Fitzy and L.Webb get just the right gear...

Johan
Fitzy, managed our camp site, our team, made sure our bikes were ready, we were fed, and that we knew our splits to the other teams. This guy just makes everything happen for us. Basically, once the race starts all we had to do was ride, eat, and rest. For the record,
managing endurance teams, Fitzy has won the last three teams he supported. In fact, he has never lost a race as team manager. On the drive down, he was saying he wanted to stay undefeated as a team director. L.Webb and I kinda cringed. We knew we could do well, but didn't know what to expect being a co-ed team in all male division. We hoped for a top 5, maybe a podium, be the first Chick and Dude team maybe. On the way home, we changed Fitzy's nickname to Johan. He is freaking awesome. I'm not sure I ever want to do an endurance race without him.

13 is a magic number
In the end, L.Webb and I did 13 laps. We were one of only 5 teams of the entire 120 teams in the race, that managed 13 laps. We were pretty proud of that fact for sure.

The loop was 8.3 miles long, we doubled laps each time, which worked out well for us and gave us a chance to rest a little. I also thought it benefited us, because really the first mile or so of the course was I thought the toughest from a climbing standpoint, a couple of quick steep ones, that first time through kicked the crap out of you, but when you could hit them warmed up, you could get through them so much faster.