CHEYENNE - I'm ready. I'm ready in an opening kickoff of a state football championship kind of way, the huddle, a stinky vibrating mass of sweat and adrenaline, fingers signaling "we're number one" pointed at the sky and deep bass singing "beee ready, beeee ready," over the loud speaker.
While riding on Moab's famed slickrock, dodging cacti, hopping off ledges and falling victim to sand pits, endurance racing entrepreneur Laird Knight had an epiphany - Moab would be the perfect venue for a 24-hour mountain biking race. "It was so clear, I knew it was bound for glory," he said.
As a six-year professional mountain biker who's competed in twenty-eight solo 24-hour races, you'd think that ultra-endurance racing has consumed every waking hour of 35 year-old Nat Ross' adult life.
Not quite ready to pull the plug on your athletic season? Keep your competitive spirit moving by signing up for a few fun events that let you take advantage of the crisp fall air and changing colors.
