In 2008 I biked more miles and climbed more feet  than any other year in my life.

About half of my cycling miles were on the tandem with Ann.

In 2008 I did not run any marathons or even half marathons.  My running was lower than any year this decade, I believe.

I completed these events in 2008.

	Event	State	Date	Sport	Distance / Climb	Difficulty
	Mega Monster Enduro	CA	2/8	Cycle	100 mi race
	Training Ride	CA	3/8	Cycle	140 mi/12,800 ft
	Solvang Double	CA	3/29	Cycle	200 mi
	Triple Crown Ride	CA	4/13	Cycle	138 mi/10,300 ft
	Tierra Bella Century	CA	4/19	Cycle	126 mi
	Devil Mountain Double	CA	4/26	Cycle	205 mi/20,000 ft
	Davis Double Century	CA	5/17	Cycle	200 mi
	Sierra to the Sea	CA	6/14-21	Cycle	500 mi/10 days
	Taste of Death Ride	CA	6/28	Cycle	113 mi/12,500 ft
	Ulcer Century	UT	8/9	Cycle	111 mi
	300 Warriors	UT	8/16	Cycle	99 mi/14,778 ft
	Cache Valley Century	UT	8/23	Cycle	200 mi
	Utah Velo Century	UT	8/29	Cycle	100 mi
	EC Training Ride	CA	9/6	Cycle	135 mi/12,800ft
	EC Trial Rides	CA	9/13-14	Cycle	174 mi/18,260ft
	Everest Challenge	CA	9/20-21	Cycle	206 mi/29,030 ft
	Furnace Creek 508	CA	10/4-6	Cycle	508 mi/35,000 ft

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Yikes, what have I done?  I was kind of feeling a bit let down since 2008 was winding to an end.  I did more ultra distance riding this year than any year in the past.  But I was not sure what I wanted to do in 2009.  I was not sure I even wanted to do another double century.  But I couldn’t resist.  Gary F. called me and said he was doing the Death Valley Double and had just signed up.  This event is put on by the same people who put on the Furnace Creek 508 ride and it covers some of the same roads.  I know this event sells out in hours so I had to decide quickly if I was going to do it.  As I said, I could not resist.  I am not quite sure how I am going to get ready during the winter for such a tough ride at the end of February.  Oh my, what have I done?

You can see from these charts that although I have biked a LOT of miles and climbed a lot of feet this year, it has really tapered off with the vacation and such.  I am not sure I can ramp it up until January, which is too close to the event.

Categories: Ultra Cycling Events
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