WHEN IT DOESN'T GO RIGHT, THEN WHAT?

WHEN THINGS GO SIDEWAYS, and it's not what we planned, had on the agenda, or would wish on our worst enemy...

... then what do we do?

It's easy to advise from the sidelines.

Harder when it's happening.

Think about what a few of my friends faced...

• Body not responding to altitude to the point of barely being able to move.
• Being taken out when the rider ahead crossed wheels, crashing and suffering an AC separation and road rash on the face
• Having a major need to go number two at 12,000' and not porta potty nor trees in sight
• Realizing your shifter batter is dead at the bottom of the first major climb, 8 miles from the start

... at Leadville 2026.

Half were able to finish,
half pulled the plug...

... none logged a time they were capable of had things gone perfectly.

And that's the dill.

Thangs always be changin.

Ideally, we...

• review
• apply
• learn

... come out better for it.

We grab onto that hope,
refuse to let go,
regroup...

... and charge forward to the next challenge.