How insane ideas are spawned

Ok, I have slacked on my racing updates - I will just say things are great! Did the Whiskey 50 with exTour De France Floyd Landis winner (and was only 1hr 50min behind) and Gallup's Dawn to Dusk with Travis Brown (only 4 laps shorter ;)~

But here is something I really want to share with the 2 people who read my site. There are friends that encourage us to, as some people refer to it, achieve our very best. My friends however, continually desire to encourage us to achieve (or at least attempt) the insane - and I love them for it. What follows is a series of communications between said friends on the topic of the Tahoe Sierra 100 http://globalbiorhythmevents.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19&Itemid=32t (best read in a Spinal Tap frame of mind):

CRASH: just b/c I know: saying i'm into doing 100m and actually riding a 100m can be two completely different things, does anyone have any good training advice (besided ride a lot between now and then)?

ROGER: To be absolutely sure of nailing it. I think you should be looking to put in a couple of 200 mile offroad rides before the end of May. Then ramp it up. The real event will then feel like a stroll in the park.More seriously, no I don't know the golden rules for training for this. I 'd like to think I'll have an eight hour ride or two in the legs before race day. Whether I will is another matter. I also read somewhere not to neglect the value of long boring hours on the tarmac. Doesn't beat you up so much, but does condition the legs to turning for ridiculous lengths of time. If come August I can't ride 50 miles off road and still feel like I could service the female needs of the Bay Area, then you won't be seeing me anywhere except the bar to wish you well.Bottom line. Be prepared for all sorts of anti-bike invective from unhappy wives.

BANDITO: This is what I heard. If any of us are to have a realistic chance of doing this and having fun while doing it, wait just doing it and finishing. I heard we need 4-6years of base miles equivalent to a pro, coupled with a drug of choice. Now if you want to be competitive it helps to have been a winner of the Tour at some point in your career. Now since none of us qualify under these 2 simple qualification (except for maybe when we all are well on our way through our 3rd pitcher of beer) we may have to go back to the drawing board. This means I think Graham said it best, "be prepared for all sorts of anti-bike invective from unhappy wives". Now at the moment I may have this to my advantage considering wife is off to Nepal for a month while I stay home with the kids and pay her bills so the way I see it is she will owe me about 500 hours of uninterrupted training time! EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF!

Crash: funny, my wife is more than happy to see me go - i'm pretty sure it's b/c of my award winning personality and not b/c she heard that death was a potential outcome for this event...

Bandito: Wait death is a potential outcome!! That is awesome, I may actually have the potential to stare death in the face and weep like a child, what could be more manly.

Roger: That the bandit never considered death an option until now is informative. It remains right up there at position numero uno in my list of likely outcomes.

stay tuned for more...