The Very Hairy Hundred 2017
The alarm clock went off at 4:30 a.m. this past Sunday . It was time to take the 1 hr 45 minute drive to the Hairy Hundred. Having attended the last three HH's I knew I didn't want to miss this well organized $30 race, super cheap, which is the perfect shakedown ride timed 2 weeks out from DK200. What's not to like? My husband would not be riding but would be taking over cheerleader and sag duties. The morning started out very rough, I have no idea why, everything is wrong. My stomach rumbled, head hurt and I coughed, I coughed a lot. Seriously? It was definitely bad timing to feel crappy right before riding a hundred miles... f***. My husband quickly loaded my Wonderful Salsa Warbird, tossed our bags into the Subaru and by 5 a.m. we were on the road. I tried to get myself together, talk myself into feeling better, it wasn't working. There was no way I could tell my husband, who had gotten up extremely early on a Sunday, chauffeured m...