and thankfully another one finished. 322.8 miles (race miles...no idea how many we actually rode) in 33 hours and 11 minutes. absolutely brutal. never felt worse during a transiowa than i did from miles 30-50, which is a horrible way to start a 300+ mile race. took a video camera this year instead of stills so working on patching the videos together. not very high quality but more of a scrapbook for me anyway. might do a full write-up like i have in the past but struggling with motivation. after spending such an extended amount of time swinging like a pendulum between despair and elation its hard to feel normal emotions or to stay focused on anything. body feels pretty good. some numbness in the hands and might have done something to my achilles but we'll see in a few days. hopefully have something left in the legs for the time trials this weekend.
THANK YOU!!! barely seems to cut it, but that's all i've got right now. the lincoln/omaha crew are some of the best people you'll ever be lucky enough to meet. the friendship, support, hotel room floor, determination, riding ability...these men and women have this stuff down. congrats to the first ever women's finisher and last minute roommate janna vavra, also to the man of the weekend and overall winner dennis grelk, and most importantly to cornbread for continuing to roll to the end through diversity and to my fellow single speed champion aaron gammel. couldn't have done it without you guys.
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Way to persevere brother!
Congrats Ben ! Hope when you deflate a little you can do a right up and the Vids
Ben, congrats on another finish. You are awesome. Those Lincolnites are the real deal. They've been there since Day One of Trans Iowa and have been a huge reason I keep motivated to keep T.I. keepin on, as you are.
Hope you have a great rest of 2011, and maybe we'll run into each other again somewhere.
Thanks again for coming to Trans Iowa.
Yo Shockey! Great riding with ya, man. It was a pleasure to crush gravel with ya. Thanks for keeping Aaron and I company. I feel like we've been through a war together...I'm already looking forward to next year!
Nice work Shockey. It was good to get to ride with you for at least a little while.
YO !!!!! Thanks a ton man!! Been a week and I still am on cloud nine. Thanks for not leaving me in the ditch in North English! That was my lowest of the whole race. You keeping it postive helped more than ya know. Congrats on another finish!! Single Speed Forever!! I will see ya in Almonzo buddy.
Congratulations Ben. We must meet in Decorah for food and drink.
Ari
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