![]() ![]() Without the advice and mental support from Mario, Iwould have gone in to the race blind. He also scheduled himself to bethere to assist me. He gave me guidelines for my physicaland mental preparation for the week before the race and a nutritional guideand support crew info for during the race. Mario is an incrediblemountain biker and a highly achieved endurance rider, as well as my friend.So when I called him frantically asking how I should be preparing for thisrace, he quickly began coaching me. That's when "Super" Mario Correa came in handy. Could I keep myself motivated to continueriding the same brutal course lap after lap, so many times? I was not even worried about staying awake the entire time. I was not so muchconcerned with my physical ability to complete the race since I've completedmany 24 hour adventure races consisting of mountain biking, kayaking, andtrekking. The competitor can rest andsleep whenever she wants, but the time does not stop.īeing that it was my first 24 hour race, I was not sure what to expect.About a week and half out, I really had no plan. I'm relatively new to theendurance mountain bike scene, but I've heard of many of these races inwhich a competitor rides around a set course of about 5-10 miles and the onewho completes the most laps in 24 hours wins. So why did I do a solo 24 hour mountain bike race? Well, I know it'scliché, but I did it just to see if I could. Can you imagine that? Sitting on your couchwatching TV for all those hours with no sleep? How about walking your dogaround a park for 24 hours non-stop? What about sitting at your computersurfing the net for 1,440 sleepless minutes? It's hard to imagine doing anyone thing for one entire day and night. ![]() Mention that you are doing the 24 hours of OC and most people would thinkyou are going to sit on your couch and watch back-to-back-to-back episodesof The OC for 24 hours. ![]()
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