Lots of catching up to do....

Once again,my lack of post aren't reflecting a lack of stuff to talk about.Not sure why I've been neglecting my blog as of late.One reason may be because I've become addicted to facebook.Really easy to keep friends up to date on stuff I've been doing.Even better is that I can typically keep them up to date in one sentence or less LOL

Anyway.....guess I'll start way back at the last of April/first of May and the cohutta 100.As I had mentioned in my last post I had hopes/illusions of grandeur of finishing in 9;30 hours or at the very worst under 10 hours.didn't happen.I did beat last years time by 15 minutes or so but still bonked hard at the end.I did manage to "last" a bit longer than last year.Instead of bonking 70 miles in I felt good up until around 85 miles or so.Just can't get my nutrition dialed in I guess.To this day the cohutta is the toughest thing I've ever done.


Me at the finish.Have never been so happy(well since last year anyway) to be off my $%^&#@ bike


Next up was the fort yargo 12 hour race.Really wasn't sure how this was going to go seeing since it was scheduled for the following week end.Long story short.My legs and me felt awesome.It rained like a mofo.I finished 4th.I really feel like if it wouldn't have rained I would have been top 3.The rain made the course treacherous(to say the least)Between chain suck and the absolute wrong tires it was taking me forever to do a lap.Wish I would have been keeping up with my standings.In the end I was only 10 minutes out of 3rd place.

Me all finished up.Muddy mess to say the least.



Next up was the Georgia state single speed championship race.Hadn't really planned on doing this race but seeing since I had nothing else scheduled and have never raced this race(always had something else on the schedule) I decided to give it a shot and make the drive up to Athens.

I hadn't ridden my single speed in close to a year and have all forgotten how tough it is to acclimate yourself to only one gear.I took it for a ride the Wednesday prior to the race and couldn't believe how much stuff I had to walk.
Long story short is ..sprint races are hard as hell.Heart felt like it was about to explode for an hour straight.There are very few times you can recover while riding a single speed,especially at a place like hawks creek.I did start to feel better after the first lap and settled into a groove of sorts.Stayed in 2nd place most of the race and just couldn't close the gap.Finished 2nd.



Zoegetics update.Been involved for close to 6 months now.Have been learning more about people than anything else.I've come to the conclusion that it's not network marketing that deserves the bad rap but the people that get involved.It's amazing how close the gym business and network marketing resembles each other.What I've noticed both in the gym business AND zoegetics is how little dedication people have in either.They'll pay to join the gym/zoegetics give it a 'try" for a few weeks not get instant gratification and QUIT !!I really don't know how most people even make it through life with such attitudes.

Anyway...I'm still making it work for me and as excited about the possibilities as I was in the beginning.The only way not to make network marketing work for you is by quitting.

Mark Duffus