A HARD RACE IS GOOD TO FIND
WELL, I WENT AND DID IT. I signed up for the Belgian Waffle Ride. I now have 6 months to figure out how to race a gravel bike for 8 hours over 130 miles and 11,000' of vert ...
... my palms are sweating.
There is so much power to found in a hard race.
1 Deadline X Insane Challenges X Massive Distance = Become Better
BWR has a reputation of humiliating the toughest racers.
The Waffle version.
I did the Wafer in Utah last year. Had a blast. Finished 5th overall, but the promoter doesn't care about the Wafer. Rightly so. It's about half the distance, with the hardest features missing...
... he knows forcing us to our limits will give us the biggest rewards.
Why am I doing the Waffle version?
- For the challenge
- To find out what's possible
- To bump gloves with my fellow soul riders
I say Soul Riders because only a handful harbor any fantasies about winning...
... the rest of us are in for the adventure.
131.7-miles / 212-Kilometers
~11,000 feet of climbing
10 categorized climbs
Steepest grade of 23%
19 off-road sectors / 50-miles worth
3 KOM Sectors
3 KOS Sectors
3 KOD Sectors
9 Feed Zones
Water crossings
Yeah, it'll be kinda hard.
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Have you started to fill out your Giant RaceDay Calendar™...
... which has the week starting on Monday, and Saturday and Sunday at end of week because that's how racers view their weeks.
You know we can make these in your team colors, just go here.
The calendar ships free.
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