A friend and I were discussing an article in Competitor magazine on the BC Bike Race. I’ve added it to my Race Schedule. Truth is, it may replace my 2010 race schedule.

I am thinking of doing this Solo in 2010.

No joke, this is a huge challenge. Long, bold, difficult, advanced… and tons of climbing. Roughly 350 miles in 7 days and 50,000 ft of climbing.

The thought process? I’m down almost 50 lbs. In 13 months, I should be able to break below the 230s and have had a chance to put in thousands of miles. If I can do that, there is no reason I couldn’t finish it.

The closest thing I’ve done is 25 difficult trail miles on a Saturday, followed by 30 easy trail/road miles on a Sunday. So this would only be double that, times 3.5, and all difficult.

On top of the effort, I may be getting a new race bike sometime between now and the end of the year. We shall see…

If I were to take this on, I’d be looking at only two or three races next year: BC Bike Race, XTERRA West Cup, and Kona’s 24 HOP, in that order of priority. An Epic, an XTERRA, and a 24hr MTB race. Perfect schedule, really.