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Jill Martindale : August 2014
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Thursday, August 21, 2014. 12 Hours at Wausau. After the Lumberjack 100, I knew I wanted to work towards doing a 12 hour endurance race, so I signed up for the 12 hour solo race at the Wausau24. Wausau was a little over a month after the Lumberjack, and I figured I could use that month to train to prepare for it. Plus, my bike-racer-travel bff Danielle told me that Wausau was a blast, so I just had to check it out! SHE WAS TOTALLY RIGHT! Before getting caught in the rain. There was a charging station in ...
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Jill Martindale : June 2014
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Monday, June 2, 2014. Breaking the Beargrease in! Last winter I discovered the unmatched joy of riding a fat bike. I had raced Iceman for funsies on the shop demo and for me that was the final straw; I HAD to get one! When this past spring hit, I was faced with a difficult decision: keep the Mukluk. or re-home it and upgrade to the Salsa Beargrease. It really was a win-win situation! Found this note tucked away in my handlebars / bike shop humor. Hopping on a fat bike let me get outdoors to enjoy the win...
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Jill Martindale : October 2015
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Wednesday, October 7, 2015. The NUE Series was a blast! Sitting here writing this, it’s hard to believe that it’s already October and that the summer is officially “over.” Done-zo. The leaves are rapidly changing, everything is pumpkin flavored, I’ve already broken out the wool base-layer on multiple occasions, and I basically watched both Dan and my Spearfish sigh with relief when I unloaded the van after coming home from the last NUE series. Race of the year: the Fool’s Gold 100. Endurance racing reall...
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Jill Martindale : January 2016
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Wednesday, January 20, 2016. Brewery Vivant Farmhand Fat Bike Race. Holy Cow. HOLY. COW. I don’t even know where to start in my race report about the Brewery Vivant Farmhand Fat Bike Race. If this is any indication as to how the rest of the fat bike season is going to go… it’s going to be one super fun, super awesome, really great season that’ll wind up ending way too soon! I miss her. Boooo! Thanks for this pic, Jenny Scott! Anyways – the Farmhand race was race #2 in the Great Lakes Fat Bike Series.
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Jill Martindale : April 2014
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Monday, April 7, 2014. Beautiful day for a race! I had woken up early, felt great, and was super excited to race! I finally felt as though I had everything on lock-down and was comfortable with my pre-race routine: wake up, lay in bed for a while, make coffee, eat oatmeal, stretch, cuddle the dog, drink coffee. it's really a great routine! Stoked to be rockin' the new 2014 GRBC team kit! The Barry Roubaix was 36mi and I was hoping to beat my time by a half hour-ish. Photobombed by Steve Fartzen. I was ne...
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Jill Martindale : February 2015
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Saturday, February 14, 2015. Good Luck Frozen 40ers! Happy Valentine's Day to all the cuties out there! The importance of February 14th, 2015 isn't that it's Valentine's Day, it's that it's the Fat Bike Frozen 40. In Elm Creek, Minnesota! The Frozen 40 is forty miles of single track on some really fun trails that I wish I could ride on every day. I'm really excited for everyone that gets to race on this course this year. Good luck to everyone, I can't wait to see how well you do! I think the best guess a...
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Jill Martindale : December 2014
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Monday, December 22, 2014. The Winter Solstice Chase. The holidays are stampeding towards me quickly and it's hard to believe that the Winter Solstice has come and gone already! It's been getting dark so early that I've had to switch working out from something that I did after work to hauling my butt out of bed to get a ride in before work. If you know me at all, you know that I have a very. Happy Holidays from my roommates and I! Photo by Katy Batdorff. Way of life. The race was incredibly difficult...
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Jill Martindale : December 2015
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Thursday, December 17, 2015. Getting ready for Winter ;). So the last big race I actively trained for was the Fool's Gold 100. It was the last race of the NUE series. And quite frankly I was really relieved when I crossed the finish line. I had basically jumped right in to racing the NUE series immediately after the Great Lakes Fat Bike Series finished. The last race of the fat bike season was in March, followed by the Barry Roubaix (which GRBC sponsored - and I HAD SO MUCH FUN AT! That was a lie. The Lo...
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Jill Martindale : April 2015
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Wednesday, April 22, 2015. Training, training, cool events, more training, Yankee TT. Between my last post and now, I've been busy trying to get my shoulder and my endurance back in shape, and having awesome opportunities to be involved with some really awesome events. I still can't believe that it's already the end of April and that the fat bike season is over.*. I really owe a huge thank you to the sponsors that I had over the past winter season! To roll on amazing Sarma Naran. The fat bike season ende...
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Jill Martindale : July 2014
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Monday, July 14, 2014. The plan for July is to ride, ride, ride! I have a 12 hour race coming up August 2-3 in Wausau. Wisconsin which I am really excited for! I'm hoping I can build my endurance up so that I can have consistent lap times like I had at the Lumberjack 100. It's going to be a good day when you're greeted by swaggering Bob! Another bonus was that Jeff has a speaker and is a pretty awesome ride DJ. :). Off to a great start! We rolled up to Founders and met up with some of the Founders Race T...
