The roads were not that bad and I made great time. I stopped by friends and family along the way. Then it happened my journey ended at around 7:30 PM Saturday afternoon in Custer Montana. My car