What does my 43rd birthday and Richard Petty have in common?

Actually, nothing more than his car was number 43 and I was a big Richard Petty fan growing up. For those of you who do not follow NASCAR, www.nascar.com, like myself, Richard won 200 races in his illustrious career and helped propel NASCAR to where it is today.

I also wanted to give a big shout out to one of our customers, Tommy Clowers. I’ll let this picture explain who Tommy is.

I did have a race update to report, and it went a lot better than L’Etape. I finished 10th over-all, and 3rd in my age-group, in “The Ride Around the Bear.” The total distance was 109 miles, and I averaged 16.3 miles per hour. In a nutshell, you ride up one side of Big Bear Mountain, and back around the other side. That may not seem very fast, but the course included almost 8700 feet in elevation gain and I rode the entire 6 hours and 32 minutes alone.

I used one PureFit bar before the ride, and another one during the ride. Additionally, I fueled on a great sports drink called Infinit. I used the Lemon Lime flavored ENDURANCE, recommended by one of our customers, and sports nutritionist, Kim Mueller. The product worked great. After I ran out, I was forced to use Gatorade, which I don’t believe worked nearly as well. I ate a full banana at around 70 miles. All in all, a great solo effort and I was very pleased with 10th place. I’m not aware of any other sports nutrition bar that delivers that much energy.