i first raced solitude back in 1992

this course has been around awhile, first time i did it was 14 years ago, since then i have been fast, and won, been fat and slow and got last, one year i broke my finger, and the last 2 years i have only been here to spectate. but saturday i will be hammering as fast as possible to test out my fitness and dh skills one more time.

solitude is the best course on the ICUP circuit. fast flowing 1 track with good middle chain ring climbing. i went up there tonight and was practicing my dh lines. if you can rip the dh this is your course. good downhillers can make up or gain 2 mins a lap on normal guys each lap. hopefully i wont need to pass too many, they screw up my flow and i dont like eating dust. so i guess i should climb faster and then not worry about passing anyone. i did 2 laps and was going to leave then i find slowran with the 22 lb rush claimin he has 500 watts. so i did a lap with him and worked him over. that must mean i have 600 watts. i found some deer, some snow and alot of racers getting ready to shred saturday morning. i like the course i race it mostly every year and its because its the best 1 track race course in the state.



heres the last patch of snow at 9000 feet on the mtn. its not very big.

















here is slowran "Oh dude, my tires got 50 lbs in them, oh dude i gotta let some air out"
he really needed to stop and catch his breath.
















this thing was like 20 feet away but it looks farther.